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The Welsh Assembly Government has launched a new four-year strategy designed to increase the number of people walking and cycling as part of their daily lives.
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24 Feb 2009
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
The government has launched a £372m strategy to help cut obesity levels in England.
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23 Jan 2008
A scheme launched in Wigan Borough to encourage young people to improve their health and wellbeing has seen over 100 children complete the course – with more than 90 per cent saying they felt fitter, had more confidence and made new friends as a result.
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07 Dec 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
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
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
Freedom Leisure is encouraging people in Sussex to collectively lose a ton in weight during October, and will donate £1 to Diabetes UK for every pound of fat lost – a total of £2,224.
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03 Oct 2006
During the last week in August, Perth & Kinross Leisure (PKL) held LiveACTIVE Week, designed to promote health and fitness.
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06 Sep 2006
The number of overweight people in the world has overtaken the number of malnourished for the first time, with a billion people now considered heavier than advised – almost one in six of the world’s population.
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24 Aug 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 pilot programme to tackle the issue of obesity in children diagnosed as either overweight or clinically obese has been a success in Northern Ireland.
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11 Apr 2006
The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust (TOAST) has joined forces with leisure operators this week (12-18 March) to highlight the problem of obesity in the UK.
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16 Mar 2006
Health and fitness companies in South Korea are expanding their efforts in an attempt to reduce the country’s increasing obesity rates.
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14 Mar 2006
Big and Fit is a new lifestyle initiative which aims to get more people who are classified as overweight or obese – 24 million in the UK – exercising.
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14 Nov 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
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
Official figures from the Department of Health show that an increasing number of boys and girls under the age of 11 are now obese.
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29 Apr 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
Cancer Research UK is encouraging people to exercise to reduce the risk of contracting cancer.
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19 Jan 2005
Around two thirds of the population of England are overweight according to a report published today by the House of Commons select committee on health.
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27 May 2004
Virgin Active is to incorporate metabolism measurement into its member fitness programmes to offer a personalised approach to weight management.
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21 Apr 2004
Doctors from three medical bodies are urging the government to take immediate action to fight the obesity epidemic.
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12 Feb 2004
A recent government initiative could see overweight people and heavy smokers having to diet or give up cigarettes in return for medical treatment.
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05 Jun 2003
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