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Is ukactive's campaign to tackle inactivity on track to achieve its goals?
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The Moving Medicine initiative and Wattbike were among the winners of this year's Elevate
Innovation Awards.
news •
10 May 2019
ukactive CEO David Stalker has warned of the dangers of focusing public health policy
solely on tackling obesity, after a trio of scientists said it was time to "bust the myth"
about exercise.
news •
23 Apr 2015
ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has praised sports minister Tracey Crouch’s first
major speech as showing a clear understanding of what is required to tackle Britain’s
physical inactivity crisis.
news •
10 Jun 2015
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.
news •
08 Aug 2016
A nation divided by Brexit could be united by diverting focus to a "more pressing crisis" – improving
the nation's health.
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19 Sep 2019
Scientists in the US have released a study indicating that exercise could lower the chances of women getting cervical cancer
HCM issue 7 2016
ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has called on MPs to help turn the tide of physical
inactivity and get more people moving in their constituency.
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29 May 2015
Tanni Grey-Thompson has called on Public Health England (PHE) to bring added substance
to its exercise initiatives by making physical activity one of its main priorities for the
upcoming year.
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21 Oct 2015
A new report from The World Health Organization (WHO), called Global Status Report on
Physical Activity 2022, has revealed that physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030 will result
in almost 500m people developing a preventable, non-communicable disease (NCD), at a cost
of US$300bn, if governments do not act urgently.
news •
19 Oct 2022
Elevate takes place in May, bringing together experts from all disciplines for the UK’s largest physical activity trade event
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The number of older people diagnosed with four or more diseases will double within the
next 20 years due to rising levels of obesity and a lack of physical activity.
news •
26 Jan 2018
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).
news •
25 May 2016
Just two weeks of not using their legs causes young people to lose a third of their
muscular strength, placing them on par with someone 40-50 years their senior, new
research has found.
news •
14 Jul 2015
Government cuts to further education budgets are putting key initiatives tackling obesity
and physical inactivity at risk, potentially triggering an even bigger health crisis, new
research has warned.
news •
08 Jul 2015
Last week saw the launch of an All Party Parliamentary Group for running - further
demonstration that exercise is beginning to become a policy priority.
news •
08 Dec 2014
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
Key stakeholders from a range of relevant UK industries will gather at five
regional forums next month to develop a cross sector approach to tackling
inactivity across the nation.
news •
26 Jun 2014
A series of practical policy interventions to tackle physical inactivity could prevent nearly
12,000 deaths by 2025, according to a new report.
news •
08 Jun 2016
Increasing physical activity globally could prevent up to 5 million deaths each year, according to the
World Health Organisation (WHO).
news •
08 Dec 2020
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.
news •
21 Feb 2014
HITIO Gym, which has experienced major success in Scandinavia, entered the UK market in 2022
with two franchisee clubs opening in Orpington and Hoxton.
product innovation •
28 Feb 2023
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has called on the government to help make physical
activity a ‘national religion’ and harness its potential to tackle some of the biggest
challenges faced by society.
news •
01 Nov 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget was a “missed opportunity” for the
government to demonstrate its commitment to tackling the nation’s physical inactivity
crisis, ukactive executive director Steven Ward has said.
news •
08 Mar 2017
Now in its fourth year, Elevate continues to explore the benefits of physical activity for health and
wellbeing.
product innovation •
07 Feb 2019
Technology must be placed front and centre in initiatives to get communities moving if the
health and fitness sector is to overcome the UK’s inactivity epidemic, according to a new
white paper.
news •
13 Aug 2015
Sport for Health, a collaboration between The World Health Organisation (WHO), FIFA and
Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health, has released
an app called GenMove Season 1, aimed at increasing physical activity among
children.
news •
22 Nov 2022
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
ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has issued a strong rebuttal to a Times
article which appeared to suggest that Coca Cola’s membership of the physical activity
trade body had influenced its position on obesity.
news •
09 Oct 2015
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With the industry experiencing a huge swing towards strength training, researchers recommend continuing to make the case for cardio
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MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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