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A new study has shown that middle-aged adults who regularly engage in
leisure-time physical activity for more than a decade may benefit from lower
levels of inflammation in later life - and, as a result, suffer less heart problems.
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15 Aug 2012
Researchers at Harvard found that the optimum level of exercise is between 150 to 600 minutes per week, but with a ceiling on impact
HCM issue 8 2022
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) is to target teenage girls with ‘go’, a new government-funded programme designed specifically for girls aged 15 and 16 years old.
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17 Aug 2006
Public Health England (PHE) has produced a new physical activity online tool, designed to
support local health improvement by making local data available alongside national
comparisons.
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14 Sep 2016
A report has claimed that transport and planning policies are directly contributing to the UK’s obesity crisis by discouraging physical activity.
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25 Jul 2007
HIIT exercise activity in early life could help improve bone health and prevent
osteoporosis, according to new research.
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21 Aug 2020
Before-school exercise could help to reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children
both at school and at home, according to a new study published in the
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
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11 Sep 2014
Even low-levels of regular physical activity can lead to lower death rates among older
women, research has concluded.
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01 Feb 2018
A look ahead to the highlights of this cross-sector event, which focuses on the huge challenge of tackling inactivity
HCM issue 4 2017
Leisure operator Serco is to roll out a mentoring programme aimed at tackling
chronic inactivity across its sites, following a successful pilot run in partnership
with Sport England.
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15 Jan 2015
Pregnant women who work out may pass a propensity to be active on to their child
HCM issue 5 2016
ukactive head of public affairs Huw
Edwards says it’s time for the NHS to
prioritise preventive healthcare
HCM issue 3 2018
A new collaboration between Sport England, think tank Demos and care and housing provider
Anchor Hanover looks to get the over 55s in the UK more physically active inspired by a
Japanese initiative.
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20 May 2019
A group of the UK’s leading exercise referral experts have expressed concern at
the initial low uptake of such referrals, offering recommendations to improve the
situation in a new white paper.
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07 Oct 2014
Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up
between London hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’s and local operators, with the arrangement
brokered by UK Active as part of its MSK pilots initiative.
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17 Jan 2024
The Irish government has ring-fenced an initial €5.5m (£4.2m, US$6m) for 2016 in a bid
to get 500,000 more people involved with regular physical activity over the next 10 years.
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15 Jan 2016
CIMSPA, has opened a consultation on the safe delivery of sport and physical activity
online, to engage the industry in fine-tuning its new policy and supporting guidance in this
area.
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19 May 2020
The doctor of both the Great Britain men's basketball team and York City Football Club has
been appointed chief medical advisor of Active IQ.
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30 Jan 2017
The government’s new strategy for sport and physical activity in the UK suggests that
physical activity “in its broadest sense” is now a key policy issue, according to ukactive
executive director Steven Ward, who says more must now be done to ensure the specific
issue of physical inactivity is addressed.
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17 Dec 2015
A study by research institute RAND Europe has suggested that there is a simple way to dramatically
increase people's physical activity levels – by offering them tangible financial rewards.
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28 Nov 2018
Alfonso Jimenez of Think Active is driving a global data programme to prove the impact of the sector, while Quest is launching new inclusivity assessments
HCM issue 7 2022
Efforts to revolutionise physical activity sector apprenticeships have taken a solid step
forward after the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills approved the
frameworks for two new apprenticeships under the Trailblazer initiative.
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24 Aug 2015
Women with type 2 diabetes have to work harder than men to get the same results in certain exercises, new research suggests
HCM issue 7 2013
Almost half of the European Union (EU) population do not exercise or play sport and the impact
of
this inactivity on European healthcare services is costing billions.
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24 Feb 2023
ukactive’s Kenny Butler is leading the UK’s industry review of social prescribing. He explains how you can get involved in driving this new agenda
HCM issue 9 2021
Leisure operator DC Leisure has received accreditation from the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (ILAM) for being the first leisure contractor to introduce the institute’s Active programme.
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22 Dec 2005
Physical activity body ukactive is launching a new programme of regional events, aimed at providing
a platform for the physical activity body and its members to discuss the key issues facing the sector.
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03 Feb 2020
New research from Flinders University in Australia has found that breast reduction surgery can
change women's participation in physical activity
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23 Aug 2023
Mental health providers should integrate personal training programmes into their patients’
treatment plans, a new study suggests.
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13 Nov 2017
ukactive's new research lead is part of the group charged with the job of revising physical activity guidelines for adults
HCM issue 4 2018
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