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The Welsh Government has vowed to boost awareness of "positive lifestyle
improvements" such as regular exercise as part of a major new strategy to reduce
heart disease by 2016.
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15 Aug 2012
UK-based private equity firm Candover has secured a 40 per cent stake in Italian fitness equipment supplier Technogym.
news •
10 Jul 2008
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) and the Royal Society for the Prevention
of Accidents (RoSPA) have joined forces in a bid to improve the "quality and
safety" of the UK's physical activity sector.
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21 May 2012
Is it time for health clubs to stop serving unhealthy food in their facilities?
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Dr Kenneth Cooper – founder of the Cooper Institute in the US and an expert on preventing disease through exercise – revealed his recent findings at the WRIGHT Foundation Exercise Referral Conference, held at Birmingham’s NEC on 10 November.
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21 Nov 2005
Fitness Industry Association (FIA) CEO David Stalker has called on all political
parties and stakeholders across the leisure sector to join forces in order to
ensure a lasting legacy from the 2012 London Olympics.
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13 Aug 2012
A mobile wellness centre has been launched in the Wear Valley to tackle the problems of inactivity in isolated and socially deprived areas.
news •
05 Jul 2005
The 2022 AOAP Conference and Exposition and DIA Convention will be held in Florida from 7-10
February 2022.
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04 Feb 2022
Fitness training company, Future Fit, has acquired iCareiMove, which provides
health services to specialist populations.
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15 Jun 2023
People with obesity have a significantly lower number of neurotransmitters dedicated to
generating pleasurable sensations than people of a normal weight, according to a study,
which could explain why they have difficulty restraining their eating.
news •
06 Mar 2015
The economic case for investing in health as a means to achieving long-term
growth took centre stage on the last day of the World Economic Forum Annual
Meeting 2014, in a session titled ‘Health is Wealth.’
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27 Jan 2014
EuropeActive has joined the All Policies for a Healthy Europe (APHE) initiative, as part of its strategy
to increasingly engage with EU health policymaking.
news •
14 Apr 2021
The Gym Group has partnered with The Movember Foundation, pledging to raise £50,000
towards men’s health.
news •
12 Oct 2017
Scotland has never been known for its warm climate, but members of the
ClanFit gym in Glasgow were given the chance to go seriously sub-zero this
week, thanks to an extreme cryotherapy treatment.
news •
25 Jul 2014
Fitness kit and software supplier eGym will receive up to €25m (US$30m, £22.2m) in financing to
support its R&D and engineering.
news •
04 Jan 2018
Canada has set its sights on becoming one of the healthiest countries in the world, following a CAN$300m (£150m, 212m euro, US$260m) investment in health promotion over the next five years.
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10 Jan 2006
Advanced instructors at level 3 on the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) who are responsible for designing and delivering structured and tailored physical activity programmes for referred patients/clients, or assigning them to an appropriate physical activity, must have a range of knowledge and skills specific to the referral process, specified medical conditions and relevant health risk factors related to physical activity participation.
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10 Jan 2006
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.
news •
22 Jul 2016
Places at active-net 2018 are already filling up following the roaring success of the 2017 event in March, which saw 95% of
delegates say they’d like to attend next year.
product innovation •
13 Jun 2017
Health and fitness company Ingesport – which operates the GO fit chain of gyms in Spain and
Portugal – has secured an official certification by AENOR for its protocols against COVID-19.
news •
01 Jul 2020
New exercise advice is needed to protect children from developing heart and circulation problems in
adulthood, according to research conducted as part of a European Commission-sponsored project.
news •
30 Jul 2013
UK-based private equity firm Candover has secured a 40 per cent stake in Italian fitness equipment supplier Technogym.
product innovation •
10 Jul 2008
Equipment and software supplier eGym has announced a new research agreement with
University College London to explore which methods of strength training are the most
effective.
news •
04 Dec 2015
Management company DC leisure has become the first operator to sign up to the new Health Commitment Statement (HCS).
news •
04 Jan 2010
Ukactive has urged the incoming Conservative government to invest heavily in physical activity – in
order to improve the nation’s health.
news •
16 Dec 2019
The NHS should move £100m (US$129.4m, €116.3m) from its drug budget into a physical
activity pot, according to public health specialist and author Sir Muir Gray.
news •
18 May 2017
Sency’s motion analysis solution, Movement Operation System (M-OS), uses proprietary algorithms
to provide users with real-time movement feedback.
product innovation •
27 Feb 2023
For better cardiovascular health, check your gut. Bacteria living in your gut may impact
your weight, fat and good cholesterol levels, according to new research in Circulation
Research, an American Heart Association journal.
news •
18 Sep 2015
New research shows that American people have become more active over the last
decade, although these improvements have done little to stem the nation's
obesity problem.
news •
11 Jul 2013
A new study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) claims that physical exercise has little impact on obesity in young children.
news •
06 Oct 2006
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