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- SHU PhD Opportunity: Child 3D Body Composition Methods (18/05/26)SHU Funded PhD Opportunity: Validating 3D Child Body Composition: Agreement, Bias, Equity & Correction. We’re pleased to share a fully funded Transforming Lives PhD scholarship at Sheffield Hallam University. This project …
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- SHU PhD opportunity: Child Shape Phenotypes & Health (18/05/26)SHU Funded PhD Opportunity: Child Body Shape Phenotypes & Health Risk Prediction. We are excited to share a fully funded SHU Transforming Lives PhD scholarship opportunity at Sheffield Hallam University, …
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- BLOG: UK Voices Against Weight Stigma (World Obesity Day ’26)Each World Obesity Day (March 4th) is a reminder that we need to keep rethinking how we talk about and respond to obesity. This blog brings together key UK organisations …
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- BLOG – AnthroEngineering: why measurement alone is no longer enoughAnthropometry has long provided a way of describing human size, shape, and proportion. Traditionally, its outputs have been datasets, reference values, and population summaries – useful for comparison, surveillance, and …
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- BLOG – England’s latest NCMP results: what the 2024/25 data tells us about children’s growth, health and the environments shaping itReleased in November 2025, the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) provides one of the most detailed insights into children’s growth across England. This summary outlines the latest findings and their …
- VOLUNTEER MODELS NEEDED: (£45 Shopping voucher) 28/11/25 12:00-15:00, AWRC SheffieldAt the end of November, at Hallam’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) in Attercliffe, we are holding a body measurement training course. On the final day of the training (28th …
- November 2025: SHU ISAK level 1 accreditation & re-accreditation training courseSHU School of Sport & Physical Activity & the AWRC to hold ISAK Level 1 CPD training in November 2025 (26 – 28/11 09:00 – 17:00). This course will teach …
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- CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE EXTENDED FEB’26) – Applied Sciences Special Issue: Novel Anthropometric Techniques for Health and Nutrition AssessmentLooking to publish research in anthropometry? We are looking for papers (deadline 31/12/24 – EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 2026) on: the validity of anthropometric indices in health and nutritional screenings, novel …
- 13/08/24 (12:30-13:30) BASES Webinar – Beyond the Scale: Evaluating Body Metrics in Health and SportBody measures underpin life as we know it; from the trivial: the shape of the chair you’re sat on, the clothes you are wearing and the dimension of your devices, …
- BBC Radio 4 PM Show (21/06)Following her recent blog article publication with the Conversation, Dr Alice Bullas was invited on the national BBC radio PM news programme (21/06) to discuss BRI vs BMI (00:55:00): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00208ps.