Dr Gavin Sandercock and Dr Daniel Cohen’s work in children’s fitness testing has been cited by Sir Liam Donaldson, then the Government’s Chief Medical Officer, in relation to fitness testing in schools.

Some examples of articles relating to the work of Dr Cohen and Dr Sandercock are below:

• Competitive Sports and Easing Lockdown (LinkedIn and Social Media)
• Looking at more than Physical Activity (S&PA Professional)
• Stretching budgets as well as muscles – (My Academy)
• The Role of sport (Physical Education Matters)
• Children’s fitness levels fall despite London Olympics (OnMedica)
• Children in England are the least fit they’ve ever been (The Guardian)
• It’s about “fit”, not “fat” (BBC)
• Why an autumn birthday could define your PE career (The Conversation)
• Shouldn’t we know more about children’s health than their weight? (University of Essex)
• Lack of fitness “greater threat than obesity” (The Conversation)
• Children “are the least fit they’ve ever been” (The Guardian)
• Children ‘getting weaker because they don’t climb trees’ (The Telegraph)
• British children’s fitness levels ‘falling twice as fast as international average’ (The Telegraph)
• How our children ran out of puff (Sunday Times – subscription required)
• Children growing weaker as computers replace outdoor activity (The Guardian)
• Michael Gove’s explanation for school sports cuts is ‘unforgivably cynical’ (The Guardian)
• Child fitness levels ‘declining even in affluent areas’ (BBC)
• Do unfit parents have unhealthy children? (The British Psychological Society)
• Computers ‘making children weaker’ (Deccan Herald)
• Olympics shine the light on inactivity of couch potatoes (Fitness One)
• Childhood obesity obsession masks fitness ‘time bomb’ (The Independent)
• The decline in fitness is not just about obesity (UK Active)

Both Dr Sandercock and Dr Cohen have appeared on national television and radio, including Radio 4, BBC News 24 and Radio 5 Live and have spoken at national conferences.