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A new study by Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) in Canada has suggested that high-intensity
interval training
makes middle-aged people not only healthier but smarter.
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30 Oct 2012
A new strategy designed to improve the health of residents in New York City, US, has been announced by city mayor Michael Bloomberg and health commissioner Thomas Farley.
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17 Sep 2009
New research from the University of Alberta in Canada show that children need
just seven minutes of vigorous exercise a day to stay fit. However, most
children are failing to achieve this.
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21 Nov 2012
Young people whose “fat gene” is located in an unusual part of their chromosome chain
are more likely to binge-eat, according to a recent study by researchers of The University
of Queensland.
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07 Aug 2015
Leisure trust Tone is planning to roll out its Feel Good Factory concept across its portfolio of managed centres following a successful 10-month pilot period.
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12 Jan 2011
Nerio Alessandri, president and founder of equipment giant Technogym, will address
global leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, today (20
January) and highlight the potential of wellness to transform society.
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20 Jan 2016
People significantly underestimate the amount of activity they do according to a
Norwegian study. However, it’s not BMI which causes people to exaggerate, but
sex, age and education.
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20 Jan 2014
Leisure trust Tone has begun building work on the second of its Feel Good Factory-branded ladies only gym spaces.
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08 Mar 2011
Nuffield Health has launched a series of bespoke health assessments for UK businesses as
it looks to
help tackle work-related illness.
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10 May 2017
While strength training gives valuable muscular gains it doesn’t give the heart health benefits
of aerobic exercise, according to new research from Iowa State University.
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19 Feb 2024
Readers share their views on the government’s obesity strategy and how to best support COVID-19 survivors
HCM issue 8 2020
People might think they’re joining the gym to lose weight but according to ACE’s Dr Erin Nitschke dig deeper and you find it’s actually the other health benefits they want. She and eating disorder expert, Eva Musby, say it’s time to step away from diet culture and shift the focus to fun and adopting healthy lifestyle habits.
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The founders of iMoves and winners of ukactive's ActiveLab competition on providing PE and dance packages to schools
HCM issue 6 2017
The UK’s fitness workforce is “ill-equipped” to deal with the needs and requirements of a
modern-day, diverse customer base – according to an industry report published today.
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10 Nov 2016
Doctors in the UK are being urged to adopt “green prescriptions” similar to those which
have helped increase activity levels in New Zealand.
news •
07 Sep 2016
Losing weight and reducing BMI levels could lead to increased
brain power, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism.
news •
28 Aug 2014
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.
news •
08 Apr 2016
The link between a sound body and a sound mind has been demonstrated by scientists in
a groundbreaking new study on the impact of exercise.
news •
09 Feb 2018
An independent research company has declared that claims that childhood obesity has hit epidemic levels are “mere speculation”.
news •
23 Feb 2005
The UK government has published draft legislation for its planned sugar tax on soft drinks,
with revenue from the levy being used in programmes to reduce obesity and encourage
physical activity.
news •
06 Dec 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.
news •
15 Aug 2016
Thousands of people living with and beyond cancer are among those who will be helped to get more active
after Sport England announced £5.8m through its Get Healthy Get Into Sport fund.
news •
28 Mar 2013
As part of the ongoing push across the physical activity sector to engage
youngsters in exercise from an early age, leisure trust Freedom Leisure is to
train its staff in providing fitness classes and gym sessions tailored to teenagers.
news •
23 Dec 2014
Cancer Research UK is encouraging people to exercise to reduce the risk of contracting cancer.
news •
19 Jan 2005
US-based educational entertainment developer LeapFrog has unveiled one of
the first wearable activity trackers designed for children.
news •
12 May 2014
Combining aerobic exercise with resistance training could prove to be the most
effective answer to the growing problem of teenage obesity, according to a new
study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
news •
24 Sep 2014
The UK is the fourth worst country in the world for cancer caused by obesity in
men, a recent study has discovered.
news •
03 Dec 2014
The increasing use of tobacco, consumption of alcohol and highly processed
foods and a lack of physical activity are to contribute to a global surge in cancer
cases in the coming years, according to a report published by the World Health
Organisation (WHO).
news •
05 Feb 2014
The brain could potentially be retrained to prefer healthy foods, helping
people with weight loss and healthy eating plans, according to a small-scale pilot
study published in the journal Nutrition & Diabetes.
news •
05 Sep 2014
Les Mills has become the latest fitness brand to set its sights on tackling youth
inactivity with the launch of its new children’s programme Born To Move.
news •
06 Nov 2014
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When a hefty round of investment
coincided with the pandemic, the
CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs
feared the company – founded by
his grandfather – would go down
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Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
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Speaking on the LIFTS podcast recently, Xponential Fitness CEO Anthony Geisler said participation in studio cycling is down globally. Kath Hudson decided to investigate
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The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
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