Health, Exercise & Physical Activity Research Digest: October 2014

Post date: 30-Aug-2014 14:27:37

September saw the release of the new NICE guidelines for exercise referral and a public consultation on the new guidelines from Public Health England. Scroll down further and there are several nutrition links including podcasts and recent journal articles and then a few random links to physical activity and nutrition news at the bottom of the page.

Physical Activity and Health

NICE Guidance PH54: Exercise referral schemes to promote physical activity [www]

The long awaited NICE guidance on exercise referral schemes. The recommendations within PH54 are designed to replace recommendation 5 of PH2 (2006) that recommended against the funding or referral to an exercise referral scheme unless it is part of a research study. This has been replaced with the recommendation that commissioners should not fund those that are simply sedentary but can fund those that are sedentary and have further risk factors for various health conditions (e.g. CHD, stroke, type 2 diabetes). The guidance goes on to recommend that any scheme that is funded should incorporate behaviour change techniques outlined in another recent NICE guideline (PH49, Jan 2014), collects data outlined in the standard evaluation framework (NOO) and makes this data available for analysis. There is also a recommendation for Public Health England to develop and manage a system of collating this information.

Public Health England: Everybody Active, Everyday [www]

September was time for a two week consultation period on this interim draft document that is designed to influence government and social policy.

Nielsen, G., Wikman, J. M., Jensen, C. J., Schmidt, J. F., Gliemann, L., & Andersen, T. R. (2014). Health promotion: The impact of beliefs of health benefits, social relations and enjoyment on exercise continuation. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 24(S1), 66-75 [full text]

Gomes, T. N., dos Santos, F. K., Santos, D., Pereira, S., Chaves, R., Katzmarzyk, P. T., & Maia, J. (2014). Correlates of sedentary time in children: a multilevel modelling approach. BMC public health, 14(1), 890 [full text]

686 Portugese children aged 9-10 wore accelerometers for 7 days and a selection of other factors were identified as being potential correlates of sedentary behaviour. It was found that individual and family characteristics were more closely associated with levels of sedentary behaviour than school related factors. Boys, children with more siblings and those who slept more were less likely to be sedentary and children from families with higher income levels were associated with being more sedentary.

Flint, E., Cummins, S., & Sacker, A. (2014). Associations between active commuting, body fat, and body mass index: population based, cross sectional study in the United Kingdom. BMJ, 349, g4887 [full text]

Nanjappa, S., Chambers, S., Marcenes, W., Richards, D., & Freeman, R. (2014). A theory led narrative review of one-to-one health interventions: the influence of attachment style and client–provider relationship on client adherence. Health Education Research, cyu029 [abstract]

BHFNC physical activity and health update [Oct 2014]

British Medical Journal a link to the latest edition can be found here

The Lancet a link to the latest edition can be found here

JAMA a link to the latest edition can be found here

Health Education Research a link to the latest edition can be found here

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity a link to the latest edition can be found here

BMC Public Health a link to the latest edition can be found here

Health Psychology

Sniehotta, F. F., Simpson, S. A., & Greaves, C. J. (2014). Weight loss maintenance: An agenda for health psychology. British journal of health psychology, 19(3), 459-464.[abstract]

Health Psychology Review a link to the latest edition can be found here

British Journal of Health Psychology a link to the latest edition can be found here

Journal of Health Psychology a link to the latest edition can be found here

Cancer and Physical Activity

Brunet, J., Amireault, S., Chaiton, M., & Sabiston, C. M. (2014). Identification and prediction of physical activity trajectories in women treated for breast cancer. Annals of epidemiology [abstract]

Tyrell, A., Keats, M., & Blanchard, C. (2014). The Physical Activity Preferences of Gynecologic Cancer Survivors. In Oncology nursing forum (Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 461-469). Oncology Nursing Society [abstract]

Short, C. E., James, E. L., Girgis, A., D'Souza, M. I., & Plotnikoff, R. C. (2014). Main outcomes of the Move More for Life Trial: a randomised controlled trial examining the effects of tailored‐print and targeted‐print materials for promoting physical activity among post‐treatment breast cancer survivors. Psycho‐Oncology [abstract]

Journal of Cancer Survivorship a link to the latest edition can be found here

Psycho-oncology a link to the latest edition can be found here

Low Back Pain and Physical Activity

The Spine Journal a link to the latest edition can be found here

Spine a link to the latest edition can be found here

Nutrition for Performance & Weight Management

Outram, S. M., & Stewart, B. (2014). Should nutritional supplements and sports drinks companies sponsor sport? A short review of the ethical concerns. Journal of medical ethics, medethics-2014. [abstract]"...it 's argued that sport may have found itself lending unwarranted credibility to products which would otherwise not necessarily be seen as beneficial for participation in sports and exercise or as inherently healthy products. "

Johnston, B. C., Kanters, S., Bandayrel, K., Wu, P., Naji, F., Siemieniuk, R. A., ... & Mills, E. J. (2014). Comparison of weight loss among named diet programs in overweight and obese adults: a meta-analysis. JAMA, 312(9), 923-933. [full text]

More evidence that any diet is a good one, if people stick to it.

Outlaw, J. J., Wilborn, C. D., Smith-Ryan, A. E., Hayward, S. E., Urbina, S. L., Taylor, L. W., & Foster, C. A. (2014). Acute effects of a commercially-available pre-workout supplement on markers of training: a double-blind study. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 11(1), 40. [full text]

Dutton, G. R., Nackers, L. M., Dubyak, P. J., Rushing, N. C., Huynh, T. V. T., Tan, F., ... & Perri, M. G. (2014). A randomized trial comparing weight loss treatment delivered in large versus small groups. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 11(1), 123 [full text]

Hughes, D. (2014). Food for thought: the complex and controversial interaction between diet and physical activity. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(20), 1459-1460 [full text]

Episode 15 of the Guru Performance 'We Do Science' podcast! In this episode Laurent Bannock discussed 'Nutrition Coaching & Nutritional Agnosticism' with Brian Ste. Pierre MS RD CSCS CISSN - responsible for content and education at Precision Nutrition. Sept 30th click here

Episode 14 of the Guru Performance 'We Do Science' podcast! In this episode Laurent Bannock discusses 'Protein Supplement Scams' with Shawn Wells MS RD CISSN. Sept 25th click here

Episode 13 of the Guru Performance 'We Do Science' podcast! In this episode Laurent Bannock discusses 'Nutrition for Bodybuilding Contest Preparation' with Eric Helms (AUT University, NZ), Alan Aragon (California State University, USA), and Peter Fitschen (University of Illinois, USA). Sept 16th click here

Journal of Obesity a link to the latest edition can be found here

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism a link to the latest edition can be found here

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition a link to the latest edition can be found here

Sport Science and Strength & Conditioning

Maloney, S. J., Turner, A. N., & Fletcher, I. M. (2014). Ballistic Exercise as a Pre-Activation Stimulus: A Review of the Literature and Practical Applications. Sports Medicine, 44(10), 1347-1359 [abstract]

Bret Contreras' S&C research digest. This month...rest periods [www]

Sports Medicine a link to the latest edition can be found here

Physical Therapy a link to the latest edition can be found here

British Journal of Sports Medicine a link to the latest edition can be found here

International Journal of Exercise Science a link to the latest edition can be found here

Journal of Sports Sciences a link to the latest edition can be found here

The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research a link to the latest edition can be found here

Strength & Conditioning Journal a link to the latest edition can be found here

Research methods

How to draft and organise scholarly projects [www]

Any other Business

9 mind-blowing facts about the dysfunction of the American health-care system [video and webpage]

"If I were King for a day, I would ban Coca-Cola" by Alan Johnson MP [guardian]

Health leaders call for emergency taskforce on obesity [BBC news, 30th Aug]

Rickets returns as poor families find healthy diets unaffordable [Guardian, 30th August]

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Each month I will include a range of journals, articles and research papers that I think are relevant to students and professionals interested in the area of Health, Exercise and Physical Activity (HEPA). Content is largely based on peer-reviewed findings but will also include links to blogs and videos that have come to my attention in the previous month. If you think you have seen something that might be of interest then please let me know at bjane@marjon.ac.uk or @benjanefitness.

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