Expert Panel Members
Expert Working Groups
The role of the 'Expert Working Groups'
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Dr. Xanne Janssen
Dr. Ruth Kipping
Dr. Adrienne Hughes
Dr. Anne Martin
Prof. Sonia Livingstone
Dr. Catherine Hill
Dr. Kathryn Hesketh -
Children and young people
Prof. Stuart Fairclough
Dr. Simon Sebire
Dr. Lauren Sherar
Prof. Craig Williams
Dr. Paul McCrorie
Dr. Kelly Mackintosh
Dr. Esther van Sluijs -
Adults
Prof. Andy Jones
Dr. James Steele
Dr. David Broom
Dr. Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten
Dr. Cindy Gray
Prof. Jason Gill
Prof. Dylan Thompson -
Older adults
Dr. Garry Tew
Dr. Mark Tully
Dr. Afroditi Stathi
Dr. Carolyn Greig
Dr. Daniel Cleather
Prof. Rob Copeland
Dr. Alexandra Mavroeidi -
Sedentary behaviour
Prof. Stuart Biddle
Dr. Sebastien Chastin
Dr. Thomas Yates
Dr. Stacy Clemes
Dr. Sally Fenton
Dr. Claire Fitzsimons
Dr. Richard Pulsford -
Communication and surveillance
Dr. Karen Milton
Bob Laventure
Tessa Strain
Laura Smith
Dr. Philippa Dall
Dr. Andy Pringle
Dr. Paul Kelly
Anna Chalkley
Prof. Martyn Standage
Nick Colledge
The role of the EWGs is to review new evidence for physical activity and certain health outcomes (i.e. the effect of physical activity on the risk factors for cardiovascular disease) and make a judgement on whether this evidence suggests a change to the current physical activity recommendations for their group (e.g. Under 5s). It is also the EWGs responsibility to review existing UK and international approaches to the implementation of national physical activity guidelines, and surveillance of physical activity and make any recommendations to improve the way UK do this.
Once this stage is complete, EWGs will write a technical report with their draft physical activity recommendations. These are then open to feedback at the Scientific Consensus Meeting (SCM). EWG members will be participating in the SCM, helping to present their findings, support small workshops and clarify challenging issues from other scientists and stakeholders.
Once the draft physical activity recommendations have been discussed at the SCM, the EWGs will refine and put forward a final technical report for their group with the updated UK physical activity recommendations. These will then be used by the four UK CMOs to write the updated physical activity guidelines.
UK and International Experts
The role of UK and international experts
Experts will be asked to provide advice to Chairs of the EWGs on specific technical matters in relation to evidence or implementation, by contributing their own individual scientific knowledge and experience of production and implementation of national guidelines. They will also provide an oversight and short review of the technical papers produced by the EWGs and CMO Writing Group. UK and international members are:
UK experts
- Prof. Alan Batterham, Teeside University
- Simon Williams
- Dr. Melvyn Hillsdon, University of Exeter
- Prof. Gareth Stratton, Swansea University
International experts
- Prof. Tony Okely, University of Wollongong, Australia
- Prof. Russ Pate, University of South Carolina, USA
- Prof. Jo Salmon, Deakin University, Australia
- Prof. Abby King, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
- Prof. Ulf Ekelund, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Norway
- Dr. Wanda Wendel-Vos, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands