Browsing Doctoral Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Schofield, Grant"
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Effect of physical activity on the cognitive performance of middle aged New Zealand workers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Given the projected ageing of the population over the next twenty years, age-related cognitive decline will become a significant contributor to New Zealand’s burden of disease, unless factors which provide some protection ... -
Health and productivity in New Zealand: an exploratory study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Health and productivity management (HPM) is a business strategy employed by organisations to manage employee health risk and improve productivity. The major determinants of health are chronic disease and the associated ... -
A healthy lifestyle campaign by-youth-for-youth: the challenge of empowerment and the potential of collaboration
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Unhealthy lifestyle choices contribute to New Zealand’s highest risk factors for causes of death (Maddison, Turley, Legge, & Mitchelhill, 2010; Ministry of Health, 2004; World Health Organization, 2009a), and youth are ... -
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body; Towards Integrated Dietary Approaches
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Dental caries is a highly prevalent health issue across all age groups worldwide and is the most common chronic childhood disease in New Zealand. Concurrently, obesity and related chronic metabolic diseases are the most ... -
How Low Do You Need to Go? Exploring the Variability in the Effects of Keto‐induction and Individual Outcomes From Low‐carbohydrate Diets
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Low-carbohydrate diets (LCDs) and very low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets (VLCKDs) are increasingly used for the management of a range of health conditions and in the general population for weight-loss and maintenance. ... -
Integrating GPS, Accelerometry and Online Mapping Technologies: Exploring Built Environment Correlates of Adolescent Mobility and Domain-specific Physical Activity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Regular physical activity in youth is associated with many aspects of health and development, yet more than half of New Zealand adolescents struggle to meet physical activity guidelines. The modest results of past physical ... -
Losing weight and keeping it off: workplace and dietitian clinic settings
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Losing weight is relatively simple; keeping it off long term is the challenge. The maintenance of lost weight has become one of the most arduous and enduring problems in the area of weight control, and is one with which ... -
Obesity and its determinants in girls from five ethnic groups
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)In light of alarming rises in the prevalence of obesity worldwide, tackling the obesity ‘epidemic’ is now a national health priority in many countries. Increasingly, population measures that provide accurate estimates of ... -
Physical activity and obesity in children: measurement, associations, and recommendations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)Widespread increases in the prevalence of childhood obesity have raised the prospect of serious public health consequences in many countries. New Zealand is no exception; according to the most recent national estimates, ... -
Physical activity in New Zealand preschoolers: amount, associations, and accounts
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)Improving physical activity (PA) participation is a public health priority in developed and developing countries to curb the substantial and growing prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases. Early childhood may be an ... -
Physical activity profiling of New Zealand adults: a study of adults with and without young children
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Physical activity is essential for optimal health and wellbeing for all people. Emerging epidemiological perspectives call for a move from the current focus on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to a whole-of-physical ... -
Prevalence, perceptions, and correlates of physical activity among youth in New Zealand
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Preventing chronic diseases through physical activity in the Pacific Islands. A workplace health promotion programme in Vanuatu
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)“It’s an emergency!” delegates declared in 2011 at the Pacific Island Forum in Fiji, convened by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the World Health Organization Office of the South Pacific. The emergency referred ... -
Responsibility for children's physical activity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)As a consequence of the potential individual and social benefit associated with children being physically active, many large scale physical activity campaigns have been developed and implemented with the purpose of increasing ... -
The green prescription and New Zealand older adults: motives, benefits and barriers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Despite empirical evidence for the health-related benefits of physical activity, a large proportion of older adults are insufficiently active. In New Zealand, the Green Prescription is the nationwide physical activity ... -
Toward a Framework for Positive Health
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Despite explicit reference to promoting health and wellbeing in policy, application and promotion of positive health is limited. In New Zealand, like most societies, the dominant and funded health system is deficit-based. ... -
Towards Greater Understanding of the Role of Eating and Moving Behaviours in Wellbeing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)New Zealand’s public health system is primarily deficit-based; that is, the focus is mainly on disease prevention and treatment. Increasing levels of morbidity (time spent in poor health) and the failure of the current ... -
Understanding and Diagnosing Hyperinsulinaemia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Traditionally, insulin resistance is thought to be the precursor to many metabolic diseases. It is now believed that compensatory hyperinsulinaemia, previously thought to be a symptom of insulin resistance, may independently ... -
Understanding and measuring wellbeing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)There is growing interest and application worldwide in the science of wellbeing. Considerable empirical evidence indicating the importance and potential benefits of population wellbeing promotion (such as reducing the ... -
Understanding children's independent mobility
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Childhood is a critical developmental period; patterns of physical activity established during this time are likely to track into adolescence and adulthood. Children who are regularly physically active benefit from greater ...