UQ Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences

🏉 Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit – but those odds could be about to change, a UQ study has found. Find out more ▶️ https://brnw.ch/21wQ7fK

🥊UQ researchers have uncovered the hidden history of concussion in sport, finding the brain-trauma crisis has a long and complex past. Read article 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wOoUV

🖥️ A UQ health and wellbeing program designed to encourage desk workers to reduce their sitting time has shown impressive results in a study conducted across various workplaces in Australia 🔽

Desk workers take a stand for health and wellbeing A health and wellbeing program developed by University of Queensland researchers encouraging desk workers to sit less has proven successful in a study conducted with workplaces across Australia.

🔊Registrations closing today! Want to make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families? Explore Honours, MPhil, or PhD research opportunities with UQ experts!

Join us for a special evening to connect with researchers from UQ’s Child Health Research Centre, the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, and more. Meet potential supervisors and learn about current projects in Child, Youth, and Family Wellbeing.

📅 When: Tuesday 8 Oct | 6-8pm
📝 Register by: 1 Oct
🔗 Register now👉 https://brnw.ch/21wNkye

🧠 Are you a competitive athlete? UQ researchers are studying how mindfulness and hypnosis can help manage stress, burnout, and pain. They're inviting athletes to take part in the study! Learn more. 🔽

Investigating the Effectiveness of Mind-Body Therapies for Addressing Burnout and Optimizing Wellbeing in Competitive Athletes This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness meditation or clinical hypnosis intervention for optimizing wellbeing in uninjured competitive athletes.

🧀 Cottage cheese is back and all over TikTok. UQ's Professor Lauren Ball and Dr Emily Burch explain why social media’s obsessed 🔽

Cottage cheese is back and all over TikTok. Two dietitians explain why social media’s obsessed Cottage cheese has had a glow up. Forget bland and boring, and embrace the social media trend.

👏 With the 2024 Paralympic Games kicking off today, make sure you stay up to date with our UQ para-athletes 🎉

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Blog: follow UQ's athletes in Paris Welcome to 'Contact' magazine's home of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Stay up to date with all the results from the UQ athletes in action in Paris.

🌍 Hospital food services produce a large amount of waste, which typically ends up in landfills.

In order to assist Australia in achieving its goal of reducing food waste by 2030, Dr Nathan Cook, a lecturer and researcher at UQ, is conducting research on ways to effectively measure and decrease this waste. This includes conducting audits to track food waste and working with hospitals to make informed decisions about diverting this waste.

Join us in promoting sustainable food practices during ! ♻️💚

🙌 UQ exercise physiologist and sport scientist Associate Professor Emma Beckman is heading to the Paris Paralympic Games with a team of experts to conduct on-the-ground sport intelligence data gathering.

UQ's secret weapon in Australia’s Paralympic campaign UQ exercise physiologist and sport scientist Associate Professor Emma Beckman will head to Paris with Paralympics Australia as part of a small group of experts doing on-the-ground sport intelligence data-gathering.

🥤Many people are cutting back on sugary soft drinks, but diet soft drink consumption is on the rise. What are the long-term health effects? UQ's Dr Lauren Ball contributed to this article from The Conversation Australia + NZ.

Cheeky diet soft drink getting you through the work day? Here’s what that may mean for your health Drinking diet soft drinks occasionally is unlikely to harm your health. Frequent or excessive intake, however, may increase health risks in the longer term.

UQ's Motor Active Program can unlock your child's confidence through movement 🏃

The program is a motor skill acquisition program designed to assist children aged 4-15 years to acquire age-appropriate fundamental motor skills.

Motor Active is best suited for children who have difficultly moving and playing in a controlled and coordinated manner including:
👉 children with motor control and development difficulties
👉 children with physical and learning disabilities
👉 children with developmental and coordination disorders
👉 children with confidence and motivational problems

🗓️ The program commences on 15 July 2024 for 2 blocks of 6 weeks, with a break coinciding with school holidays.

For more information or to book, go to ➡️https://brnw.ch/21wL4zn