Dr Alice Porter
MSc, BSc
Current positions
Senior Research Associate in Diet and Physical Activity
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
PASSPORT: A novel Physical Activity School-Specific PORTfolio intervention evaluated via a stepped wedge design to increase children’s physical activity at a population level
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2023 to 29/02/2028
Action 3:30
Principal Investigator
Role
Other
Description
The after-school period is a time in which children can be active but what schools currently provide is mainly team sports. Teaching assistants (TAs) are school staff members who could…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2017 to 30/09/2018
Publications
Recent publications
19/06/2025A qualitative study in UK secondary schools exploring how PE uniform policies influence body image attitudes, and PE engagement among adolescent girls
BMJ Open
A systematic review of the relationship between portion size and indexes of adiposity in children
Obesity Reviews
Designing context-specific physical activity interventions for English primary schools: key learning from a four-month rapid ethnography
BMC Public Health
Designing stepped wedge trials to evaluate physical activity interventions in schools
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
The complexity of promoting physical activity in English state primary schools: An in-depth qualitative analysis of the role of social context
BMC Public Health
Thesis
What exactly are ‘me’ sized meals for one- to five-year-olds?
Supervisors
Award date
22/03/2022
Related people
Professor Russ Jago
Professor of Physical Activity & Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Frank De Vocht
Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Ruth Salway
Lecturer in Public Health Improvement
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Robert Walker
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Danielle House
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)