PhD defence: Exercising for health – is once a week enough?

An investigation of various exercise regimes provided in real-life settings to untrained adults

Tina-Thea Nielsen

PhD thesis

Physical inactivity decreases across a lifespan and regular exercise is of major importance in the prevention and treatment of various chronic conditions.

This thesis investigates the physiological health effects of various exercise regimes when provided in real-life setups (recreational sports clubs and a community health centre) to the adult, middle-aged and elderly population.

Further, the thesis adds knowledge on the use of small-sided team sport as a health-promoting activity for untrained individuals with or at risk of developing lifestyle diseases in a community health centre set-up.

2021, 135 pages.

Date

28 April 2021, 14:00

Place

Digital defence.

Opponents

Associate Professor Mogens Theisen Pedersen (chair), Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Associate Professor Svein Barene, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway.

Associate Professor Susana Póvoas, University Institute of Maia / Instituto Universitário Da Maia, Portugal.

Supervisor

Professor Nikolai Baastrup Nordsborg, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Co supervisor

Associate professor Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis, University College Copenhagen, Denmark.

Professor Peter Krustrup, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.