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A new guide launched by non-profit organisation Media Smart to help parents
educate their children about body confidence issues has received the backing of
the Home Office.
news •
27 Jun 2012
The number of children enrolled on Parkwood Leisure's Learn to Swim
Programme, has reached a
record high since pools were allowed to reopen to the public on 12 April.
news •
10 Aug 2021
Sports trust Freedom Leisure is to manage an outreach programme which will bring a range of play activities to young people, thanks to a grant of £237,000 to Wealdon District Council from the Big Lottery Fund.
news •
04 Jul 2007
Global fitness company Les Mills has teamed up with awards and qualifications body
Sports Leaders UK to launch a new partnership, which will support schools, children,
parents and carers to be physically active through a “Netflix-style” platform.
news •
03 Jul 2018
The British Medical Council (BMA) has called for tough action to stem the rise in childhood obesity.
news •
30 Jun 2005
British Gymnastics has teamed up with face-paint company Snazaroo to promote its new children’s health and fitness campaign.
news •
17 Jun 2005
ZigZag has partnered with Fit For Sport to encourage school children to exercise and improve their fitness levels.
product innovation •
19 Mar 2008
Physical activity organisations, schools and local authorities are among the bodies eligible
to bid for a share of a £6m (US$8.7m, €7.8m) government pot earmarked for projects
which develop children’s character.
news •
01 Jun 2016
Leisure operator Places for People is to harness the ubiquitous popularity of
Peppa Pig in a bid to banish inactivity among children under five.
news •
16 Sep 2014
This summer, the Junior Summer Fitness Challenge (JSFC) is rolling out to 10 leisure sites across the south-east, plus one site in Yorkshire.
news •
20 Jun 2006
New exercise advice is needed to protect children from developing heart and circulation problems in
adulthood, according to research conducted as part of a European Commission-sponsored project.
news •
30 Jul 2013
Harlow Leisurezone is undergoing a £400,000 redevelopment programme of
one of its indoor tennis courts to install a brand new three-storey children’s soft
play centre.
news •
13 Jun 2014
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has launched a new campaign aimed at raising fitness levels in young people.
news •
12 Nov 2004
There has been a four-fold increase in the number of children admitted to hospital for problems
related to obesity in England and Wales between 2000 and 2009. In 2009 there were 3,806 children
admitted to hospital for obesity-related conditions - compared with a mere 872 in 2000.
news •
13 Jun 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).
news •
01 May 2019
The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described
an "urgent wake-up call" and a "national disgrace".
news •
06 Dec 2018
Brentwood Leisure Trust has installed a ZigZag Machine Dance system at Brentwood Leisure Centre thanks to funding from Essex County Council’s Community Initiative Fund.
news •
05 Jun 2007
Cadbury House Hotel & Country Club in Congresbury is expanding its health club and spa centre.
news •
14 May 2007
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is calling for the UK smoking ban to be extended to cover all public parks, play areas and outdoor swimming pools.
news •
24 Mar 2010
Preston City Council has opened two new SHOKK facilities to encourage local children to take parts in sports activities.
news •
10 Jul 2007
ZigZag’s Activ Kids will be launching a Register of Exercise Professonals accredited two-day training course at this year’s Leisure Industry Week.
product innovation •
04 Jul 2008
The fitness levels of British children declined dramatically during the last decade - and research shows that levels are still deteriorating.
news •
04 Jan 2010
Freedom Leisure will officially open its £1m transformation of Hailsham Leisure Centre in
Sussex on 28 March.
news •
16 Mar 2006
From June, children under four will be allowed to go swimming for free, with
their parents, at LA Fitness clubs and a new national pay structure will be
introduced.
news •
23 Apr 2013
Children’s activity levels at school can now be monitored after the launch of an online
measuring tool in a bid to help tackle obesity.
news •
01 Feb 2017
The latest site in the Little Gym franchise has opened in the new £1.6bn mixed-use development, Westfield London, in Shepherd's Bush.
news •
04 Nov 2008
The United States childhood obesity crisis may be lessening, according to new
research released by the government.
news •
14 Aug 2013
An academic study has outlined the benefits of interactive digital gaming (exergaming) and suggested that it could form an alternative to traditional, supervised exercise for children.
news •
14 Mar 2011
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) is set to launch its Aqua Skills Festivals in 2007 to introduce more children to its pool-based activities.
news •
27 Dec 2006
Total Fitness is rolling out a new concept for families throughout its health and fitness sites.
news •
20 Jul 2006
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“Actually most people go to the gym to feel better and that’s far easier to achieve than losing 5kg”
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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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