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Steven Allender

Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE), WHO Collaborating Centre for …
Verified email at deakin.edu.au
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The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: the Lancet Commission report

BA Swinburn, VI Kraak, S Allender, VJ Atkins, PI Baker… - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other dietary risks, is the
leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects of climate change …

Understanding participation in sport and physical activity among children and adults: a review of qualitative studies

S Allender, G Cowburn, C Foster - Health education research, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Qualitative research may be able to provide an answer as to why adults and children do or do
not participate in sport and physical activity. This paper systematically examines published …

[HTML][HTML] The associations between sedentary behaviour and mental health among adolescents: a systematic review

E Hoare, K Milton, C Foster, S Allender - International journal of behavioral …, 2016 - Springer
… adolescents, (3) included mental health measure/s (diagnostic or symptomatic), (4) included
sedentary behaviour or screen time measure/s including TV, gaming, computer/internet use, …

[PDF][PDF] European cardiovascular disease statistics

S Allender, P Scarborough, V Peto… - European Heart …, 2008 - coachmikeblogs.com
… We have chosen to use the member states of the World Health Organization’s European
Region as our definition of ‘Europe’. (An appendix provides a list and a map of the European …

The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006–07 NHS costs

…, KK Wickramasinghe, S Allender… - Journal of public …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Estimates of the economic cost of risk factors for chronic disease to the NHS
provide evidence for prioritization of resources for prevention and public health. Previous …

[PDF][PDF] Distinct contributions of rod, cone, and melanopsin photoreceptors to encoding irradiance

…, AD Güler, C Aguilar, MA Cameron, S Allender… - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
s of exposure (lights on at time = 0) to bright stimuli at 500 nm (2.2 3 1013 photons/cm2/s) and
650 nm (1.6 3 1014 photons/cm2/s… two wavelengths diverged after $0.8 s. The response of …

The burden of physical activity-related ill health in the UK

S Allender, C Foster, P Scarborough… - Journal of Epidemiology …, 2007 - jech.bmj.com
… The Government’s recent national physical activity action plan, Choosing activity, sets out …
as £8.2 billion, published by the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit in an earlier policy discussion …

Life-change events and participation in physical activity: a systematic review

S Allender, L Hutchinson, C Foster - Health promotion …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… 2867 participants aged 24 or older at baseline To test the hypothesis that marriage may
be beneficial to health because many spouses monitor and attempt to control their spouse’s

The burden of overweight and obesity‐related ill health in the UK

S Allender, M Rayner - Obesity reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews previous cost studies of overweight and obesity in the UK. It proposes a
method for estimating the economic and health costs of overweight and obesity in the UK …

Co-creation, co-design, co-production for public health: a perspective on definition and distinctions

…, J Whelan, J Brimblecombe, S Allender - Public Health Research & …, 2022 - apo.org.au
Collaboration between community members, researchers, and policy makers drives efforts
to solve complex health problems such as obesity, alcohol misuse, and type 2 diabetes. …