About Snacktivity

Hi I'm James. I am one of the Senior Research Associates working on the Snacktivity Programme. My background is in utilising Digital Health Technology for Lifestyle behaviour change. In other words, seeing if Fitbits make people more active and therefore healthier. So my main role in this programme is to develop the Snackapp and wearable tracker which will be used in the intervention.

Outside of work, I am recently married and enjoying married life very much. I enjoy watching and playing football and I am an avid Arsenal fan (for my sins!). I enjoying reading, cooking and growing my own vegetables, they help me to relax and are a useful distraction

My name is Kaj, I am a Senior Research Associate on the Snacktivity Project. It's my responsibility to support Amanda with planning and conducting the studies. This includes making sure that the research we do is ethical. I am also involved in developing the materials for the project including public surveys and the digital intervention.

I have developed and tested a number of interventions to help encourage healthier lifestyles. I am passionate about getting people more active to both prevent and manage a cancer diagnosis.

Outside of work I enjoy keeping active and love body combat, weight training and Pilates. I also enjoy reading, escaping to hot countries and spending time with my family! :)

Hi I'm Anna and I am the Senior Research Associate leading the Snacktivity Think Aloud study. I get to speak to all of the health practitioners and participants to find out what they think of the Snacktivity project and its resources, and how we can make it even better.

I have been involved with lots of different research projects that promote physical activity and try to improve people's health. I am particularly interested in children and young people's health and helping to develop a love for being active. Afterall, it is something that everyone can be excellent at.

When I am not working I really enjoy playing squash and play for a couple of local teams in the county leagues. I also love music and going to see live bands and gigs.

I am the Public Involvement Lead for Snacktivity. It's my responsibility to ensure that we work in partnership with members of the public throughout the Snacktivity Inputs from public contributors are invaluable: they help us to ensure that everything we do on the project is acceptable to people who are invited to take part in the project. . I make sure that our Public Advisory Group are kept up-to-date with the project and that we evaluate and report how we involve people throughout the project.

I am also the Public Involvement Lead for the Applied Research Collaborations West Midlands. Before taking on the role, I was a public contributor on a range of research projects, contributing my knowledge and experiences of living with several autoimmune conditions.

My seven year old daughter takes up most of my spare time but when I do get a moment to myself, I enjoy reading. I will read pretty much anything, but I have a love of Russian literature and a 'keen' interest in Communist history.

My name is Ryan and I am the Senior Trial Manager for the Snacktivity study (WP3). I am based at the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit.

I have worked on a number of clinical trials over the years, ranging from weight loss trials to trials focussing on the delivery of babies!

Outside of work I enjoy supporting my home town football club Leicester City and trying to keep fit mainly by running or playing football.

My name is Jonah and I am a PhD student working on the Snacktivity project. My main areas of interest are the use of Digital Health technologies (Fitbits etc) and how these can be utilised to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour.

My role is to contribute towards the creation of the Snack App and companion wearable device. My main interest is ensuring that the snacks performed can be accurately detected and appropriate/meaningful feedback can be delivered.

I enjoy watching any and all sports and spent a large amount of time at university playing volleyball.

My name is Ben Maylor and I am a lifestyle researcher based at the University of Leicester. My role for the Snacktivity project is to co-ordinate and analyse all of the wrist-worn devices that are used to measure behaviour for the study.

I am involved in several other research projects which test how effective interventions are at reducing sedentary behaviour. I also spend time working on developing new ways we interpret the data provided by research-grade accelerometers so that we better understand the effects of behaviour on health outcomes.

Outside of work I am an avid gym-goer and play rugby for my local team. I also like to take my 2 dogs (both puggles) out for walks in the countryside.