Research Paper Title Population-wide Weight Loss and Regain in Relation to Diabetes Burden and Cardiovascular Mortality in Cuba 1980-2010: Repeated Cross Sectional Surveys and Ecological Comparison of Secular Trends. Study Question Did the pattern of population-wide weight loss and regain in Cuba during and after the economic crisis of the 1990s result in changes in… Read More
Employment Contracts: TUPE, Changes & Dismissal
Three consultant child psychiatrists with child care responsibilities have won an unfair dismissal case against the NHS trust that took over their services from a previous provider and tried to make them do out of hours (OOH) on-call work. Victoria Laakkonen, Sarah Taylor and Mary Cole won their case in the Southampton employment tribunal in… Read More
Exercise: National Cost & Personal Gain
Potential savings to the UK from more exercise is … £7 billion. If each adult in the UK did 12 minutes more exercise each day, the country could save £7 billion in NHS treatment costs, welfare, and loss of earnings, said a report by the healthcare charity Nuffield Health and the London School of Economics. People… Read More
Children, Adolescents & Physical Activity Guidelines
Research Paper Title Steps/Day Translation of the Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity Guideline for Children and Adolescents. Background An evidence-based steps/day translation of US federal guidelines for youth to engage in >=60 minutes/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) would help health researchers, practitioners, and lay professionals charged with increasing youth’s physical activity (PA). The purpose of this… Read More
The Hawthorne Effect in a New Light!
The iconic Hawthorne experiments at a Western Electric factory used changes in working conditions such as subtle adjustments to lighting and noise levels to improve the working environment. They were founded on the insights of psychology and affected a sea change in workplace relations. This new “human relations” approach broke the influence of scientific management… Read More
Perspectives on Team Success
“Two recent articles explore effectiveness in team-working, one academic and strongly evidence-based, the other practitioner-focused and advisory. The first, by a group of Dutch academics, presents an in-depth statistical analysis of survey data that gives us a more nuanced understanding of certain aspects of team dynamics. The main focus is on how respected people feel… Read More
Organisational Culture: Not Just the Preserve of Big Business
Research Paper Title Interoperatbility: Merging the Organisational Cultures of Special Forces and the Infantry. Abstract Combining two separate military units with different organisational cultures to operate as one is difficult and complex. However, Henry Mintzberg’s classic organisational design principles aid in anticipating friction points and identifying the governing dynamics of this action. As the researchers… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 