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An NHS body has told obese patients to lose weight or face delays in having non-emergency
surgery, arguing that eating healthily and taking exercise can make a ‘real difference’ to the
results of operations.
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29 Nov 2016
Leisure centres and gyms have been urged to begin discussions with their local health
organisations in a bid to help tackle obesity among NHS staff.
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11 Nov 2016
The brains of overweight people could be 10 years older than those of their leaner counterparts, say scientists from Cambridge
HCM issue 11 2016
The vibration platform provider has rebranded, focusing on its value as a warm-up and cool-down tool
HCM issue 10 2016
Doctors in the UK are being urged to adopt “green prescriptions” similar to those which
have helped increase activity levels in New Zealand.
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07 Sep 2016
Is it time for health clubs to stop serving unhealthy food in their facilities?
HCM issue 9 2016
Innovation runs right through the core of the new and improved Woughton Leisure Centre, which has been given the 1Life treatment to reinvigorate the site
HCM issue 9 2016
Experts and campaign groups have poured scorn on the government’s Childhood Obesity
Strategy, describing it as a “missed opportunity”, “embarrassing” and “weak”.
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18 Aug 2016
Schools will be expected to deliver at least 30 minutes of “moderate to vigorous physical
activity” to its pupils each day as part of the government’s strategy to fight childhood
obesity.
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18 Aug 2016
More than 22,000 people living in the London Borough of Southwark have signed up to the
local council’s free swim and gym programme, as the authority tries to help people fight
obesity.
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15 Aug 2016
From middle-age, the brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter
similar to those in lean individuals ten years their senior, according to new research led by
the University of Cambridge. White matter is the tissue that connects areas of the brain
and allows for information to be communicated between regions.
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09 Aug 2016
Sheffield City Trust, the wellbeing charity which manages 11 sports and leisure venues through its
Sheffield International Venues (SIV) arm, has become the first leisure operator in the UK to
introduce a sugar tax on unhealthy fizzy drinks.
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22 Jul 2016
Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could
thwart efforts to tackle obesity.
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18 Jul 2016
A new study is mapping how fat distribution in the body is linked to risk of a range of diseases. What better way to motivate people to make lifestyle changes, asks Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 7 2016
1Life’s brand transformation has helped it overcome adversity and win back business in the challenging Milton Keynes market
HCM issue 7 2016
Diabetes, Oliver Patrick, Jenny Patrickson, John Morgan, Nikki Joule, Neil King, NHS, Kath Hudson
HCM issue 6 2016
A new report has accused public health bodies of colluding with the food industry to
promote low-fat diets which are having "disastrous health consequences" for the UK's obesity crisis.
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23 May 2016
As Sport England reveals its vision for sport and physical activity over the next five years,
representatives from local government, physical activity operators, County Sport
Partnerships, equality bodies and sports policy respond to the organisation’s Towards and
Active Nation strategy
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19 May 2016
Leisure centres should curtail the “unethical” selling of junk food if they want to be taken seriously as
a
provider of public health schemes such as exercise referrals.
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16 May 2016
Effectively engaging school children in sport and physical activity is the only way to reach
a broad spectrum of society in the future, according to Olympic bronze medal swimmer
Steve Parry.
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04 May 2016
Structured fitness programmes have the potential to help children become more physically
active, stronger and more agile than conventional PE lessons, according to the results of a
new pilot study.
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08 Apr 2016
Obese people tend to see distances as being further than they really are, and hills steeper, according to research from the US
HCM issue 4 2016
NHS plans to offer personal trainers and exercise classes to tackle Type 2 diabetes mark
an ‘exciting milestone’ for the fitness sector and a major opportunity to demonstrate its
potential to work in synergy with the medical profession.
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30 Mar 2016
ukactive has called for a major rethink of how children are engaged with physical activity,
after new research found almost nine in ten UK parents feel tablets and smartphones are
adding to Britain’s youth inactivity crisis.
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24 Mar 2016
Xercise4Less has today (8 March) kicked off an innovative new programme offering free
exercise classes to children across the UK in a bid to tackle the growing epidemic of youth
inactivity.
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08 Mar 2016
You need to maintain a healthy weight as well as exercise, says new research from Sweden
HCM issue 3 2016
NHS England has today (1 March) announced plans to create 10 ‘healthy new towns’
across the country which will explore and test creative solutions for 21st century
healthcare challenges.
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01 Mar 2016
We’ve reached a tipping point in the healthy living revolution, with Healthy New Towns and Sporting Future two huge opportunities to embrace, says Liz Terry
HCM issue 3 2016
Researchers at Brown University in the US have found that people with higher scores for
dispositional mindfulness – the inherent trait of being aware of one’s present thoughts
and feelings – are significantly more likely than people with low scores to have healthy
glucose levels.
news •
29 Feb 2016
Whether employees consider their companies to be genuinely caring about their wellness
is key to boosting worker health and productivity, according to new research from the
Global Wellness Institute (GWI).
news •
18 Feb 2016
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