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The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has offered its backing to the 'Women TRY
Sport' (WTS) campaign, which is designed to promote and improve sporting
opportunities for women.
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06 Jun 2012
Kinect Australia has announced the launch of its new name - Physical Activity
Australia - as part of its "ambitious new vision" to promote regular exercise
across the country.
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24 Jan 2012
Aerobic exercise is your best bet when it comes to devising a programme for a club member or client who wants to shed the dreaded belly fat.
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05 Sep 2011
Researchers from the University of Essex and London Metropolitan University have found that the measures of strength in children have fallen "dramatically" over the past decade.
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23 May 2011
A team of researchers from four US universities have found that moderate physical exercise can help improve spatial memory in older adults.
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01 Feb 2011
Exercising promotes changes in the brain that may protect high-risk individuals against cognitive decline, including development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study done at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).
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22 Nov 2010
iZone - a new youth health and fitness concept targeted at people between the ages of 11 and 15 years old - has been unveiled at Swansea's LC leisure complex.
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01 Sep 2010
The recently opened Cox Green Leisure Centre in Maidenhead, Berkshire, will introduce intelligent gaming technology - the Dogfight virtual plane simulator - into its workout room.
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26 Aug 2010
Fitness entrepreneur Chris Onslow has opened his first purpose-built health and fitness facility in Witney, Oxfordshire.
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28 Sep 2009
A survey by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has highlighted the importance of physical exercise in the prevention of chronic conditions among people over the age of 65.
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23 Jul 2009
Leading an inactive life could speed up the ageing process according to a study published by researchers at King’s College London.
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29 Jan 2008
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
Manchester Public Health Development Service has teamed up with Manchester City Council and Manchester City Football Club to get local residents active.
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31 Jan 2007
The results of a £2.5m pilot scheme to combat physical inactivity have been revealed by the Department of Health.
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07 Dec 2006
A new study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) claims that physical exercise has little impact on obesity in young children.
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06 Oct 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
Independent health club Fitness 2000 in Great Yarmouth has received a £16,000 grant from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund to fully finance a new weight management programme for children using a Zig Zag Sportwall.
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14 Jun 2006
A new children’s fitness programme has been launched at Llanishen Leisure Centre in Cardiff to tackle inactivity and obesity among 11- to 14-year-olds.
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02 Feb 2006
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
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
Walkers can exercise for free under a scheme launched jointly by Walkabout Wrexham and Wrexham County Borough Council.
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14 Jul 2004
Joe Decker, formerly the world's fittest man, embarks on a trip to East Africa this month (July) in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of health and fitness.
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14 Jul 2004
Youth and children's activity specialist, ZigZag, has been named the official trade sponsor for the Fitness Industry Association's (FIA) Adopt A School scheme, with Norwich Union initiative.
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12 Jul 2004
Ralph Riley, chief executive of the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM), has welcomed the Chief Medical Officers report – but said it will take more than gardening to get the nation fit.
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19 May 2004
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