Outputs (931)

Producing knowledge in Sport for Development: Practices of Monitoring & Evaluation (2023)
Thesis
Gaillard, A. Producing knowledge in Sport for Development: Practices of Monitoring & Evaluation. (Thesis). University of Brighton. https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2957444

In recent years, the use of sport in international development contexts has been gaining traction because of a rhetoric around the intrinsic benefits of sport. This sector, named Sport for Development, generated debates about the forms in which such... Read More about Producing knowledge in Sport for Development: Practices of Monitoring & Evaluation.

The perfect storm: A meta-ethnography of the motivations, behaviours, and experiences of competitive bodybuilders (2023)
Journal Article
Willmott, E. F., Thrower, S. N., Williams, T. L., & Petróczi, A. (2025). The perfect storm: A meta-ethnography of the motivations, behaviours, and experiences of competitive bodybuilders. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 18(1), 572-591. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2023.2263851

Studies investigating competitive bodybuilding have primarily done so from a pathologizing perspective, and have often considered aspects of the competitive bodybuilding lifestyle in isolation, therefore overlooking the broader motivations underlying... Read More about The perfect storm: A meta-ethnography of the motivations, behaviours, and experiences of competitive bodybuilders.

Best practice recommendations for body composition considerations in sport to reduce health and performance risks: a critical review, original survey and expert opinion by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) (2023)
Journal Article
Mathisen, T. F., Ackland, T., Burke, L. M., Constantini, N., Haudum, J., Macnaughton, L. S., …Sundgot-Borgen, J. (2023). Best practice recommendations for body composition considerations in sport to reduce health and performance risks: a critical review, original survey and expert opinion by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(17), 1148-1160. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-106812

Background The assessment of body composition (BC) in sport raises concern for athlete health, especially where an overfocus on being lighter or leaner increases the risk of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and disordered eating.

Methods... Read More about Best practice recommendations for body composition considerations in sport to reduce health and performance risks: a critical review, original survey and expert opinion by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs).

A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Porter, A., Langford, R., Summerbell, C., Tinner, L., & Kipping, R. (2023). A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1779 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16647-y

Background
Food portion size guidance resources aimed at parents of young children in the UK are freely available from a number of credible sources. However, little is known about whether parents are aware of, and use, any of these resources to guid... Read More about A qualitative exploration of food portion size practices and awareness of food portion size guidance in first-time parents of one- to two-year-olds living in the UK.

Topographical Distribution of Neuroanatomical Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Invasion: A Systematic Literature Review (2023)
Journal Article
Kiyak, C., Ijezie, O. A., Ackah, J. A., Armstrong, M., Cowen, J., Cetinkaya, D., Burianová, H., & Akudjedu, T. N. (2024). Topographical Distribution of Neuroanatomical Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Invasion: A Systematic Literature Review. Clinical Neuroradiology, 34(1), 13-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-023-01344-5

Purpose
This systematic review is aimed at synthesising the literature base to date on the frequency and topographical distribution of neuroanatomical changes seen on imaging following COVID-19 invasion with a focus on both the acute and chronic pha... Read More about Topographical Distribution of Neuroanatomical Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Invasion: A Systematic Literature Review.

Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Bruce, M., Gangoli, G., Mates, L., Millican, A. S., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2023). Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19. Student engagement in higher education journal, 5(1), 61-82

The rapid move to predominately online learning engendered by the COVID-19 crisis created an urgent need to rethink support mechanisms central to student engagement and transition, namely community-building and identity within the institution. One im... Read More about Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19.

Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England. (2023)
Journal Article
McKevitt, S., White, M., Petticrew, M., Summerbell, C., Vasiljevic, M., Boyland, E., Cummins, S., Laverty, A. A., Millett, C., de Vocht, F., Junghans, C., & Vamos, E. P. (2023). Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England. Journal of Public Health, 45(4), 878–887. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad155

Background
Commercial advertising and sponsorship drive the consumption of harmful commodities. Local authorities (LAs) have considerable powers to reduce such exposures. This study aimed to characterize local commercial policies across all English... Read More about Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England..

Dose-Response of Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis To Ingested Whey Protein During Energy Restriction in Overweight Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial (2023)
Journal Article
Larsen, M. S., Witard, O. C., Holm, L., Scaife, P., Hansen, R., Smith, K., …Hansen, M. (2023). Dose-Response of Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis To Ingested Whey Protein During Energy Restriction in Overweight Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. The Journal of Nutrition, 153(11), 3173-3184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.08.011

Background
Diet-induced weight loss is associated with a decline in lean body mass, as mediated by an impaired response of muscle protein synthesis (MPS). The dose-response of MPS to ingested protein, with or without resistance exercise, is well cha... Read More about Dose-Response of Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis To Ingested Whey Protein During Energy Restriction in Overweight Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens (2023)
Journal Article
Summerbell, C., Reeves, S., & Gibson, E. (2023). From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), Article 6614. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166614

Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is a global concern and in Malaysia it is considered a national public health priority. Determinants of childhood obesity are multifactorial and include factors that directly and indirectly influence ener... Read More about From ToyBox Study to eToyBox: Advancing Childhood Obesity Reduction in Malaysian Kindergartens.

“…We Honestly Just Got Sick of Doing Working Together.” Spatial Negotiation of Adult-Child Thrown togetherness During Lockdown (2023)
Journal Article
Pitsikali, A., Sarhan, H., Abo Kanon, H., Costa Santos, S., Parnell, R., & Pattinson, E. (2023). “…We Honestly Just Got Sick of Doing Working Together.” Spatial Negotiation of Adult-Child Thrown togetherness During Lockdown. Home Cultures: The Journal of Architecture Design and Domestic Space, 20(2), 71-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/17406315.2023.2242224

Following a pre-pandemic decline in family time at home, the Royal Institute of British Architects called for multi-functional living spaces to become the new family social hub, where familial togetherness materializes. However, a deeper understandin... Read More about “…We Honestly Just Got Sick of Doing Working Together.” Spatial Negotiation of Adult-Child Thrown togetherness During Lockdown.