Hi, my name is David Egan. I’m an entrepreneur, sport scientist & exercise physiologist. I also do web design and digital consultancy. Depending on how you look at it, I’m either a blagger or a polymath.

I’m the founder of RedBranch, a charity which helps children to make healthy lifestyle choices. I’m also the founder of TurnTrim, a weight loss system that empowers adults to take control of their weight. I run a digital consultancy called Carawebs with my wife Elaine.

In my spare time I keep super-fit, play guitar, kick-box, raise my kids and wrestle pigs (really).

Custom Post Types in Thesis 2

May 25, 2013
Functions, hooks & Thesis 2 page templates - a lightbulb moment!

I love to build WordPress websites, and I really love the Thesis framework (this site is built on Thesis 1.85). When Thesis 2.0 came out last year, it was a big surprise – the framework changed almost beyond recognition. At first, change was painful. All those comforting little familiar nuances were gone. I felt that after [...]

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Social Behaviour: Our Evolutionary Heritage

May 8, 2013
Looks a bit like my kids at dinner time...

Face it – you act like a caveman. You’re basically a neolithic hunter gatherer in modern clothing – and your social life has been largely shaped by your ancestral environment. This is the first in a series of articles delving into evolutionary psychology.

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The Importance of Play

August 11, 2012

Did you play outdoors when you were a kid? Maybe you climbed trees, kicked a ball around with your mates, built a den, cycled round the neighbourhood on your bike, or just played hide and seek. If so, you’re a dinosaur.

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Is Your Environment Making you Put on Weight?

September 27, 2011
Abundance of sweets

More and more of us are overweight these days. Obesity levels have been increasing for forty years, and the UK and Ireland are the top two fattest nations in Europe. Being overweight used to be unusual – now it is becoming the norm. What caused this massive change? Did we suddenly lose our willpower – [...]

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