Tag Archives: Geoffrey Rose

Pedometer challenge meets male middle aged civil servants from 1970s

Posted on March 23, 2017 by

  The belief that ’10,000’ steps is good for you is relatively ingrained fitness lore worldwide. The belief has spread through high profile global step fitness challenges and the prevalence of relatively cheap, accurate digital step counters. However, before we … Continue reading →

Introduction to the Whitehall Study cataloguing project

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

This is the first blog in a series relating to the cataloguing of the health survey of male civil servants aged 40 and over, more commonly known as the Whitehall Study. For this initial post, I will outline the project … Continue reading →