As many of us embark on our ‘new year, new me’ health and fitness journeys, it is important to consider the bad habits that may be holding us back. Here, True Brawn Movement share five bad habits you need to break before embarking on your health journey: 1. Late night snacking – Eating late will […]
As thousands of people are committing to giving up alcohol during Dry January, research from a midwifery lecturer at Northumbria University has been included in new national guidance on the harms of consuming alcohol both before and during pregnancy. In the past, national guidelines had suggested that pregnant women should avoid alcohol, but that if […]
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Good news for coffee lovers as Coventry University research finds consistent performance enhancing benefits of caffeine consumption: Researchers from Coventry University have discovered that the affects of caffeine on exercise performance do not diminish the longer people use it. It has long been acknowledged that the ingestion of caffeine can increase exercise performance. But Coventry […]
Advice to help families cope during COVID-19: Family life has changed dramatically since the outbreak of the coronavirus. For many people, they have had to adapt to new daily routines, where they are spending more of their time at home. Lopa Vihibkar a systemic couple and adult family psychotherapist at Priory Wellbeing Centre Fenchurch Street and Priory Wellbeing Centre […]
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GPS data could help map COVID-19 transmission risk: Human mobility data gathered from de-identified mobile devices could help map coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission and support contact tracing efforts, according to new research. The Australian research, published today in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, analysed the Cedar Meats outbreak in Melbourne, the Crossroads Hotel outbreak in Western […]
Lockdown saw people in the UK eating less fruit and veg, getting less exercise and drinking more alcohol – according to research from the University of East Anglia. A new study published today shows how lifestyle behaviours changed in the first month of lockdown back in April 2020 – as the nation adhered to new […]
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Food behaviour in UK, Ireland and beyond altered significantly during Covid19: How we shop for food, cook and eat has changed significantly during the Covid19 pandemic, an international survey led by Queen’s University Belfast reveals. Positive changes such as an increase in home-cooking and cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients were recorded. However, there were also negative […]
Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 2): From lockdowns and travels bans to isolation and testing queues, we’ve all experienced a very different year. So what do we know at the end of 2020 that we had absolutely no clue about before? While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated our lives for almost […]
Dry January in a pandemic: why it is still the best thing you can do in the first month of 2021: Priory expert explains the week-by-week benefits: Were your hangovers getting worse anyway? It’s not a myth, he says Join the estimated 6.5 million people taking part in Dry January Ditching alcohol will benefit the […]
A quarter of UK adults cut down on drinking in January 2020. More than a quarter of UK drinkers (27%) reduced, or completely stopped, drinking in January, reveals research independent alcohol charity, Drinkaware. The study found almost three quarters (72%) of those people who said they drank less or stopped drinking in January 2020, planned […]
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