Dr Anne Elliott

Qualitative research • Exercise and chronic disease • Physical Activity in Middle age • Applied Embodiment • Personal Trainer Practitionership

Public output from research, consultancy and Government/Industry boards

2025 Sandra Parsons (2025) Age Less. New River Books: London. ISBN 978-1-915780-32-4 (Consulted on and wrote exercise programmes. Daily Mail Wellness Book of the Year)

2022 Sport England/Richmond Group, ‘Movement for All’ national campaign, ongoing revue

2022 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - Healthcare technologies strategy

2022 Diabetes UK Physical Activity 5 year research strategy for grant allocation

2019  Sport and Physical Activity across the Lifetime, Annals of Leisure research. 2019 Vol22, 4, pp 582-583. Book Review

2018 Revision of UK physical Activity Guidelines – Published and disseminated through NICE

2017 CIMSPA National Occupation standards and job descriptors for levels 1-5. 

2016 Outcomes of Expert roundtable panel: National Physical Activity Implementation Framework - a number of policy documents including:

Public Health England. (2016). Changes in the behaviour and health of 40 to 60 year olds between 1991 to 1993 and 2011 to 2013. London: Public Health England

2011  Health and fitness editor on online magazine ‘fabafterfifty.co.uk’. A weekly column with a readership of approx. 120,000, that discussed latest health research implications for the general public. 

2007  Book ‘It’s not Rocket Science’ was featured on GMTV and endorsed by UK Minister of State for Health.

Research Output: 

Ali, S.B., Cohen, R., Evans, T., Elliott, A., (2025) Perspectives of Physical Activity in Combating Metabolic Syndrome: Insights from a Multi-ethnic Urban Population. Frontiers in Public health. In Pre-Publication

Elliott, A., Turner, A., Volante, M. (2025) Middle Aged Women and their Physical Activity Leisure Selves, International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-025-00180-w

Ali, S.B., Cohen, R., Evans, T., Elliott, A., (2025) Perspectives of Physical Activity in Combating Metabolic Syndrome: Insights from a Multi-ethnic Urban Population. Frontiers in Public health. In Pre-Publication

Elliott, A., Turner, A., Volante, M. (2025) Middle Aged Women and their Physical Activity Leisure Selves, International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-025-00180-w

Fatima S., Augusto J.C., Moseley R., Urbonas P., Elliott A., Payne N. (2023) ‘Applying Motivational Techniques for User Adherence to adopt a Healthy Lifestyle in a Gamified Application’.  Entertainment Computing. 46: 100571, ISSN 1875-9521, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2023.100571. Springer. 

Elliott, A., Evans, T., Cohen, R., Watt, J., & Volante, M. (2022). ‘Was physical education as bad as people remember it? A qualitative thematic review’. THE SKY-International Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (IJPESS), 18-31. https://doi.org/10.51846/the-sky.v0i0.2071

Elliott, A., & Evans, T. (2022) ‘Is the answer to improved health hiding in plain sight?’. Integrated Care Journal. Published Online: https://integratedcarejournal.com/newsdit-article/bf4d9f515e5b171faa9acca0c8050aba/is-the-answer-to-improved-health-hiding-in-plain-sight/ 22/2/22

Ali, S.B., & Elliott, A. (2021). ‘Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic in the UAE’. J Adv Sport Phys Edu, 4(11): 225-233.

Elliott A., Volante M., Evans T., Watt J., Cohen R., (2021) ‘Was PE as bad as people remember it?’ International Network of Sport and Health Science 17^th Sport Specific Convention 1-3 Dec 2021, Budapest, Hungary

Tijana Purenović-Ivanović, Raša Dejanović, Danijela Živković, Saša Bubanj, Andela Đošić and Anne Elliott (2021) ‘The effect of resistance training on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women’ International Network of Sport and Health Science 17^th Sport Specific Convention 1-3 Dec 2021, Budapest, Hungary

Elliott A., Volante M., (2021) ‘Menopausal Women and Physical Activity’. International Society of Physical Activity and Health Congress, 12-14 Oct 2021, Vancouver Canada

Elliott A., Volante M., Watt J., Cohen R., (2021) ‘Are personal trainers' values and philosophy of practitionership hampering clients' success?' Leisure Studies Association Conference 6-8 July 21. https://www.solent.ac.uk/solent-sport/events/lsa-2021-conference

McNamara, Jack and Elliott, Anne  (2019) ‘The knowledge and practice of personal trainers working with people with long term health conditions’. BASES Conference 2019 – Programme and Abstracts, Journal of Sports Sciences. In: BASES Conference 2019, 27-28 Nov 2019, Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, United Kingdom. (doi:10.1080/02640414.2019.1671688)

Dunthorne, Leah and Elliott, Anne (2018) ‘Stakeholder’s perceptions on the impact of the Olympic legacy on young people in east London’. Leisure Studies Association Conference 2018,10-12 July, University of Bath, United Kingdom.

Elliott, A. ‘Physical Activity and chronic disease’. Leisure Industry Week Conference 22-23 Sept 2015 EXCEL, London UK

Anne is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is Module leader on postgraduate: Research Methods, Independent Project, Professional Placement. She is a PhD Director of Studies/supervisor. Present projects include: Exercise for carers of Alzheimer's sufferers in UK and Slovenia, Developing a national exercise programme for Parkinson's sufferers in UK Care Homes, Developing a national physical activity strategy for metabolic syndrome in the UAE 

Pedagogic interests - Developing practitioner knowledge through reflective consideration of practice and integrating tacit knowledge with new knowledge in taught modules. The amalgamated new knowledge base is then applied to student’s research capacity.