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Only nine per cent of toddlers are getting the required levels of physical activity according
to data from the British Heart Foundation National Centre (BHFNC).
news •
20 Jan 2016
Public health spending on tackling England’s inactivity epidemic will double next
year, marking a “seismic shift” in local authority thinking, according to a new
ukactive report.
news •
12 Nov 2014
Physical activity outside of school is vital for child health and could play a major role in
helping children meet government recommendations, according to research from the
University of Bristol.
news •
21 Sep 2017
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), in consultation with SkillsActive, has published guidance on how to promote physical activity, active play and sport for young people under 18 years of age.
news •
24 Feb 2009
Members of Parliament in the UK and their teams are taking part in a physical activity
challenge
hosted by UK Active and Myzone between 2 and 30 November.
news •
07 Nov 2022
A new report from The World Health Organization (WHO), called Global Status Report on
Physical Activity 2022, has revealed that physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030 will result
in almost 500m people developing a preventable, non-communicable disease (NCD), at a cost
of US$300bn, if governments do not act urgently.
news •
19 Oct 2022
IHRSA is urging America's business leaders to become personally involved in
leading the US to wellness by taking the CEO Pledge.
news •
11 Nov 2011
Members of the United States Congress and Washington DC staff are competing against each
other in this year’s Congressional Physical Activity Challenge.
news •
05 May 2022
Physical activity experts and other relevant stakeholders are being asked to submit their views on a
World Health Organisation (WHO) investigation into ending childhood obesity.
news •
23 Mar 2015
Children who take part in organised physical activity or sport over their first two school years,
while also having better diets and spending more time reading have more powerful reasoning
skills than peers who don't have the benefit of these kinds of support or engagement.
news •
14 Sep 2023
British Medical Association: government must tackle 'stark inequalities' in physical activity levels
Doctors have called on the Conservative government to take "urgent action" to improve low levels of
physical activity across the UK.
news •
28 Oct 2019
Organisations, groups and individuals who contribute to increasing the levels of physical
activity across the UK are being urged to take part in a ukactive survey to find out ‘what
works’ in getting people more active.
news •
22 Nov 2016
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the majority of adolescents worldwide are
not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk.
news •
22 Nov 2019
The UK is at the bottom of the pile when it comes to investing in physical activity. Figures published by the
Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA) show that UK spends the smallest proportion of general government
expenditure on recreation and sport of all European countries.
news •
04 Oct 2023
ukactive has named Dr James Steele as its new principal investigator – a role which will
see him lead the ukactive Research Institute.
news •
15 Feb 2018
Changing just one seated meeting per week at work into a walking meeting leads to a
measurable increase in the work-related physical activity levels of white-collar workers,
according to a new study published by public health researchers with the University of
Miami Miller School of Medicine.
news •
05 Jul 2016
Shadow health secretary and respected activity advocate Andy Burnham will
return as a headline speaker for ukactive’s National Summit 2014 next month,
one of several high-profile thought leaders due to feature.
news •
13 Oct 2014
Elderly people must take part in low-intensity physical activity and avoid being sedentary
to help reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke, findings from an 18-year study have
confirmed.
news •
22 Nov 2017
The health and fitness sector must continue to highlight - both at government
level and with local GPs - the financial benefits of physical activity to achieve
a redistribution of public funds, according to ukactive chair Fred Turok.
news •
30 Apr 2014
The Department of Health (DH) has launched a new plan to get couch potatoes off their sofas.
news •
13 Feb 2009
Health secretary Andy Burnham has announced details of new sports and physical activity schemes that will form part of the government's vision to improve fitness levels throughout the UK.
news •
17 Aug 2009
The Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive will host sport and physical activity hustings with the
main political parties ahead of the December general election.
news •
21 Nov 2019
People who meet recommended physical activity targets by cramming in exercise over the
weekend gain similar health benefits to those who spread their fitness over a number of
days during the week, according to researchers.
news •
11 Jan 2017
Physical activity can improve the health and quality of life of people living Parkinson's
disease (PD), researchers have concluded.
news •
17 Nov 2016
Elevate, the UK’s largest cross-sector event focused
on tackling physical inactivity, aims to directly address
the root cause of this issue.
product innovation •
29 Mar 2017
Entitled ‘Engaging Children and Young People in Physical
Activity’, a new report by Precor and ukactive highlights
the importance of physical activity on child
development.
product innovation •
16 Dec 2013
The Department of Health has pledged its support for the National Physical Activity Alliance (NPAA).
news •
27 Nov 2008
Sport England and Public Health England (PHE) have partnered up to fund a new pilot
aimed at upskilling healthcare professionals to embed physical activity in clinical care.
news •
11 Oct 2016
Just 30 minutes of physical activity, of light or vigorous intensity, six days a week leads to
a 40 per cent lower risk of death from any cause, according to a new study published
online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
news •
21 May 2015
Lack of exercise is not a major cause of childhood obesity, according to an 11-year research into child health.
news •
12 Jul 2010
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