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More than 15,000 restaurant locations from 19 chains have come together to create a US-wide Kids LiveWell programme.
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20 Sep 2011
Stafford Borough Council (SBC) has opened the H Zone – a fitness centre designed to encourage children to participate in physical activity.
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17 Nov 2010
iZone - a new youth health and fitness concept targeted at people between the ages of 11 and 15 years old - has been unveiled at Swansea's LC leisure complex.
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01 Sep 2010
Lack of exercise is not a major cause of childhood obesity, according to an 11-year research into child health.
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12 Jul 2010
The inaugural National Childhood Obesity Week was launched today (5 July) by National Obesity Forum (NOF) and social enterprise Mind, Exercise, Nutrition...Do it! (MEND)
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05 Jul 2010
Phase 2 of the £850,000 redevelopment of the Swan Centre for Leisure in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland has started, with the focus on providing a new soft play area by SPI Play, along with two adjacent party rooms.
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18 Feb 2010
New research published as part of the government's National Child Measurement Programme has revealed that more than one in five children in the UK are starting school overweight or obese.
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14 Dec 2009
Parents have been warned to "take off the blinkers" over how active their children are to prevent an increase in childhood obesity levels, according to new research from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
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24 Nov 2009
New research from the National Heart Forum (NHF) has suggested that an increase in obesity levels among children across the UK may be starting to "level off".
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04 Nov 2009
Fitness provider Central YMCA has announced plans for a free training programme to transform London youngsters into qualified street dance instructors.
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09 Jan 2009
SHOKK, the youth fitness brand, has opened its first US site in Anaheim, California, as part of plans to expand its global operations.
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18 Sep 2008
GoKids Boston has received a Champion award for its work in helping to prevent
childhood obesity.
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08 Aug 2008
The Scottish Government is to plough £6m into tackling childhood obesity.
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16 Apr 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
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
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
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
The government has unveiled a new attempt to tackle obesity in the UK by appointing a ‘minister for fitness’.
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23 Aug 2006
Games consoles have been fitted to workout equipment at a south Wales gym to encourage youngsters to do more exercise.
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27 Jul 2006
Exeter City Council has invested £22,500 in a new swimming programme designed to help tackle junior obesity levels.
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10 Jul 2006
Body By Brandy 4 Kidz – an independent, not-for-profit children’s gym – has opened in the US, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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07 Jul 2006
Independent health club Fitness 2000 in Great Yarmouth has received a £16,000 grant from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund to fully finance a new weight management programme for children using a Zig Zag Sportwall.
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14 Jun 2006
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
Staff from Hertsmere Leisure have been visiting local schools in the Borehamwood area to encourage children to become healthier and fitter by eating nutritious foods and exercising regularly.
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12 Jul 2005
A mobile wellness centre has been launched in the Wear Valley to tackle the problems of inactivity in isolated and socially deprived areas.
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05 Jul 2005
The British Medical Council (BMA) has called for tough action to stem the rise in childhood obesity.
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30 Jun 2005
Health and fitness professionals can receive childhood obesity prevention training thanks to a new course from the Weight Management Centre.
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14 Jun 2005
An independent research company has declared that claims that childhood obesity has hit epidemic levels are “mere speculation”.
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23 Feb 2005
The David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) health club in Warrington opened a facility exclusively for children over the May bank holiday weekend.
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01 Jun 2004
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