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Details for Professor Ken Fox
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| Name | Professor Ken Fox | ||||||
| Job title | Emeritus Professor |
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| Department | School for Policy Studies University of Bristol |
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| Out-of-hours contact details | home01392 253 761 | ||||||
| Qualifications | B.Sc.(Lond.), MSc, Ph.D.(Arizona), PGCE | ||||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians Association for the Study of Obesity Physical Education Association UK British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences British Nutrition Foundation |
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| Keywords | physical activity exercise psychology obesity public health mental health ageing self-esteem |
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| Areas of expertise | Spokesperson for the field of physical activity/exercise and public health. Senior scientific editor of the CMO report (2004)and co-author of joint CMOs report (2011) on physical activity guidelines. Adviser to the Health Select Committee Enquiry on obesity (2004). Panel member for Foresight report on obesity (2007). Presenter to House of Lords Enquiry on health behaviour change. Scientific governor of the British Nutrition Foundation. Adviser to Department of Health on physical activity. Research projects include activity interventions for children and older adults, exercise and mental health, exercise and weight management, theoretical research into self-esteem and self-perceptions. |
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| Media experience | I act as a spokesperson for physical activity and public health, on activity for children and older adults, obesity and mental health issues. Many past TV, radio and press interviews and regularly present at professional and research conferences. |
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