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In an attempt to counter Britain’s childhood obesity epidemic, ukactive will work alongside
the Local Government Association (LGA) to help leisure centres offer a healthier range of
snacks.
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04 Oct 2016
This year’s National Fitness Day (NFD) on 7 September encouraged more people than ever
before to get physically active, with more than 100,000 estimated to have taken part in
activities during the day.
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16 Sep 2016
Doctors in the UK are being urged to adopt “green prescriptions” similar to those which
have helped increase activity levels in New Zealand.
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07 Sep 2016
Desk-bound office workers should schedule an hour’s exercise a day, says a study in The Lancet
HCM issue 9 2016
People with psychosis engage in low levels of physical activity, with men who have the
serious mental disorder two times more likely to miss global activity targets compared to
people without the illness, a study has found.
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26 Aug 2016
A new path for school leavers to enter the leisure industry has been developed after Active
IQ launched a Level 3 Diploma in Physical Activity, Fitness and Exercise Science.
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24 Aug 2016
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
Multiple paralympic gold medalist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has kicked off a
#Fitness2me campaign to celebrate the power of physical activity ahead of National
Fitness Day 2016, which takes place in September.
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11 Aug 2016
The British public has been under-reporting its daily calorie consumption, potentially misleading
policymakers to focus on wrong strategies – such as increasing physical activity levels – when
attempting to tackle the obesity epidemic.
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08 Aug 2016
The impact of low physical activity on middle age men is nearly as bad as smoking – according to a
study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
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04 Aug 2016
Sedentary lifestyles are costing the global economy $67.5bn (£51bn, €60bn) a year in healthcare
and productivity losses – and developed nations are bearing the brunt of the inactivity epidemic.
news •
01 Aug 2016
Office workers who spend their days sitting down are urged to exercise for at least one
hour each day in order to combat the serious risks their sedentary lifestyle is posing on
their health.
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28 Jul 2016
Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has made a bold reshuffle to the cabinet, with a
number of high-profile changes likely to affect the leisure sector.
news •
14 Jul 2016
As incoming Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to form a new government today (13
July), ukactive has called on the new administration to continue the work of its
predecessor in taking strides to tackle the UK’s physical inactivity epidemic.
news •
13 Jul 2016
Having taken the US by storm since its launch last week, and with UK users also getting in
on the act, Pokémon Go is being held up as an unlikely antidote to physical inactivity.
news •
11 Jul 2016
Lazy summer holidays are leading to a
significant drop-off in schoolchildren’s fitness
levels
and hampering efforts to reverse the UK’s
physical inactivity epidemic, new research
suggests.
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02 Jul 2016
The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has announced physical activity and lifestyle as one of its
clinical priorities for the next three years, becoming the latest influential body to elevate
the importance of tackling sedentary behaviour.
news •
01 Jul 2016
Ever-closer collaboration between leading physical activity organisations such as ukactive
and Sport England will be key to driving the sector further up the political agenda.
news •
29 Jun 2016
Scientists in the US have released a study indicating that exercise could lower the chances of women getting cervical cancer
HCM issue 7 2016
A series of practical policy interventions to tackle physical inactivity could prevent nearly
12,000 deaths by 2025, according to a new report.
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08 Jun 2016
The new Sport England strategy is a huge triumph for ukactive, and an equally significant opportunity for the fitness sector, says Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 6 2016
As little as 30 minutes of exercise per week has the
potential to significantly reduce a
woman's risk of developing cervical cancer, according to a
study from scientists at New
York’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
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25 May 2016
Sport England has pledged to work with CIMSPA to produce a new workforce strategy by
the end of 2016 as it seeks to crank up efforts to professionalise the physical activity
sector.
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20 May 2016
Sport England has made tackling physical inactivity its number one priority, with plans to
triple the amount it spends on the issue as part of its new strategy.
news •
19 May 2016
Buoyed by the response to last week’s inaugural Elevate trade show in London, the event
organisers have wasted no time in setting out plans for a significant expansion in 2017.
news •
12 May 2016
Elevate, the new trade show which aims to unite sectors in tackling physical inactivity,
kicks off this morning (4 May) with addresses from a range of high-profile public health
figures.
news •
04 May 2016
Baylor College of Medicine researchers have discovered that female mice that voluntarily
exercise during pregnancy have offspring that are more physically active as adults. The
research appears in The FASEB Journal.
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13 Apr 2016
The European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport told delegates at last
week’s European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF) that he feels an “obligation” to improve
physical activity policy to reflect the key role exercise plays in society.
news •
12 Apr 2016
The Chief Medical Officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, is to discuss the key role that
physical activity has to play in the public health agenda during the opening address of
Elevate 2016 next month.
news •
07 Apr 2016
With just over a month to go until Elevate
descends onto the capital, final preparations are
underway to ensure the trade event is ready.
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As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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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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Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s
new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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