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Sorbothane®, a Mobilis Healthcare brand, has launched Shockstopper+, an improved version of its shock-absorbing shoe insole.
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10 Mar 2008
Sustainable transport charity Sustrans has claimed that obesity levels in the UK will continue to rise unless transport planners give pedestrians and cyclists priority over motor vehicles.
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27 Feb 2008
The Mayor of London is to establish a collaborative London-wide body to reduce levels of childhood obesity in the capital in line with government targets.
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08 Feb 2008
Edinburgh Leisure highlighted the fight against obesity last month, literally tackling the fat by organising a tug of war between a group of Edinburgh Rugby players – and 60kg of fat.
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08 Feb 2008
The government has earmarked £30m over the next three years to help the most needy sports colleges build new pitches, install floodlights and provide better drainage so facilities can be used all year and round the clock.
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01 Feb 2008
Leading an inactive life could speed up the ageing process according to a study published by researchers at King’s College London.
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29 Jan 2008
The government has launched a £372m strategy to help cut obesity levels in England.
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23 Jan 2008
The government will invest £140m in cycling in an attempt to help half a million children cycle safely and a generation of adults rediscover their bikes.
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21 Jan 2008
A public sector leisure centre operated by Greenwich Leisure (GLL) has been named the best place to work out in London by Time Out magazine.
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16 Jan 2008
Cybex International has appointed Julia Dalgleish as its new Master Trainer.
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02 Jan 2008
Addressing a Youth Sports Trust conference in Telford yesterday, culture secretary, James Purnell, said the government wants to create a “world class school sport system, a world class community sports system and a world class elite sport system,” with the ambition to offer every child five hours of sport each week.
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29 Nov 2007
New government proposals suggest the nation will get fatter watching England lose at football, rather than be encouraged to take part in sport.
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27 Nov 2007
YogaBugs, which provides yoga classes for children, is about to launch a national franchise management scheme.
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15 Nov 2007
ALTeRD, the online learning and content management system, has launched an online resource for the new Active IQ qualification: 'Teaching Physical Activity to Children'.
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23 Oct 2007
Harm Tegelaars, the recently appointed president of the European Health & Fitness Association (EHFA), has called for EU support to enable the fitness industry to contribute in the European-wide fight against obesity.
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18 Oct 2007
Tees Valley Leisure has signed an initial two-year deal with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council to manage the authority’s leisure facilities.
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02 Oct 2007
Well established in the free weight industry, Jordan has also been developing and promoting its Easy-Lock Flooring.
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16 Aug 2007
Fife Council is to invest £50m in health and fitness facilities as it moves its sports and leisure centres into a trust.
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13 Aug 2007
Children in Barrow, Cumbria, have just become the first in the UK to trial a new electronic playground technology.
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02 Aug 2007
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust's Fit 2 Dance Project has launched two new dance events this summer for young people in Wigan Borough.
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02 Aug 2007
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
The School Food Trust is set to launch Let’s Get Cooking – a national network of clubs to encourage children of all ages and non-cooking parents to cook nutritious meals.
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23 Jul 2007
Liverpool City Council has risen to the challenge of providing healthy snacks in leisure centres by calling in vending operator Springbank Industries.
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30 May 2007
The value of the UK health and fitness clubs market has reached £3.94bn – a 5 per cent increase since 2002.
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09 May 2007
SHOKK, the youth fitness brand, has opened its 100th UK facility at the Carter Community School in Poole, Dorset.
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03 May 2007
Aston Villa players Thomas Sorensen and Craig Gardner have opened a new gym for children to tackle childhood obesity.
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01 May 2007
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust’s (WLCT) Active Coaching Team has unveiled a ‘Get Active’ schools file to help schools and PE teachers run activity sessions.
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10 Apr 2007
Barnsley Premier Leisure, which operates 10 sports and facilities, is fighting back after the borough was rated eighth on a list of places in England with the highest obesity risk.
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07 Mar 2007
The Venue Leisure Centre in Elstree, Hertfordshire, is one of the first in the UK to launch a completely interactive gym of computer games.
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16 Feb 2007
SATS, the largest fitness chain in the Nordic region, has been acquired from Nordic Capital by Danish development company Tryg i Danmark for approximately SEK1.6bn (£118m).
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23 Jan 2007
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