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Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods

...studies show no effect – and some even suggest the opposite. Most recently, a review of effects of artificial sweeteners collected evidence from studies involving a total of over 400,000 participants. It found that weight loss benefits of artificial sweeteners had not been demonstrated, and that some studies even indicated greater weight and waist circumference among...
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Are you estranged from your family and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you estranged from your family and considering university?

...study, in particular student finance. The key issue is that estranged students do not have any financial, emotional or other support from their parents (biological or adoptive parents) for their higher education studies. They are self-reliant and live independently, sometimes with friends or a relative such as grandparents before or while at university. Support available...
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Sound Systems: Listening to music together
History & The Arts

Sound Systems: Listening to music together

...study. This video is centred on an interview with Clive Spring in which he recounts his own personal listening experiences from childhood in the Caribbean to adulthood in the United Kingdom, mainly focused on sound systems including Soprano B, Quaker City, and Jah Shaka. The richness of detail in Clive's account includes reflections on the technology, some of the social...
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South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future
Health, Sports & Psychology

South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future

...study site is here: SATTA: South Asian Young Adult Carers’ Transitions to Adulthood | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies The young people told us about cultural expectations, religious values, gender roles and looking after their health, as well as the importance of accessing support. Their stories show both the pressures and the strengths that can...
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Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...studying this course, you should be able to: summarise the main research evidence of family influence on a child’s level of physical activity participation relate expectancy-value theory (Eccles, 1993; Eccles et al., 1983) to parental involvement in children’s sporting experience understand how gender and parental gender stereotypes may affect parents’ support of...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Crime fiction
Languages

Crime fiction

...study and available to start right away...Find out about The Open University's Languages, cultures and communication courses. Crime fiction is the best-selling literary genre in Great Britain and other European countries. People’s reasons for reading, watching and listening to crime stories are many and varied. Maybe you like the puzzle element, testing your wits...
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Identity In Question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Identity In Question

...studies explore the value and relevance of different theoretical frameworks for understanding identity by applying the main concepts in real situations. The material is taken from The Open University course D853 Identity in question... Identity In Question A short introduction to this album. Language Approach Why this approach of Identity formation been so influential in...
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Match report: The first England v Wales rugby international
Health, Sports & Psychology

Match report: The first England v Wales rugby international

...skills on the pitch had yet to show themselves...At Blackheath on Saturday afternoon, the initial match, according to Rugby Union Rules, between England and Wales was decided in the presence of a large number of football enthusiasts and their friends. The weather, although dull, was by no means unfavourable, and the ground of the Blackheath Football Club proved in...
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