This section will keep you up-to-date with all the latest news from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences.
New research at Loughborough University aims to develop a breath test to predict when health and physical function is at risk of declining in older people.
The eyes can reveal a lot about the health of our brain. Indeed, problems with the eyes can be one of the earliest signs of cognitive decline. Our latest study shows that a loss of visual sensitivity can predict dementia 12 years before it is diagnosed.
Loughborough has been crowned the best university in the world for sports-related subjects for the eighth year running by the global QS higher education league table.
Loughborough University’s Professor Richard Giulianotti has met with the Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Recreation, and other leading policymakers and key stakeholders in sport in Mauritius, during a recent research visit to the island.
The rising cost of living continues to negatively impact many in society with difficult financial decisions having to be made. As the weekly food shop increases in price, how can you eat well whilst sticking to a budget?
In the latest Experts in Sport podcast, Dr Enora Le Flao (Postdoctoral Scholar, The Ohio State University), Dr Lizzy Williams (Senior Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University) and David Powell (PhD student, Swansea University) discuss concussions in Rugby Union and instrumented mouth-guards, which have embedded sensors to measure linear and angular kinematics of the head.
The Generation H project, funded via a £3 million Euro grant, will focus on improving physical inactivity and unhealthy diets among adolescents, in diverse socio-economic urban settings in Ghana (Greater Accra region) and Kenya (Nairobi), to reduce the risk of them developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adulthood.
The ‘For the Love of the Game’ event was held in the National Football Museum on 15 March to present the findings of a series of workshops with fans in Liverpool, Glasgow, Leeds and Berlin.
Dr Claire Madigan, a Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) lecturer at Loughborough University, has been awarded the prestigious Outstanding Investigator Award 2024 by the UK Society of Behavioural Medicine (UKSBM).
A research programme investigating how to improve sleeping problems faced by people with complex mental health issues is being launched.
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