How to set realistic exercise goals this year
Dr Jackson Fyfe shares five principles to help make it easier to stick to an exercise routine.
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Deakin retains top spot in global rankings for sports science schools
Deakin University's School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) have again been ranked number one in the world for Sports Science Schools in the prestigious ShanghaiRankings Global Ranking of Sports Science Schools and Departments.
5 minutes with… Dr Kim Way
With over 10 years of clinical experience as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and an impressive research profile, Dr Kim Way is an emerging international leader in the field of exercise physiology for cardiometabolic diseases. Dr Way has secured over $1m in research funding to date from several prestigious national and international sources.
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We’re quick to limit kids’ screen time. Parents can also benefit from setting boundaries for themselves
IPAN researchers discuss via The Conversation how a balanced approach to screen use may be helpful for parents, as well as children.
Context matters – exploring how we make food decisions
Being more conscious of what, when and why we eat could help us put strategies in place to improve our eating behaviours.
5 minutes with…. Dr Jordan Bakhsh
Dr Jordan Bakhsh aims to understand mega sport events as sites for social change. Jordan has collaborated with over 50 major sporting organisations around the world, generating transformational knowledge to maximise the social benefits and reduce social costs for sporting event stakeholders.
5 Minutes with… Dr Priscila Machado
Dr Priscila Machado envisions a world with a food system that is conducive to equitable access to affordable and sustainable healthy food. In the last 5 years, her groundbreaking research on the impacts of ultra-processed foods, sustainable diets, and policy responses has attracted over $1.5m of research funding.
Older Aussies use an AI assistant to better manage their diabetes
IPAN researchers are testing how common household AI assistants can help older Australians to help manage type two diabetes, with promising results.
Could an evening egg snack improve sleep for perimenopausal women?
A new IPAN study is exploring whether eating eggs in the evening might help perimenopausal women get a better night’s sleep.
5 Minutes With….. Dr Jackson Fyfe
An avid science communicator, Dr Jackson Fyfe's popular newsletter The Weekly Exerciser provides ‘actionable tips to make exercise easier’, helping to translate his research interest in reducing age-related functional declines through exercise to a broad audience.
Empowering victim-survivors of intimate partner violence through physical activity
An IPAN PhD project is exploring whether a specially designed non-contact cardio boxing program could support the mental and physical health of women who have experienced violence within an intimate partner relationship.
4 ways to cut down on meat when dining out – and still make healthy choices
Many of us are looking for ways to eat a healthier and more sustainable diet. And one way to do this is by reducing the amount of meat we eat.
5 Minutes with … Assoc. Professor Natalie Lander
A/Prof Nat Lander is part of the powerhouse behind IPAN's pioneering TransformUs program, helping to get more kids moving across every school day. She currently holds an ARC DECRA Fellowship that aims to understand the impact of an innovative initial teacher education program (TransformUs Higher Ed) on pre-service teacher's confidence and practical skills, and primary school students' learning, wellbeing and physical activity.
Australia has new health research gender standards – and centuries of inequity to fix
The directors of the new Centre for Sex and Gender Equity in Health and Medicine outline how a new landmark NHMRC statement will help ensure sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation are routinely considered in health and medical research.
5 Minutes with … Professor Michelle Keske
Prof Keske is a Deputy Director at IPAN and one of our leading diabetes researchers. For National Diabetes Week, we wanted to find out what drives her passion for research.