Counselling techniques can be built into health apps to help users to get more physically active, say researchers after initial tests on a prototype called the Precious app. The tests were carried out by a research team including University of Cambridge researcher, Johanna Nurmi. Drawing from behavioural science, the Precious app aims to support the […]
Mobile health apps may help older adults to get more active
Mobile health apps are a promising way to help older adults get more active, according to a new analysis from the University of Cambridge, which revealed consistent trends amongst mobile health app users towards increased step counts, physical activity and fitness, as well as decreases in sedentary time. The researchers analysed published studies which tested […]
Strategies to increase postnatal physical activity should ensure group-based classes with other new mothers accessible and affordable, says new research
New mothers would be more likely to engage in physical activity (PA) if group PA classes with other new mothers were accessible, according to a study published today by Kate Ellis and colleagues in the Behavioural Science Group. After childbirth, mothers’ physical activity levels tend to decline and they are less active than women of […]
Why are we unable to walk safely on our country roads?
Professor Mike Kelly, senior visiting fellow at the Primary Care Unit, writing in the Guardian, explains why it took an integrated strategy to cut smoking. He suggests that we need major infrastructural changes if we are to increase our physical activity – not just information and advice. “Getting the population more active is an absolute […]