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One year after it was added for the treatment of hypertension, physical activity
is set to be dropped from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in April.
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27 Feb 2014
Key academic thinkers in the area of physical activity and exercise met with
leaders from the leisure industry and public health in London on Wednesday, to
discuss solutions to the UK’s inactivity crisis.
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21 Feb 2014
Does the sector need to cement its intent to combat physical inactivity with a bold ‘physical inactivity kills' message, asks Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 2 2014
CEO of ukactive David Stalker discusses the parliamentary group set up to examine physical inactivity
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The new director of health and wellbeing at Public Health England talks to Steven Ward about his mission to tackle the ‘wicked problem' of physical inactivity
HCM issue 2 2014
Increasing physical activity levels by just one per cent a year would save the
UK economy £1.2bn over the next five years, according to a new report from
industry body ukactive.
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31 Jan 2014
Speaking at the ukactive Summit held today in London (7 November 2013), Sir
Keith Mills, founder of Nectar and Air Miles and former deputy chair of
LOCOG, criticised the way in which efforts are made to increase participation in
sport.
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07 Nov 2013
A new report by Public Health England claims that people from lower socio-
economic groups tend to have poorer access to environments that support
physical activity such as parks, gardens or safe areas to play.
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05 Nov 2013
An All Party Commission on Physical Activity has been established in an attempt
to help tackle levels of inactivity in the UK, with the commission set to release a
report featuring direct, policy-based recommendations in the spring of next
year.
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31 Oct 2013
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released
guidance for helping overweight and obese people to achieve and maintain a
healthier weight.
news •
18 Oct 2013
Leeds City Council is moving ahead with plans to provide free sports and fitness
sessions in an effort to get the city more active and reduce the burden on the
public health system.
news •
09 Apr 2013
Thousands of people living with and beyond cancer are among those who will be helped to get more active
after Sport England announced £5.8m through its Get Healthy Get Into Sport fund.
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28 Mar 2013
The CEO and co-founder of Anytime Fitness talks to Kate Cracknell about incentivising healthy living and the company's expansion plans
HCM issue 3 2013
The director of public health at NICE tells Julie Cramer why the organisation is determined to get GPs prescribing exercise
HCM issue 2 2013
Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre in Sheffield is to become one of three regional headquarters of the
National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine.
news •
03 Jan 2013
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has called for more emphasis to be placed
on promoting walking and cycling to tackle physical inactivity in the UK.
news •
28 Nov 2012
Adding a vital sign for exercise as an assessment tool in clinical settings could improve patient care,
according to research published in the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM). The
study, published in the November edition of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, shows
that
asking patients about their exercise habits could be an important piece of a patient's care and treatment
that is often ignored.
news •
19 Oct 2012
Higher physical activity levels are related to a reduced risk of death in
patients with diabetes, according to new research published online by the
Archives of Internal Medicine.
news •
13 Aug 2012
A new study published in medical journal The Lancet has claimed that sedentary
lifestyles and a lack of
physical exercise are responsible for 5.3 million deaths - just as many as
smoking - throughout the world.
news •
18 Jul 2012
New research published in the May issue of Acta Paediatrica has found that children as young as nine-years-old increase the risk of future heart problems if they are inactive.
news •
16 May 2011
EIDO Healthcare has launched a website for people who have been recommended hospital treatment for chronic diseases that can be prevented by exercise.
news •
01 May 2008
The Scottish Government has launched a scheme to tackle physical inactivity among girls across all of Scotland’s 381 secondary schools.
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02 Apr 2008
The results of a £2.5m pilot scheme to combat physical inactivity have been revealed by the Department of Health.
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07 Dec 2006
Canada has set its sights on becoming one of the healthiest countries in the world, following a CAN$300m (£150m, 212m euro, US$260m) investment in health promotion over the next five years.
news •
10 Jan 2006
Two fitness centres designed to combat obesity and physical inactivity among children will be officially launched this month.
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31 Aug 2004
Around two thirds of the population of England are overweight according to a report published today by the House of Commons select committee on health.
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27 May 2004
Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, has today published a hard-hitting report on physical activity and health in England that he has called a ‘wake-up call’ to the nation.
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29 Apr 2004
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