How can we encourage adolescents to sit less and move more? Developing and feasibility testing a school-based intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour.

These scholarships will cover full-time PhD tuition fees for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance) and will provide a £900 per annum research training support grant (RTSG) to help support the PhD researcher.

Applicants who already hold a doctoral degree or who have been registered on a programme of research leading to the award of a doctoral degree on a full-time basis for more than one year (or part-time equivalent) are NOT eligible to apply for an award.

Please note: you will automatically be entered into the competition for the Full Award, unless you state otherwise in your application.

The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £19,000 (tbc) per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance).

This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.

References:

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2. Kohl HW, Craig CL, Lambert EV, Inoue S, Alkandari JR, Leetongin G, et al. The pandemic of physical inactivity: Global action for public health. Lancet. 2012;380:294–305.

3. Sandercock GRH, Alibrahim M, Bellamy M. Media device ownership and media use: Associations with sedentary time, physical activity and fitness in English youth. Prev Med. 2016;4:162–8.

4. Carson V, Hunter S, Kuzik N, Gray CE, Poitras VJ, Chaput JP, et al. Systematic review of sedentary behaviour and health indicators in school-aged children and youth: An update. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2016;41:S240–65.

5. Morton KL, Corder K, Suhrcke M, Harrison F, Jones AP, van Sluijs EMF, et al. School polices, programmes and facilities, and objectively measured sedentary time, LPA and MVPA: Associations in secondary school and over the transition from primary to secondary school. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2016;13:1–11.

6. Van Ekris E, Wijndaele K, Altenburg TM, Atkin AJ, Twisk J, Andersen LB, et al. Tracking of total sedentary time and sedentary patterns in youth: a pooled analysis using the International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD). Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020;17.

7. Fox KR, Cooper A, McKenna J. The School and Promotion of Children’s Health-Enhancing Physical Activity: Perspectives from the United Kingdom. J Teach Phys Educ. 2016;23:338–58.

8. Dobbins M, DeCorby K, Robeson P, Husson H, Tirilis D. School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6-18. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009;28.

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