Dr Adrienne Hughes

Lecturer

Physical Activity and Health

Personal statement

I am a Lecturer in Physical Activity for Health in the School of Psychological Sciences and Health. I graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Medicine in 1998 followed by a PhD in 2003, both from the University of Glasgow. After my PhD, I was a Research Fellow in the Department of Human Nutrition at the University of Glasgow, followed by seven years as a Lecturer in the School of Sport at the University of Stirling before joining the University of Strathclyde in 2012.

Expertise

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Area of Expertise

Expertise and Capabilities include:

Development and testing of health behaviour change interventions
Measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Patterns of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and growth in childhood

Publications

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Publications

A systematic evaluation of physical activity and diet policies in Scotland : results from the 2021 Active Healthy Kids Report Card: Tomaz Simone A, Reilly John J, Johnstone Avril, Hughes Adrienne, Robertson Jenni, Craig Leone C A, Bardid Farid; Journal of Public Health Vol 46, pp. e240-e247 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae022
Evaluation of physical activity policies in Scotland : results from the 2021 Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card: Tomaz Simone A, Reilly John J, Johnstone Avril, Hughes Adrienne, Robertson Jenni, Craig Leone C A, Bardid Farid; European Journal of Public Health Vol 33, pp. i90-i90 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad133.224
Impact of physical activity on adiposity and risk markers for cardiovascular and metabolic disease: Aljaloud Khalid S, Hughes Adrienne R, Galloway Stuart D R; American Journal of Men's Health Vol 16, pp. 1-9 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221092289
Failure to launch : predictors of unfavourable physical activity and sedentary behaviour trajectories from childhood to adolescence: the Gateshead Millennium Study: Farooq Abdulaziz, Basterfield Laura, Adamson Ashley J, Pearce Mark S, Hughes Adrienne R, Janssen Xanne, Wilson Mathew G, Reilly John J; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol 18 (2021); https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413283
Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity and sedentary behaviour across childhood and adolescence, and their combined relationship with obesity risk : a multi-trajectory analysis: Farooq Abdulaziz, Basterfield Laura, Adamson Ashley J, Pearce Mark S, Hughes Adrienne R, Janssen Xanne, Wilson Mathew G, Reilly John J; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol 18 (2021); https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147421
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in underweight and obesity in 5-year-old children, 2011–2018 : a population-based, repeated cross-sectional study: Stewart Ryan, Reilly John J, Hughes Adrienne, Kelly Louise A, Conway David I, Young David, Sherriff Andrea; BMJ Open Vol 11 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042023

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Teaching

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Teaching

I co-ordinate the following classes in the BSc Sport and Physical Activity degree: Advanced Topics in Physical Activity and Physical Activity for Health, Fitness and Wellbeing, and I supervise undergraduate dissertation projects and postgraduate MPhil and PhD students.

Research

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Research Interests

My research interests are multidisciplinary and include developing generalisable interventions to promote physical activity and change other health behaviours (e.g. diet and sedentary behaviour) in a range of groups including obese children, adolescent girls, postnatal women, survivors of colorectal cancer and cardiac rehabilitation patients, and evaluating the efficacy of these interventions on physical activity and sedentary behaviour (using objective and subjective methods), health outcomes (e.g. weight, body composition, cardiovascular fitness, quality of life), and using qualitative approaches. Recent research in this area includes the Scottish Childhood Obesity Treatment Trial (SCOTT) and the More Active MuMs in Stirling (MAMMiS) trial. Other research interests involve exploring patterns of sedentary behaviour, physical activity and growth across childhood and their influence on disease outcomes (e.g. obesity and cardiometabolic health) and measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adults. Recent/current research in these areas have focused on the influence of early adiposty rebound on obesity in adolescence, changes in objectively measured PA (total and MVPA) across childhood and evaluation of the Girls on the Move (GOTM) national programme.