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
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
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
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
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
25 Sep 2017
One in four people worldwide do not meet daily exercise guidelines but need only undertake
20 Dec 2016
Healthy, radiant skin, glowing with life, has never had so many fans. Yet the pollution
14 Dec 2016
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has released its eight trends to look out for in
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
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Stephen Price
Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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