Football fans get FFITer and lose weight
New research suggests that an initiative that helps male football fans feel better and live a healthier lifestyle by losing weight, taking more exercise, and improving their diet has had success.
Public policy as related to health issues, such as alcohol, smoking, drugs and exercise.
EuroFIT launched
Launch of the EuroFIT which aims to harness the ‘love of the game’ to engage football fans in health-promoting lifestyle changes.
SEMINAR – Austerity: An Experiment on the People of Europe
Talk by Martin McKee on how the intellectual underpinnings of austerity have now been demolished and the case for investing to achieve growth.
New Fund: MRC Public Health Intervention Development Scheme
About the Public Health Intervention Development scheme (PHIND)
Enabling Health and Wellbeing in Later Life
A report from the Institute of Health and Wellbeing called Enabling Health and Wellbeing in Later Life, a system that links older people to local community resources through their general practices.
Healthcare in China: getting better?
Professor Jane Duckett introduces a project to explore the relationship between Chinese people’s attitudes to the healthcare system and how they use it.
The benefits of the ban
A study led by public health Professor Jill Pell indicates that the smoking ban has resulted in a decrease in preterm delivery in pregnancy.
After 2014: Glasgow’s legacy
Introduction to a research project to evaluate the legacy of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, specifically how regeneration in the East End influences the health and lifestyle of local residents.