Episode 4: Let’s move! with Professor Nanette Mutrie MBE
We all need to be more physically active, but what can we do to promote and encourage exercise and movement? Dr Dan Brown talks to Professor Nanette Mutrie MBE, Director of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh, about the research studies and practical initiatives she’s been involved in to get people up and moving.
Key research covered in this episode:
- Title IX Legislation in the USA
- Dorothy Harris’ seminal book on the somatopsychic rationale for physical activity
- 2010 Toronto Charter
- Nanette’s research into Football Fans in Training conducted in Scotland and across Europe
- Transferable walking programme successfully applied to older adults and breast cancer patients
- Morris and Hardman’s paper providing the foundation for walking in health
- Morris’ famous study on bus conductors and drivers
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Credits
This podcast is sponsored by a University of Portsmouth Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant.
Music: "Unity" by Kevin MacLeod from Film Music
License: Creative Commons
