Two remarkable educators, academics and leaders from UQ’s Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences have been included in this year’s Australia Day honour’s list.
Combining carbs, fat and protein in each meal is commonly referred to using the term ‘food combining’. The theory is that if you skip certain foods at various times it will allow for efficient digestion, decrease disease risk, and toxin build-up.
Researchers have taken strides in understanding how human feet evolved to enhance walking and running, setting us apart from species such as chimpanzees.
The benefits of peer-supported exercise regimes for survivors of breast, colon and prostate cancer are being studied by University of Queensland researchers.
In this UQ ChangeMakers podcast, UQ sports medicine senior lecturer Dr Anita Green discusses her career journey and highlights, which include her experience as the Chief Medical Officer for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
More than 400 children got a taste for healthy living and university life through rugby league and netball matches at the Deadly Choices Junior Murri Carnival at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia Campus this month.
Wanted: your urine is needed to help University of Queensland researchers make a splash in science by flushing out the relationship between nitrate in the diet and disease.
The University of Queensland (UQ) celebrated National Biomechanics Day by inviting high school students and their teachers to a series of hands-on biomechanics workshops.
We all know we should exercise regularly, but it can be difficult to fit exercise into our busy schedules. Most people can only exercise before or after work, so it’s worth examining whether the time of day we exercise affects outcomes such as weight loss and sleep.
Queensland school teachers are chalking up around $230 million a year in health-related work, according to University of Queensland research.
UQ health and economics researchers found that teachers spent about 10 hours a week – or 380 hours a year – doing health-related tasks.
Associate Professor Sean Tweedy is a passionate advocate of encouraging people with disabilities to become more physically active as a means of improving health and fitness.
An evidence-based classification system currently in development by University of Queensland researchers has the potential to provide fairer wheelchair racing competition in the future.
New Zealand's sacred ritual, the haka will be the subject of a new documentary in the John Eales Reveals series with a University of Queensland expert weighing in on the science behind the performance.
