ISEH Research Fellow Dr Jo Blodgett conducted research with ISEH’s Professor Mark Hamer, Assoc. Professor Dr Snehal Pinto Pereira, and Research Fellow Dr Tom Norris to establish if there was an association between very early life factors and time spent engaging in high intensity activity such as exercise in midlife. The study was a collaborative project and also included fellow researchers Prof Emmanuel Stamatakis and Prof Gary O'Donovan.