Read our Year 3 report!
Want to know more about what we’ve been up to in the last year? Check out our recent report to our Scientific Advisory Board!
CBC Conference 2018 – Behaviour Change for Health: Digital and Beyond
This year’s Centre for Behaviour Change conference on 21-22 February 2018 at Senate House in London, was the fourth international conference hosted by the Centre and is a “must-attend” conference for Digital Health researchers.The event provided an excellent opportunity to network with other researchers interested in developing and implementing behaviour change interventions using digital tools. Innovative research[…]
NoHoW Trial Recruitment Closes
On the 13th March 2018, the NoHoW trial successfully completed the ambitious recruitment phase, reaching the target of 1,600 participants across the three NoHoW centres in the UK, Portugal and Denmark. The initial recruitment phase was to last a full year but concluded ahead of schedule; the popularity of the trial meant that centres were[…]
NoHoW Publication: Difficulty managing emotions can make keeping weight off difficult
We’ve published our first publication! Attribution of weight regain to emotional reasons amongst European adults with overweight and obesity who regained weight following a weight loss attempt –Sainsbury, K., Evans, E.H., Pedersen, S. et al. Eat Weight Disord (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-018-0487-0 Open access PDF Why is this study important? While weight loss isn’t easy, lots of programmes[…]
NoHoW research scientist on Danish Television
NoHoW team member Dr Sofus Larsen was interviewed for a health focused television programme that aired on January 23rd 2018 in Denmark. The programme was shown as part of Sundhedsmagasinet (The Health Magazine) on DR1. The interview focused on a new dietary strategy, developed in conjunction with research conducted at the University of Copenhagen, which[…]
NoHoW at YOHPAKE
Dr. Sarah Scott, University of Leeds, presented a poster about NoHoW at the second annual conference, ‘Enabling Active Communities: Play your Part’ organised by the regional network YOHPAKE (Yorkshire and Humber Physical Activity Exchange) on 10 Jan 2018. The event attendees included key movers and shakers involved in physical activity and weight management across the region, as well as representatives[…]