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A four-year drive to reduce obesity in the town of Colac in Victoria, Australia, has resulted in 1,800 children weighing less, watching less television, eating more healthily and engaging in more sport.
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11 Oct 2006
A new study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) claims that physical exercise has little impact on obesity in young children.
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06 Oct 2006
On 13 December 2006 the Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) will be holding the first ever national conference focusing specifically on the inclusion of disabled people in the fitness industry.
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03 Oct 2006
Singapore-based health club chain True Fitness has advanced into Thailand for the first time, opening a US$5m (£2.6m, 4m euro) club in the country’s capital city.
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19 Sep 2006
Coventry has been selected as the host city of the 2007 UK School Games.
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11 Sep 2006
New research has suggested that children could risk becoming asthmatic and wheezy if they regularly use indoor swimming pools.
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18 Jul 2006
As the fitness industry heads towards a potential partnership with both government and businesses to promote a healthy lifestyle, one of the biggest challenges it faces is identifying, attracting and retaining senior management with the skills and experience to take the industry to the next level.
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07 Jul 2006
The Lance Armstrong Foundation is set to fund research at the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Tennessee, US, to see if regular exercise can alleviate the memory and cognitive problems that many cancer survivors experience following chemotherapy.
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18 May 2006
Energy Fitness Professionals (EFP) is set to open a new club in July, on the site of Playgolf’s recently opened Northwick Park six-hole golf course in Harrow.
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04 May 2006
Public Health Minister Caroline Flint has announced the publication of new practical tools for GPs and other health professionals to help patients lose weight and improve their health.
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04 May 2006
A new programme has been launched in Kent to try to find out the effects of brisk and regular walking on children’s health and obesity levels.
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06 Apr 2006
University graduates applying for registration with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) need to show that they have completed a “relevant” degree programme and have had at least six months’ professional experience of working in the industry.
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21 Mar 2006
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has established a new charitable trust, the Health and Fitness Foundation, to promote activities which encourage physical activity.
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16 Mar 2006
Sport England has announced that chief executive, Roger Draper will be stepping down to join the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) as chief executive.
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21 Feb 2006
Former professional footballer Brian McGorry, who played for Cardiff, Bournemouth and Peterborough, has announced plans to open an exclusive fitness centre in Liverpool this spring.
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02 Feb 2006
A new children’s fitness programme has been launched at Llanishen Leisure Centre in Cardiff to tackle inactivity and obesity among 11- to 14-year-olds.
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02 Feb 2006
Billy Kerr has joined Winchester Tennis and Squash Club as general manager on the eve of the Hampshire club’s 100th anniversary.
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26 Jan 2006
Sector Skills Council SkillsActive has unveiled a new guide designed to get more people in England into higher education.
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30 Nov 2005
Dr Kenneth Cooper – founder of the Cooper Institute in the US and an expert on preventing disease through exercise – revealed his recent findings at the WRIGHT Foundation Exercise Referral Conference, held at Birmingham’s NEC on 10 November.
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21 Nov 2005
Alister Rollins, managing director of Fitronics, walked away with the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award at the Jaeger-LeCoultre Telegraph Business Awards, which were held at the Moorhouse building, London, on 2 November.
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04 Nov 2005
Marriott International has announced plans to develop 15 Renaissance ClubSport sites in the US within five to seven years.
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07 Oct 2005
Cardiff Council has invested £100,000 to develop a new specialist fitness facility at Llanishen Leisure Centre which will be used to introduce children to the gym as part of a new initiative being run in partnership with Precor.
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18 Aug 2005
Both students and locals are benefiting from new fitness facilities following an investment of £10m at Dublin City University (DCU).
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09 Aug 2005
A health expert has called for a ‘Jamie Oliver of the gym’ to tackle the problem of childhood obesity.
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25 Jul 2005
Scotland’s First Minister, Jack McConnell, officially opened The Robert Gordon University’s new £11m sports centre on its Garthdee campus in Aberdeen yesterday.
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07 Jun 2005
The Robert Gordon University has officially opened RGU: SPORT – a new £11m sports centre on its Garthdee campus on the outskirts of Aberdeen city centre.
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02 Mar 2005
Withywood Community School has opened a Personal Best Challenge Park to encourage physical activity among pupils during break times through a scheme developed by the Youth Sport Trust in partnership with Coca-Cola Great Britain and the British Olympic Foundation.
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19 Jan 2005
Kirklees Active Leisure has been reaping the rewards of a marketing campaign designed to encourage students at Huddersfield University to join Huddersfield Sports Centre.
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03 Nov 2004
The school of sport and exercise sciences at Loughborough University has announced that The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport – the only centre of its kind in the UK – will be formally launched in January 2005.
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07 Oct 2004
Florida-based private equity firm, Brockway Moran Partners, has announced the closing of the sale of Gold’s Gym International for $158 million to a group led by TRT Holdings.
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22 Jul 2004
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