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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
Premier Training International is to launch a new health and wellbeing course
geared towards those working on community schemes aimed at tackling the
UK’s physical inactivity crisis.
news •
24 Jun 2014
A brand new industry event aiming to bring together a wide range of sectors to tackle the
physical inactivity crisis will take place at London Olympia next year.
news •
06 Oct 2015
More than 20m UK adults are increasing their risk of heart disease and costing the health
service as much as £1.2bn (US$1.5bn, €1.4bn) each year because of physical inactivity, a
British Heart Foundation (BHF) report has revealed.
news •
05 Apr 2017
Tackling physical inactivity must become a frontline health priority for the UK’s next
government, ahead of the separate issue of obesity, says a new Health Select Committee
report published today.
news •
25 Mar 2015
Physical inactivity poses a greater risk of heart disease in women over 30 than
obesity, high blood pressure or smoking, according to new research.
news •
09 May 2014
The World Health Organisation has sets its sights on overcoming the growing physical
inactivity epidemic by outlining a 10-year strategy to get Europeans moving more.
news •
17 Sep 2015
New scientific research concluding that physical inactivity, not diet, is the biggest cause of
childhood obesity has come under fire after it emerged that the study was funded by
Coca-Cola.
news •
14 Aug 2015
Sports minister Tracey Crouch MP will deliver this year’s keynote address at Elevate, the
UK’s largest cross-sector event focused on tackling physical inactivity.
news •
12 Apr 2017
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.
news •
05 Nov 2013
The new-look Leisure Industry Week (LIW) will aim to play a facilitating role in the fight
against the UK’s physical inactivity crisis by focusing large proportions of its educational
programme on innovative ideas to get Britons off the couch.
news •
05 Jun 2015
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.
news •
19 Nov 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
New Ipsos MORI research highlights a worrying trend for people to follow the sedentary norm
HCM issue 3 2015
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
ukactive wants physical activity to rise 1 per cent a year for the next five years. Is this really achievable?
HCM issue 5 2014
The physical activity sector has spent millions of pounds investigating the secret to
motivating the inactive and encouraging healthy lifestyles. However, one academic
believes that drugs could in fact be the key to curtailing sedentary habits.
news •
05 Nov 2015
Public Health England (PHE) has today (23 October) published Everybody Active,
Every
Day, a framework for nationwide action to combat the physical inactivity
epidemic.
news •
23 Oct 2014
Steven Ward explains the goals of the
Global Active Leaders Programme
HCM issue 2 2018
Desk-bound office workers should schedule an hour’s exercise a day, says a study in The Lancet
HCM issue 9 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.
news •
28 Jul 2016
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
Physical inactivity among young people could cost the UK economy up to £53bn.
news •
01 Apr 2014
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that obesity and overweight
are set to become “the new norm” throughout Europe due to a “deadly”
epidemic of physical inactivity and diets high in sugar, fat and salt.
news •
31 Mar 2014
Elevate, the UK’s largest cross-sector event focused
on tackling physical inactivity, aims to directly address
the root cause of this issue.
product innovation •
29 Mar 2017
The government has announced the launch of a new wellness-focused policy
think tank to evaluate services and interventions through the prism of wellbeing.
news •
31 Oct 2014
With just seven days to go until Elevate descends on
Excel, final preparations are underway to ensure the
event is ready.
product innovation •
03 May 2017
Elevate will be an important opportunity for
professionals to learn more about exercise, health
and performance.
product innovation •
15 Mar 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.
product innovation •
07 Apr 2016
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.
news •
31 Oct 2013
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