Physical activity for health Measurement
New technology provides opportunities to accurately measure physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Improved measurement is needed to:
- assess the scale of the problem of low physical activity
- understand the health effects of physical activity
- evaluate the effect of interventions to more physical activity and less sedentary behaviour
Examples of our work on this area include:
- Improving our measurement of obesity- beyond the BMI Prof John Reilly
- Objective measurement of the 24-hour movement behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep) in the under 5s, children and adolescents- Dr Xanne Janssen
- Objective measurement of sedentary behaviour in hospitalised older patients- Dr Alexandra Mavroeidi
- Pragmatic evaluation of school, family and community-based interventions - Dr. D Harrington
