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With Public Health England issuing a rallying cry about physical inactivity, how can the fitness industry help?
HCM issue 4 2015
ukactive CEO David Stalker outlines plans to drive the skills agenda back to the top of the priority list
HCM issue 3 2015
An indie club in Solihull which has attracted 20 per cent of its members through its
commitment to the GP Exercise Referral Programme, has added a wide range of new kit as
part of a two-phase investment programme.
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24 Feb 2015
PayasUgym, the online gym pass provider, is trialling a programme that will see private
gyms receive GP-referred patients and help tackle the UK’s inactivity epidemic.
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20 Feb 2015
A new study that followed nearly 70,000 women for two decades has found that
three quarters of heart attacks in young women could be prevented if women
followed six healthy lifestyle practices.
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06 Jan 2015
A physical activity loyalty card (PAL), which
rewards users with shopping vouchers, has been
launched in Northern Ireland with the aim of
combating inactivity.
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17 Dec 2014
Being severely obese can cut a person’s life short by up to eight years and cause
decades of ill health, according to a study carried out by researchers from McGill
University in Canada.
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11 Dec 2014
NHS patients in Devon are to be required to undergo weight management
courses before they are eligible to receive routine surgical procedures.
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04 Dec 2014
Starting in the new year, residents of North
Lancashire with an unhealthy BMI, will get help
with fitness and dietary issues through a
subsidised health scheme and exercise referral
programme.
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02 Dec 2014
East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) has set up a charitable trust to run leisure
and cultural services within the district and to implement a health programme to
tackle the area’s growing obesity problem.
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25 Nov 2014
MPs attending the first ever first Parliamentary
Debate on physical activity
have agreed the government has a large role to
play in kickstarting a reversal
of the current trend towards inactivity.
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19 Nov 2014
New figures from Public Health England reveal that diseases caused by high
blood pressure are estimated to cost the NHS over £2bn a year. However,
exercise could prove to be part of the solution.
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17 Nov 2014
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham believes the coalition has failed to
tackle Britain’s inactivity epidemic and has pledged that physical activity would
be a priority under a Labour government.
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13 Nov 2014
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.
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12 Nov 2014
Kate Cracknell talks to the GP who hit the headlines for recommending walking to his patients, and finds out why he thinks more GPs should be following suit
HCM issue 11 2014
CEO of ukactive David Stalker reviews the themes and moods at the recent Labour and Conservative Party conferences
HCM issue 11 2014
Lifestyle Personal Training (LSF-PT) is bidding to bridge the gap between the
fitness and medical industries by insisting that its team of over 400 PTs are all
trained to a minimum of Level 4 REPS by January 2015.
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05 Nov 2014
Black Eyed Peas superstar will.i.am is poised to make a surprise assault on the
burgeoning wearable tech market with a “smart cuff” featuring fitness tracking
software.
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24 Oct 2014
Nuffield Health has signed £330m of debt facilities as the charity bids to widen its footprint in the UK
health club market as part of a push towards integrated care pathways.
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08 Oct 2014
mywellness cloud – delivering the ultimate digital workout experience for your members
HCM issue 10 2014
Kath Hudson offers an overview of the groups and schemes pitching to help tackle the UK’s obesity crisis
HCM issue 10 2014
Nuffield Health has cut the ribbon on its newly-refurbished London City flagship
gym, following a £1.9m redevelopment of the 80,000sq ft (7,432sq m) facility.
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22 Sep 2014
A Plymouth-led research team has been awarded £1.3m in funding to
investigate how a web-based exercise coaching tool could benefit people who
are prescribed exercise by their GPs.
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19 Sep 2014
Taking a five-minute walk every hour could help to
prevent arterial damage in the legs caused by
prolonged periods of sitting, according to new
research published in the journal Medicine &
Science in Sports & Exercise.
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10 Sep 2014
The NHS should look to prescribe walking as a medical treatment for certain
patients, according to a GP whose practice has yielded positive health benefits
from exercise on recommendation.
news •
09 Sep 2014
Around 12,000 cases of cancer each year are caused by people being
overweight or obese, according to a new study published in the Lancet medical
journal.
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14 Aug 2014
Amanda Baker investigates how much of an impact new research findings have on the way mind-body classes are delivered in gyms
HCM issue 8 2014
The CEO of Life Leisure talks to Kate Cracknell about challenging the public health commissioners, and about totally rethinking the model of fitness facilities
HCM issue 8 2014
Software provider Refer-all, which specialises in solutions to enhance the
efficiency of exercise referrals from GP to leisure provider, has launched a new
foundation designed to support leisure providers as they seek to work more
closely with local authorities in the area of public health.
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22 Jul 2014
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