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Dr Adrienne Hughes |
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Department of Sports Studies University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA UK |
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Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 466488 | |
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Fax: + 44 (0) 1786 466477 | |
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Email: adrienne.hughes@stir.ac.uk | |
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Web: www.sports.stir.ac.uk |
| About |
| 2006 – present Lecturer in Department of Sports Studies, University of Stirling 2003 – 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Developmental Medicine, University of Glasgow/Yorkhill Hospitals 1999 – 2003 PhD Exercise Medicine, University of Glasgow 1998 – 1999 Exercise Physiologist, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley 1993 – 1998 BSc (Hons) Sports Medicine, University of Glasgow |
| Teaching |
| SPS9F6 Psychology of Exercise, Physical Activity and Health (module co-ordinator) SPS9C5 Sports medicine, health and well-being (module contributor) SPS9R7 Readings in Sports Studies (module contributor) SPS9D8 Sports Studies Dissertations (supervisor for science based dissertations) |
| Research |
| I completed a PhD in 2003, funded by the British Heart Foundation, on the effect of physical activity counselling on promotion and maintenance of physical activity in phase IV cardiac rehabilitation. Following my PhD, I was employed as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Human Nutrition at Glasgow University, where I managed the Scottish Childhood Obesity Treatment Trial (SCOTT). This was a multi-centre randomised controlled trial funded by the Scottish Executive Health Department. I have also conducted several other studies relating to aspects of childhood obesity including; quality of life among obese children, physical activity and sedentary behaviour (measured with accelerometry) among obese children, evaluation of the B’Active programme for overweight primary school children in Glasgow (funded by the Big Lottery Fund) and a qualitative study of parental perspectives of the SCOTT treatments (funded by the Scottish Executive Health Department). All of these studies have been published in high quality specialist journals. My current research interests include prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, measuring sedentary behaviour and physical activity in obese adolescents and the effect of resistance training on insulin sensitivity in South Asian obese adolescent. |
| Publications |
| Stewart J, Reilly JJ and Hughes AR (2009) Evidence-based behavioral treatment of obesity in children and adolescents. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 18(1):189-98. Hughes AR, Stewart L, Chapple J, et al. (2008) Randomized Controlled Trial of a Best-Practice Individualized Behavioral Program for Treatment of Childhood Overweight: Scottish Childhood Overweight Treatment Trial (SCOTT). Pediatrics 121:e539-e546. Stewart L, Chapple J, Hughes AR, Poustie V & Reilly JJ (2008) Parents’ journey through treatment for their child’s obesity: qualitative study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 93(1): 35-39. Stewart L, Chapple, J, Hughes AR, Poustie V, Reilly JJ (2008) The use of behavioural change techniques in treatment of paediatric obesity: qualitative evaluation of parental perspectives on treatment. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 21(5):464-73. Hughes AR, Mutrie N & MacIntyre P (2007) Effect of an exercise consultation on maintenance of physical activity after completion of phase III exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 14:114-121. Hughes AR, McLaughlin R, Mckay J, Lafferty K, McKay T, Mutrie N (2007) The B’Active programme for overweight primary school children in Glasgow: determining the prevalence of overweight and obesity and piloting an activity intervention. British Journal of Nutrition 97:204-209. Hughes AR (2008) Increasing and maintaining physical activity in special populations. In J Buckley (ed) Exercise Physiology in Special Populations. Elsevier Churchill. Hughes AR, Henderson A, Ortiz-Rodriguez V, Artinou M & Reilly JJ (2006) Habitual physical activity and sedentary behaviour in a clinical sample of obese children. International Journal of Obesity 30:1494-1500. Hughes AR & Reilly JJ (2006) Prevention and Treatment of Obesity in Children and Adolescents. Scottish Journal of Physical Education 27(2). Hughes AR, Kirk AF, Mutrie N, MacIntyre P (2002) Exercise consultation improves exercise adherence in phase IV cardiac Rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 22(6):421-425.
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