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Evidence cerebral blood-flow regulation mediates exercise-cognition links in healthy young adults
Liana Machado
Objective: Healthy young adults are presumed to be in their cognitive prime, yet emerging evidence indicates that regular engagement in physical activity can still benefit their cognitive... read more
Exploring the opinions and perspectives of general practitioners towards the use of social networking sites for concussion management
Osman Ahmed
Social networking sites (SNSs) are increasingly being used for health-related purposes. Many patients now use sites such as Facebook to discuss symptoms, seek support, and search for advice on... read more
Audi Quattro Winter Games 2013 Report
Winter Games NZ Trust
Winter Games NZ 2013 featured the best of the world’s elite winter sports athletes in a launch pad to the 2014 Winter Olympics. In 2013 the Games reinforced its status as one of the... read more
Arrowtown Chinese Settlement Survey 2013
Fiona Hall
This report presents the results of a survey carried out by the Department of Conservation in Arrowtown during the first three months of 2013. The survey gathered information about the demographics... read more
Changes in physical activity over time in young children: A longitudinal study using accelerometers
Rachael Taylor
This longitudinal study determined how overall physical activity and time in different intensities of physical activity changed in children who were followed from 3 to 7 years. The children in the... read more
People, Rivers and Recreation: Fluid Relationships of Place and Experience on the Clutha River, Otago, New Zealand
Andrea Farminer
The relationships between people and their outdoor environments are understood as diverse, complex and often contested with the result that examining the meanings people have for places such as... read more
Re-LOCATE: Determining the place of children’s physical activity
Robin Quigg
Little is known about the amounts and types of activity undertaken by ‘free-living’ children, nor where these activities happen – indoors or outdoors, at home, in parks and... read more
The Social Phenomenon of Climate Change: Relative Vulnerability, Risk Perception and Adaptation in the Ski Industry of Queenstown, New Zealand
Deborah Mary Hopkins
Climate change has evolved from its natural science origins to become simultaneously a physical and a social phenomenon (Hulme, 2009). While climate change can be measured, quantified and modelled... read more
Getting kids active by participating in sport and doing It more often: focusing on what matters
Sandra Mandic
Background Reduced time dedicated to physical education and free play in recent decades emphasizes the need to promote opportunities for sport participation in adolescents in order to increase... read more
School playgrounds and physical activity policies as predictors of school and home time activity
Rachael W Taylor
Background Previous work has suggested that the number of permanent play facilities in school playgrounds and school-based policies on physical activity can influence physical activity in children... read more