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Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre in Sheffield is to become one of three regional headquarters of the
National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine.
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03 Jan 2013
Children in developed countries are not moving enough to maintain healthy growth and development
– according to a report by the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA).
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28 Nov 2018
A new report has called for a "major culture shift" in order to get older people more physically
active.
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13 Sep 2018
The UK government is encouraging businesses to get their staff more physically active, as
part
of efforts to make the workforce healthier and more productive.
news •
21 May 2018
Slightly high cholesterol in a person’s 30s and 40s could lead to an exponential risk of
heart disease in later life, according to a study.
news •
27 Jan 2015
Shapewatch among the final nine for
ActiveLab ‘Future of Fit Tech’ Awards
HCM issue 7 2019
Council-run parks and leisure centres could be in jeopardy thanks to a £4.3bn
funding 'black hole' in adult care services caused by austerity cuts and an
ageing population, a new study has warned.
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28 Oct 2014
Far from setting people up to be physically active for life, school PE lessons
can put people off sport forever, according to research carried out by the
University of Birmingham. Of the 1,800 people surveyed for The Big PE
Conversation, half said school PE didn’t help them to become more physically active.
One quarter of males and one third of females said they never, or rarely enjoyed, PE.
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05 Jan 2015
The number of people dying prematurely from heart attacks and strokes in the UK has risen
for the first time in 50 years.
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14 May 2019
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
The threat to the existence of public parks is a threat to the nation’s physical and mental
health, a select committee has been told by several experts.
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26 Oct 2016
Getting more people active on their way to work is the aim of a new £1m trial
headed up by Bristol University, which will involve businesses in Wales and the
west country fitting employees with GPS systems.
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05 Dec 2014
4 Global – a partner in the Moving Communities initiative – has completed an initial public
offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market, valuing the
business at £24m.
news •
11 Jan 2022
Dance, yoga and Pilates classes will be made available to NHS staff as part of a new
£600m fund designed to ensure Europe’s largest single workforce is fit for purpose.
news •
09 Mar 2016
The government must take bold steps to make inroads in tackling Britain’s burgeoning
childhood obesity and inactivity problem, which has ballooned after more than a decade of
policy inertia.
news •
26 Jan 2016
A major new consultation aiming to shape the future of children’s physical activity across
the UK has been launched by not-for-profit health body ukactive.
news •
16 Mar 2018
British adults spend an average of just 90 minutes being physically active, according to a
new study.
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26 Sep 2017
Shadow health secretary and respected activity advocate Andy Burnham will
return as a headline speaker for ukactive’s National Summit 2014 next month,
one of several high-profile thought leaders due to feature.
news •
13 Oct 2014
Longstanding ukactive CEO David Stalker is to step down this June after seven years in
the role.
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02 Feb 2015
Physically active people are 50 per cent more likely to develop higher antibodies after having a vaccination, research shows
HCM issue 3 2022
A consultation, launched earlier today by not-for-profit health body ukactive, will look to shape
future policy for children’s sport and physical activity in the UK.
news •
20 Feb 2018
The health and fitness sector must continue to highlight - both at government
level and with local GPs - the financial benefits of physical activity to achieve
a redistribution of public funds, according to ukactive chair Fred Turok.
news •
30 Apr 2014
The impact of low physical activity on middle age men is nearly as bad as smoking – according to a
study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
news •
04 Aug 2016
Childhood obesity strategy further delayed, with sugar tax and physical activity unlikely to feature
The government’s long overdue childhood obesity strategy is facing further delays, with
the document now not expected until after the EU referendum.
news •
26 Feb 2016
More than half of European Union citizens never or seldom take part in exercise
or play sport, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey.
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17 Apr 2014
Lack of exercise is a major cause of death from COVID-19, finds a new study
HCM issue 4 2021
The NHS must make use of its funding lifeline in George Osborne’s Spending Review to
invest in physical activity initiatives that will help safeguard its future, according to
ukactive executive director Steven Ward.
news •
26 Nov 2015
Hitting the weights provides a major boost to breast cancer survivors trying to regain
muscle and bone strength lost due to cancer treatment and physical inactivity,
according to new research.
news •
13 Oct 2015
Young adults who shun exercise and spend large amounts of time in front of screens are
twice as likely to have poor cognitive function in mid-life, according to a study.
news •
21 Jul 2015
The newly-established forum will become a Federation at FIBO 2023 in Köln
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