World Health Organisation news
09 Jul 2025
International celebrations of wellness have proliferated this year, so we're taking a look at the
30 May 2025
Mental health is increasingly recognised as a critical part of wellbeing and in response to
31 Jul 2023
Integrative medical-wellness spa brand SHA Wellness has enhanced its Alicante destination with new sexual health
30 Mar 2023
World Active has finalised its charter, which it plans to adopt at its first-ever general
28 Feb 2023
HITIO Gym, which has experienced major success in Scandinavia, entered the UK market in 2022
08 Dec 2020
Increasing physical activity globally could prevent up to 5 million deaths each year, according to
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
28 Oct 2020
Banyan Tree Group has announced it’s rolling out three groupwide initiatives to promote wellbeing, in
15 Oct 2020
The pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of
31 Mar 2020
Expo 2020 Dubai has announced that it will likely postpone the event by a year
24 Mar 2020
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed until 2021, following talks between International Olympic
16 Mar 2020
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is having a severe effect on leisure businesses around the world,
22 Nov 2019
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the majority of adolescents worldwide are not
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
06 Dec 2018
It’s no secret that humans need more than just a roof over their heads to
06 Feb 2018
TV journalist and presenter Dr Michael Mosley has been announced as a keynote speaker for
20 Dec 2016
Healthy, radiant skin, glowing with life, has never had so many fans. Yet the pollution
18 Jan 2016
Myzone has launched a sports bra with built in fitness tracking technology. The Myzone Sports
26 Nov 2015
Close to 200 UNESCO member states have adopted a revised International Charter for Physical Education,
21 Sep 2015
Exercising more, losing weight and drinking less could slash the the number of Britons getting
17 Sep 2015
The World Health Organisation has sets its sights on overcoming the growing physical inactivity epidemic
07 Aug 2015
The Rio de Janeiro water which athletes will be swimming and sailing in for the
23 Mar 2015
Physical activity experts and other relevant stakeholders are being asked to submit their views on
05 Mar 2015
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidelines on sugar consumption that say adults
19 Sep 2014
Around a quarter of preventable cancers in the United States are thought to be impacted
30 Jul 2014
Major stakeholders at the Medical & Wellness Tourism Summit 2014 in New Delhi, India, discussed
30 Jun 2014
Technology developer X-Doria has created a new piece of wearable kit allowing parents to set
13 Jun 2014
The European Court of Justice is considering a test case which could oblige employers to
30 May 2014
Three quarters of British men will be overweight or obese by 2030 because of current
12 May 2014
US-based educational entertainment developer LeapFrog has unveiled one of the first wearable activity trackers designed
31 Mar 2014
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that obesity and overweight are set to become
05 Feb 2014
The increasing use of tobacco, consumption of alcohol and highly processed foods and a lack
05 Sep 2012
A new weight management programme to help participants break the 'yo-yo' cycle of short term
15 Feb 2012
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that Cork, Ireland, has become one latest cities
14 Jul 2011
Organisers of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games have unveiled plans to impose a 'blanket ban'
08 Feb 2010
Sports trust Freedom Leisure has become the latest operator to remove all sunbeds from its
30 Nov 2009
Health club operator and management contractor Parkwood leisure has become the latest operator to remove
29 Oct 2009
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has voiced its concerns over the sponsorship deal between a
29 Oct 2009
Health organisations are furious that a major tennis tournament in Switzerland is being sponsored by
09 Sep 2009
Wiltshire Council has become the latest UK local authority to remove sunbeds from public leisure
07 Sep 2009
First minister Alex Salmond has confirmed that the Scottish Government will move forward with plans
29 Jul 2009
A report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has declared that there
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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New legislation is exposing weakness
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management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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