Hannah Wood

Dec 6, 2024 | journals.plos.org | Hannah Wood |Sanjana Prabhakar |Rebecca Upsher

Citation: Wood HC, Prabhakar S, Upsher R, Duncan M, Dommett EJ, Gardner B (2024) Understanding university students’ experiences of sitting while studying at home: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0314768. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314768Editor: Margaret Williams, Nelson Mandela University, SOUTH AFRICAReceived: May 21, 2024; Accepted: November 17, 2024; Published: December 6, 2024Copyright: © 2024 Wood et al.

Nov 23, 2024 | hepi.ac.uk | Hannah Wood

By Hannah C. Wood (@hannahc_wood), PhD Student at King’s College London. University students often spend large portions of their day sitting down, around 10.7 hours a day on average according to one review. High levels of sedentary behaviour are associated with negative physical health outcomes, including greater risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and all-cause mortality.

Jun 21, 2024 | mirror.co.uk | Mia O'Hare |Hannah Wood |Peter Hart

Jenny Ryan has revealed her shocking brush with 'fat shaming' during a phone consultation with her GP. The 42-year-old quiz champ, who is also known as The Vixen on The Chase, shared a series of posts outlining her disgust over the incident.

May 31, 2024 | dailyrecord.co.uk | Ewan Mowat |Hannah Wood

A Bruce Springsteen superfan who penned his university dissertation on the rock legend managed to hand him the thesis during a gig. Nathan Collett, 23, made the 186-mile trip from his home near Liverpool to the singer's gig at Murrayfield in Edinburgh last May. Nathan's research paper was titled: 'Brilliant Disguises: An Analysis of Masculinity Through the Works and Life of Bruce Springsteen' and had been submitted a year earlier.

Jan 25, 2024 | dailyrecord.co.uk | Hannah Wood |Ewan Mowat

People living on quiet residential streets can often get frustrated when cars go flying down their road, disturbing the peace. Anger is often directed at so-called 'boy racers' for their fast - and loud - vehicles causing issues for locals. However, in one East Lothian town, a vehicle was spotted motoring down a pavement - but rather than provoke anger, it left onlookers in stitches. This was because it wasn't a car speeding down the walkway, it was a dodgem.