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The Scottish Government is to plough £6m into tackling childhood obesity.
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16 Apr 2008
A centre promoting and researching health and wellbeing will be launched at
Leeds Metropolitan University in November.
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12 Oct 2011
The London Assembly has called on mayor Boris Johnson to implement policies to
tackle childhood obesity, as a legacy from London 2012.
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15 Mar 2013
Leeds has become the first UK city to successfully lower the rates of childhood obesity –
according to data from the national child measurement programme (NCMP).
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01 May 2019
The outgoing chief medical officer, professor Dame Sally Davies, has called for urgent action across
the industry – and the public sector – to help the government reach its target of halving childhood
obesity by 2030.
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10 Oct 2019
Schools will be expected to deliver at least 30 minutes of “moderate to vigorous physical
activity” to its pupils each day as part of the government’s strategy to fight childhood
obesity.
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18 Aug 2016
Health experts are calling on the government to scrap the so-called ‘fat letters’ posted to
parents in England to tell them if their child is overweight and instead offer more guidance
for fostering healthy lifestyles.
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10 Nov 2015
Members of the London Assembly have called for the manufacturers of products
associated with childhood obesity to be barred from sponsoring the Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
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21 Jun 2012
Waist circumference-to-height ratio is a more reliable measure of obesity in children and
adolescents than BMI according to a new study, published in Pediatric Research.
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04 Apr 2024
SportsArt Fitness UK has announced the launch of a strategic partnership with
charity, Young Pioneers, which empowers young people to overcome adversity
and be successful.
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12 Feb 2014
Phase 2 of the £850,000 redevelopment of the Swan Centre for Leisure in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland has started, with the focus on providing a new soft play area by SPI Play, along with two adjacent party rooms.
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18 Feb 2010
New research from the National Heart Forum (NHF) has suggested that an increase in obesity levels among children across the UK may be starting to "level off".
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04 Nov 2009
Leisure centre operator Sheffield International Venues (SIV) has so far raised £10,000
(US$12,795, €11,955) from the introduction of its sugar tax on fizzy drinks as members
move towards buying low and non-sugar drinks at its sites.
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24 Apr 2017
Levels of physical activity among boys in England continue to be worse now than
compared to seven
years ago, with girls showing a very slight improvement during the period, according to an
NHS
health trends survey.
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15 Dec 2016
We’ve reached a tipping point in the healthy living revolution, with Healthy New Towns and Sporting Future two huge opportunities to embrace, says Liz Terry
HCM issue 3 2016
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to make addressing the “great scandal” of
childhood obesity a top priority of this Parliament has been dismissed as ineffective by the
boss of one of Britain’s top fitness companies.
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22 May 2015
A group of leading GPs and health experts have called on the government to
create an emergency taskforce to quell the rising epidemic of childhood obesity.
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01 Sep 2014
Is the health and fitness industry approaching children's fitness in the right way? Kate Cracknell asks the experts for their views
HCM issue 1 2013
A new approach to physical education (PE) – based on physical literacy and “fun fitness” –
could transform school sport and help all children embrace physical activity.
news •
14 Nov 2016
Educated and experienced fitness professionals have been identified as the top
fitness sector trend for 2012, according to American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM) research.
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22 Nov 2011
Primary school children across the UK are in 'urgent need' of increasing their physical activity levels in
order to prevent serious health problems in later life, according to new research.
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21 Jun 2012
Activity providers may be missing out on funding because they don’t know how to demonstrate the value of their services
HCM issue 10 2016
Work has started on a major redevelopment at Cwmbran Stadium in Wales,
which will see the creation of a 70-station fitness suite and the existing four-
court sports hall remodelled into a vertical adventure playground, soft play
centre and cafe.
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22 Jan 2015
Former US President Bill Clinton and Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy, will be at the opening of
the Technogym Village on 29 September 2012, along with 800 other guests from more than 60 countries.
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28 Sep 2012
Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could
thwart efforts to tackle obesity.
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18 Jul 2016
Experts and campaign groups have poured scorn on the government’s Childhood Obesity
Strategy, describing it as a “missed opportunity”, “embarrassing” and “weak”.
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18 Aug 2016
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
SHOKK, the youth fitness brand, has opened its first US site in Anaheim, California, as part of plans to expand its global operations.
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18 Sep 2008
Children in Barrow, Cumbria, have just become the first in the UK to trial a new electronic playground technology.
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02 Aug 2007
A mobile wellness centre has been launched in the Wear Valley to tackle the problems of inactivity in isolated and socially deprived areas.
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05 Jul 2005
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look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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