Research Paper Title Associations between Dietary Patterns and Gene Expression Profiles of Healthy Men and Women: A Cross-sectional Study. Background Diet regulates gene expression profiles by several mechanisms. The objective of this study was to examine gene expression in relation with dietary patterns. Methods Two hundred and fifty four participants from the greater Quebec City… Read More
To Be Redundant Or Not To Be Redundant: That Is The Question!
Jobcentre Plus workers had right to redundancy pay, finds tribunal Two former Jobcentre Plus (JCP) workers who were told to join the dole queue after extensions to their fixed term contracts were not honoured are celebrating a landmark legal victory which could have wider repercussions for hundreds more who were dismissed in similar circumstances. A… Read More
Promotion: The Beautiful Nutritional Game
Research Paper Title Food, Fizzy, and Football: Promoting Unhealthy Food and Beverages through Sport – A New Zealand Case Study. Background High participation rates in sport and increasing recognition of how diet benefits athletic performance suggest sports settings may be ideal locations for promoting healthy eating. While research has demonstrated the effect of tobacco and… Read More
Conformity, Ethics & Recruit Training
“[…]within the ethical decisionmaking framework described by MCU, how does our institutional culture, specifically recruit training, diminish the capacity of a Marine to act ethically? […]I believe that the dehumanization and tearing down of a recruit by the methods we currently employ in recruit training is the first step in contributing to a mental attitude… Read More
New: Effort-based Training
A new section of the blog ‘Effort-based Training’ can be found under the main page heading of ‘Run!’
Update: Run Methodology
Hello All, The ‘Run Methodology’ section under the main page heading of ‘Run!’ has been updated to include a whopping 12 variations on running training. Enjoy 🙂
Women & USMC Training: Mind, Body & Soul
Research Paper Title Female Marine Recruit Training: Mood, Body Composition, and Biomechanical Changes. Purpose The US Marine Corps (USMC) is an elite military organisation. Marine recruit training (RT) is a physically and psychologically intense 13-wk-long course designed to transform civilians into Marines through shared hardship and arduous training. the researchers conducted a study of female… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 