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20 May 2021
Nearly three in four (73 per cent) Britons are failing to meet NHS recommendations on
28 Jan 2021
Everyone Active is offering a month’s free trial of its digital Everyone On Demand service
02 Dec 2020
Gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and fitness studios in England are back in business today
23 Nov 2020
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
01 Sep 2020
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has hired a personal trainer to help him get fit
21 Aug 2020
As the government announced its new obesity strategy to limit the impact of a potential
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
09 Aug 2020
A significant proportion of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were
07 Aug 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid a surprise visit to a branch of The Gym
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
01 May 2019
Leeds has become the first UK city to successfully lower the rates of childhood obesity
26 Jun 2018
The latest chapter of the government’s Childhood Obesity Plan – published this week – has
06 Apr 2018
The Soft Drinks Industry Levy has come into effect today (6 April), in a move
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
02 Feb 2018
A progress report on the government’s Sporting Future strategy has been overshadowed by the omission
19 Oct 2017
The UK trails other countries when it comes to early childhood physical activity, with no
23 Aug 2017
An inquiry into physical activity levels among children and young people in Wales has been
30 Sep 2016
Organisations providing physical activity programmes for children would attract more public funding if they improved
20 Sep 2016
Organised sport should not be used to engage children in physical activity as it alienates
20 Sep 2016
Operators in the sport and leisure sector have an opportunity to develop their offer as
18 Aug 2016
Experts and campaign groups have poured scorn on the government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy, describing it
18 Aug 2016
The hundreds of millions of pounds the government is expecting to generate as a result
08 Aug 2016
The British public has been under-reporting its daily calorie consumption, potentially misleading policymakers to focus
18 Jul 2016
Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could thwart
14 Jul 2016
Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has made a bold reshuffle to the cabinet, with
13 Jul 2016
As incoming Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to form a new government today (13 July),
16 Mar 2016
The UK government has announced plans to introduce a surprise £520m levy on sugary drinks
10 Mar 2016
Senior politicians were urged last night to help drive the physical activity agenda by supporting
Childhood obesity strategy further delayed, with sugar tax and physical activity unlikely to feature
26 Feb 2016
The government’s long overdue childhood obesity strategy is facing further delays, with the document now
26 Jan 2016
The government must take bold steps to make inroads in tackling Britain’s burgeoning childhood obesity
10 Nov 2015
Health experts are calling on the government to scrap the so-called ‘fat letters’ posted to
12 Oct 2015
An impressive line-up of leading public health figures will take to the stage at the
05 Jul 2010
The inaugural National Childhood Obesity Week was launched today (5 July) by National Obesity Forum
24 May 2010
As part of NHS Rotherham's obesity strategy, the Rotherham Institute for Obesity (RIO) has recently
19 Apr 2010
As part of the NHS Rotherham's obesity strategy, the Rotherham Institute for Obesity (RIO) has
27 Mar 2008
The New Local Government Network (NLGN) has called for all councils in the UK to
24 Jan 2008
The government has announced a £372m anti-obesity strategy aimed at ‘transforming the environment’ in which
02 Mar 2004
YMCA England is looking for funding for the second stage of its Tackling Obesity Strategy.
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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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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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that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
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Strength training is evolving,
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to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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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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