German healthcare company, Bayer, is launching an ecosystem to support consumers as they age, comprising a supplement, app and biological age test.

Former footballer, David Beckham, has become a strategic investor in health sciences company, Prenetics, which pioneers scientific advancements in health.

Public health is in the spotlight and the sector must step up, says Liz Terry

According to the annual US consumer health and wellness survey from Life Time, people are placing increasing importance on their health and wellbeing.

Back for its fifth year, the Connected Health & Fitness Summit (7-8 February 2024, Los Angeles) remains the innovative platform for companies in the fitness, fitness tech and wellness space to collaborate and explore unforeseen partnerships to accelerate their business to the next level.

European fitness operators have seen a strong return of members to their facilities, although there are continuing signs that the way customers are consuming fitness has been changed by the pandemic.

The Leisure Database Company (TLDB) has revealed its State of the Fitness Industry Report UK for 2022, following an audit of more than 7,000 facilities in the public, private and independent sectors.

EuropeActive has announced it will trial a new consumer health club certification scheme, to be known as FITcert.eu.

As the government looks into ways to stem the rising tide of health problems caused by physical inactivity, a sports performance specialist has launched a service aimed at helping improve the nation’s wellbeing while boosting business performance.

We’re entering the age of the wellness mega-corp, with the ultimate goal for investors being to dominate health and wellness markets in every channel. Prepare to expect the unexpected in this convergence of health, fitness and wellness

The corporate wellness market is growing fast. Kath Hudson rounds up the latest trends and investments coming to market

Liz Terry, editor of HCM, has called on the industry to counter the "annual tradition of gym-bashing" by national consumer media.

Liz Terry shares her thoughts

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.

The MD of the newly merged Nuffield Health Wellbeing talks to Julie Cramer about expanding further into prevention and wellbeing

Pete Ellis, chair and CEO of SpaFinder, has launched WellTech, a new health and wellness-focused 'incubator' designed to support, develop and bring new technology companies to market. Selected firms using technology to devise new consumer health and wellness solutions will receive a minimum investment of US$50,000.