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A four-year drive to reduce obesity in the town of Colac in Victoria, Australia, has resulted in 1,800 children weighing less, watching less television, eating more healthily and engaging in more sport.
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11 Oct 2006
A major new consultation aiming to shape the future of children’s physical activity across
the UK has been launched by not-for-profit health body ukactive.
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16 Mar 2018
Children from Chernobyl, many in remission from cancer, took part in activities at a club in Teesside as part of a visit to the UK to improve their health.
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07 Apr 2005
Cardiff Council has invested £100,000 to develop a new specialist fitness facility at Llanishen Leisure Centre which will be used to introduce children to the gym as part of a new initiative being run in partnership with Precor.
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18 Aug 2005
Traditionally believed to worsen symptoms, research in Canada now suggests that
exercise can actually be beneficial for children suffering from juvenile
arthritis, a condition which affects about one child in every 1,000.
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10 Dec 2014
Combining exercise and gaming – known as exergaming – can help improve physical and
mental fitness in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), scientists have found.
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24 Sep 2015
A concept aimed at promoting children’s development through physical activity is to launch in Watford this spring.
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09 Jan 2004
Organised sport should not be used to engage children in physical activity as it
alienates them from taking part in regular exercise, according to the chief
executive of Fit For Sport.
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20 Sep 2016
A new research project to identify the effects of exercise on young people’s hearts will
collect data from 100 Manchester United Academy football players as part of the study.
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02 Feb 2015
Only 17.5 per cent of children and young people are meeting the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines of
more than 60 minutes of activity a day, every day of the week.
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06 Dec 2018
Enjoyment is the single biggest factor in motivating children to be active – while "physically literate"
children do twice as much activity.
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25 Mar 2019
Less than half (44.9 per cent) of children and young people in England met the recommended levels
for exercise (60 minutes or more a day) during 2020.
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14 Jan 2021
Ten children from Craigie Park Nursery in Perth, all aged 3-4 years, recently visited Perth and Kinross Leisure's flagship fitness facility, Rodney Fitness Centre as part of their current curricular programme.
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04 May 2007
A health club for children is due to launch next month in Maidstone, Kent.
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21 Aug 2003
A consultation, launched earlier today by not-for-profit health body ukactive, will look to shape
future policy for children’s sport and physical activity in the UK.
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20 Feb 2018
Short bouts of moderate walking has been shown to offset the impact of a lack of
sustained exercise in children and protect against diseases related to obesity
and inactivity, according to new research from the National Institutes of Health.
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02 Sep 2015
Official figures from the Department of Health show that an increasing number of boys and girls under the age of 11 are now obese.
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29 Apr 2005
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
Physical education should be taught in schools on a daily basis to help improve academic
performance, a study has concluded.
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02 Jan 2018
Effectively engaging school children in sport and physical activity is the only way to reach
a broad spectrum of society in the future, according to Olympic bronze medal swimmer
Steve Parry.
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04 May 2016
YMCAfit has launched a course in east London to enable local people to train as instructors of Street Dance.
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22 Nov 2007
A majority of mothers do not exercise because it makes them feel guilty about not spending
time with their children.
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18 Jun 2019
Children who regularly take part in physical activity are 20 per cent happier than those who shun exercise in favour of computer games or television, according to recent research commissioned for the launch of Sainsbury’s Active Kids campaign.
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24 Feb 2006
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.
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16 Dec 2013
A pilot programme to tackle the issue of obesity in children diagnosed as either overweight or clinically obese has been a success in Northern Ireland.
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11 Apr 2006
Kidsport has opened a gym for families at its children’s fitness and play centre in Watford.
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04 Oct 2004
More than one-fifth of children starting primary school in Scotland are at risk of being
obese or overweight, according to new figures.
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16 Dec 2016
More than 700 children took part in a day of activities and healthy competition
designed to deliver the sporting legacy of the London 2012 Olympics Games.
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24 Oct 2013
A new study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) claims that physical exercise has little impact on obesity in young children.
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06 Oct 2006
New research from the University of Alberta in Canada show that children need
just seven minutes of vigorous exercise a day to stay fit. However, most
children are failing to achieve this.
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21 Nov 2012
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