Retired Researcher, Director of Testing at FitMedia . Dedicated to making our children active, fit, healthy and happy.
Colchester, England
Joined March 2014
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Spectacular 'bad science' in BMC Endocrine Disorders. 10 variables 3 models 4 comparisons=120 p-values but authors focused on 2 values<0.05.
All respect to reviewer 1 for pointing out errors bmcendocrdisord.biomedcentra… but shame on R2 & the greedy journal. Unhelpful rubbish!
How many people are truly physically acitve: 66% or 6%? See what difference a definition makes in research from #universsityofessex on more than 250000 English adults in #PLOSONE: dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
‘Homeapathy’ noun. A negative or depressive emotional state or torpor; typically as a result of prolonged periods spent work or study performed at one’s usual place of residence
Sensible, logical & brave guidance. We cannot sacrifice children's education 'just in case' they get ill. The 20 deaths registered in under 19s are all tragic but three times that many children drown each year; life is risky: manage.
I’m more concerned for the 12% who take a poll to vote ‘don’t know’ than I am about the results! Who are you?
I actually read 50 confusing pages of Borisisms xitter.cf/i/events/1259836364494… -learnt that Tennis and Angling are 'OK' now Question is then why lock them down to begin? what else could we be doing - risk of infection listed
REJECTION LETTER from Peer reviewed Journal confirms authors’ beliefs; ‘Papers should not be a non-finding & should not show that a program studied does not work’ honestly?
“GROWING OBESITY CRISIS” Factcheck! BMI falls in summer holidays already- but...Schools could really help maintain activity levels and improve health that way
Schools should be kept open all summer, running sports clubs, in a bid to tackle Britain's growing obesity crisis: telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07… Maybe @educationgovuk needs to make it mandatory for a % of #PEPremium grant to be allotted for the staging of such provision=all costs met
Good to hear but you’d Get the same answer for books, security or more computers. Good start and great idea
Majority of the general public have said they would like more physical activity made available in schools telegraph.co.uk/sport/2019/0…
Sedentary time improves academic attainment...interesting one for the policy makers!
New research! #physicalactivity and sedentary time are directly associated with academic performance in a longitudinal study. bit.ly/2NH3R3D @pfeif51 @JPAHjournal
Two myths busted in one paper; Poor muscle strength & high aerobic fitness so commonly reported in W.African youth can both be explained by simple differences in body size (& a little bit of clever maths) journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
To be on a par with maths and English Schools would have to deliver PA/PE every day; prioritise in teacher training & standardised assessment at each key stage. That’s my personal utopia, .but we’re pretty far from it.
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Gavin Sandercock retweeted
Using the #Ofsted inspection proposals to review your #PhysicalEducation #SchoolSport and #PhysicalActivity offer!
• What’s the intention❓
• How will you implement❓
• What is the impact❓ – at South East, England
You’d think the minister for sport would get the PA guidelines right wouldn’t you?
One in three children 'not active enough', finds sport survey bbc.com/news/health-46456104
You forgot declines in aerobic fitness and strength of our nations youth - give the blues their dues!
Can we finally close this line of enquires thanks to this rigorous & excellent work? Spoiler 2-overweight not a ‘risk factor’ in most kids anyway.
Thanks to @Ulf_Ekelund for sharing this paper. What if all children achieved WHO recommendations on physical activity? What’s the impact of PA on childhood overweight in the UK. (Spoiler alert - PA is not the obesity solution. Sorry 😐) academic.oup.com/ije/advance…
The forgotten guideline gets a mention? Only appeared in 6 of the 600+ communications at ISPAH 2018 though 😮
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