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The inaugural National Childhood Obesity Week was launched today (5 July) by National Obesity Forum (NOF) and social enterprise Mind, Exercise, Nutrition...Do it! (MEND)
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05 Jul 2010
School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the epidemic of childhood
obesity in the US, according to public health scientists at Columbia University's Mailman
School of Public Health.
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12 Apr 2020
The United States childhood obesity crisis may be lessening, according to new
research released by the government.
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14 Aug 2013
Childhood obesity strategy further delayed, with sugar tax and physical activity unlikely to feature
The government’s long overdue childhood obesity strategy is facing further delays, with
the document now not expected until after the EU referendum.
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26 Feb 2016
The Venue Leisure Centre in Elstree, Hertfordshire, is one of the first in the UK to launch a completely interactive gym of computer games.
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16 Feb 2007
A health expert has called for a ‘Jamie Oliver of the gym’ to tackle the problem of childhood obesity.
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25 Jul 2005
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.
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23 Mar 2015
The government must take bold steps to make inroads in tackling Britain’s burgeoning
childhood obesity and inactivity problem, which has ballooned after more than a decade of
policy inertia.
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26 Jan 2016
The latest chapter of the government’s Childhood Obesity Plan – published this
week – has
received a mixed reaction from the physical activity sector.
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26 Jun 2018
Health and fitness professionals can receive childhood obesity prevention training thanks to a new course from the Weight Management Centre.
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14 Jun 2005
18-year-old Luke Lancaster has set up an award-winning programme that has
helped more than 5,000 young people learn how to lead a healthy lifestyle and
tackle childhood obesity.
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09 Jun 2014
An independent research company has declared that claims that childhood obesity has hit epidemic levels are “mere speculation”.
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23 Feb 2005
A pioneering Danish health scheme that enforces a series of strict lifestyle
changes is being touted as a potential solution to the global childhood obesity
epidemic.
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10 Nov 2014
Stafford Borough Council (SBC) has opened the H Zone – a fitness centre designed to encourage children to participate in physical activity.
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17 Nov 2010
GoKids Boston has received a Champion award for its work in helping to prevent
childhood obesity.
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08 Aug 2008
New scientific research concluding that physical inactivity, not diet, is the biggest cause of
childhood obesity has come under fire after it emerged that the study was funded by
Coca-Cola.
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14 Aug 2015
Public Health England CEO Duncan Selbie has called on the NHS to prioritise the prevention of
obesity, cardiovascular disease and smoking in its new long-term plan.
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10 Sep 2018
Technogym is urging health clubs around the
world to get their members moving during March
with the added incentive of helping to tackle
childhood obesity.
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26 Feb 2015
Lack of exercise is not a major cause of childhood obesity, according to an 11-year research into child health.
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12 Jul 2010
New research published as part of the government's National Child Measurement Programme has revealed that more than one in five children in the UK are starting school overweight or obese.
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14 Dec 2009
Xercise4Less founder Jon Wright has been praised for his efforts in trying to help reverse
the childhood obesity epidemic in the UK, winning the annual International Health,
Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) European Club Leadership Award.
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26 Oct 2017
Ensuring that Britain’s children are leading healthy and active lifestyles should be a top
priority for all parties in the forthcoming General Election.
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02 Mar 2015
Aston Villa players Thomas Sorensen and Craig Gardner have opened a new gym for children to tackle childhood obesity.
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01 May 2007
In an attempt to counter Britain’s childhood obesity epidemic, ukactive will work alongside
the Local Government Association (LGA) to help leisure centres offer a healthier range of
snacks.
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04 Oct 2016
More than 15,000 restaurant locations from 19 chains have come together to create a US-wide Kids LiveWell programme.
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20 Sep 2011
Staff from Hertsmere Leisure have been visiting local schools in the Borehamwood area to encourage children to become healthier and fitter by eating nutritious foods and exercising regularly.
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12 Jul 2005
A 'shocking' rise in childhood obesity figures means Britain must act now or risk the scales
tipping further, according to ukactive.
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14 Oct 2017
Body By Brandy 4 Kidz – an independent, not-for-profit children’s gym – has opened in the US, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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07 Jul 2006
A new training course is looking to equip professionals working with very young children
with the skills to confidently deliver physical activity programmes to children as young as
two years old.
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19 Oct 2016
The British Medical Council (BMA) has called for tough action to stem the rise in childhood obesity.
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30 Jun 2005
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The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
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