Hargraves on Health

Dr Fiona Hargraves

Applied behavioural science for real-world health. Health advice is everywhere: move, eat and sleep better, reduce stress. But knowing what to do doesn’t create consistency amid work, family, fatigue and old habits. Dr Hargraves explores exercise, nutrition, sleep, recovery, prevention, lifestyle medicine, performance and wellbeing through behaviour: after prescription, how to create health habits that get results. Hosted by an exercise physiologist, nutritionist and university lecturer in health behaviour change with a PhD in behavioural psychology, mental health and lifestyle medicine.

Episodes

  1. Jul 5

    Why knowing what to do doesn't work: Introduction to Hargraves on Health.

    Most people already know what they should be doing to improve their health or fitness. They know they should move more, sleep better, eat well, drink less, manage stress and take prevention seriously. The real challenge is not finding more information. Health advice is everywhere. But knowing what to do does not mean being able to do it consistently enough, for long enough, to get the outcomes you want, and keep them. In this first episode of Hargraves on Health, Dr Fiona Hargraves introduces the central question behind the podcast: what happens after the advice, plan, program or prescription? This episode is for people who care about their health, understand the basics, and still find themselves wondering why change is harder than it should be. It is for anyone who has had all the plans and programs, started strong, fallen off track, blamed themselves, waited for motivation, or wondered why they and still struggle with consistency or building habits, even though they really want to improve their health, fitness or performance. Fiona introduces the behavioural gap between knowing and doing, and why health behaviour change is the real key to achieving health goals long term. She also outlines what listeners can expect from future episodes: practical, evidence-based conversations about exercise, nutrition, sleep, recovery, prevention, lifestyle medicine, performance and wellbeing, all through the lens of behaviour. Dr Fiona Hargraves is a university lecturer in health behaviour change, a qualified exercise physiologist, sports scientist, nutritionist and wellness coach, with a PhD in behavioural psychology, mental health and lifestyle medicine. If you want to understand why health change so often breaks down, and how science can be applied for better health, this is the place to start. Follow Hargraves on Health for upcoming episodes.

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Applied behavioural science for real-world health. Health advice is everywhere: move, eat and sleep better, reduce stress. But knowing what to do doesn’t create consistency amid work, family, fatigue and old habits. Dr Hargraves explores exercise, nutrition, sleep, recovery, prevention, lifestyle medicine, performance and wellbeing through behaviour: after prescription, how to create health habits that get results. Hosted by an exercise physiologist, nutritionist and university lecturer in health behaviour change with a PhD in behavioural psychology, mental health and lifestyle medicine.