Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago
Meredith Peddie has a BPhEd (Hons) in Sports Science, a BSc and MSc in Nutrition, and graduated with her PhD from the University of Otago in 2012. Between 2012 and 2020 Meredith worked in the Department in research positions funded by the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand. She joined the Department permanently as a Senior Lecturer in February 2020. Meredith's main area of research focuses on the postprandial metabolic effects of interrupting sitting time with short bouts of physical activity, but she is also interested in how moving more and sitting less impacts health in a broader sense. Meredith's other research interests include the impact of nutrition, sedentary behaviour and physical activity on cardiometabolic risk.
Want to sleep longer? Adding mini-bursts of exercise to your evening routine can help – new study
Jul 21, 2024 16:24 pm UTC| Health
Exercising before bed has long been discouraged as the body doesnt have time to wind down before the lights go out. But new research has found breaking up a quiet, sedentary evening of watching television with short...