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Melvyn Hillsdon
Researcher at University of Exeter
Publications - 121
Citations - 9895
Melvyn Hillsdon is an academic researcher from University of Exeter. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 114 publications receiving 8756 citations. Previous affiliations of Melvyn Hillsdon include University of Bristol & Health Science University.
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Interventions for promoting physical activity
TL;DR: It is suggested that physical activity interventions have a moderate effect on self reported physical activity and cardio-respiratory fitness, but not on achieving a predetermined level of physical activity.
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Physical activity and older adults: a review of health benefits and the effectiveness of interventions
TL;DR: The evidence for a causal relationship between sedentary behaviour/physical activity programmes and cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and psycho-social health, independent living and health-related quality of life into old age is considered.
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The relationship of physical activity and overweight to objectively measured green space accessibility and use
TL;DR: The study found that respondents living closest to the type of green space classified as a Formal park were more likely to achieve the physical activity recommendation and less likely to be overweight or obese.
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The relationship between access and quality of urban green space with population physical activity
TL;DR: Access to urban green spaces does not appear to be associated with population levels of recreational physical activity in the authors' sample of middle-aged adults.
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Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697,828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms.
Samuel E. Jones,Jacqueline M. Lane,Jacqueline M. Lane,Andrew R. Wood,Vincent T. van Hees,Jessica Tyrrell,Robin N Beaumont,Aaron R. Jeffries,Hassan S. Dashti,Hassan S. Dashti,Melvyn Hillsdon,Katherine S. Ruth,Marcus A. Tuke,Hanieh Yaghootkar,Seth A. Sharp,Yingjie Jie,William D. Thompson,Jamie W. Harrison,Amy Dawes,Enda M. Byrne,Henning Tiemeier,Karla V. Allebrandt,Jack Bowden,David W. Ray,Rachel M. Freathy,Anna Murray,Diego R. Mazzotti,Philip R. Gehrman,Debbie A Lawlor,Timothy M. Frayling,Martin K. Rutter,David A. Hinds,Richa Saxena,Richa Saxena,Michael N. Weedon +34 more
TL;DR: It is shown that being a morning person is causally associated with better mental health but does not affect BMI or risk of Type 2 diabetes, and the chronotype loci associate with sleep timing.