With Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announcing his resignation this morning and Andy Burnham as a possible successor, the fitness, health and wellness sector is evaluating its position. 

Accessing medical and health support via health club memberships is seeing growing consumer demand in the UK, according to recent data from healthcare providers, HealthHero and Health Key. There is also growing demand for longevity and prevention advice.

Les Mills and UK Active partner to publish the first industry report on GLP-1 drugs and muscle mass

The impact of weight loss drugs on skeletal muscle mass and the importance of exercise and strength training has been revealed in a report from Les Mills and UK Active.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised obesity as a “chronic, progressive and relapsing” disease and is backing the use of GLP-1 medicines, such as Ozempic, as a treatment.

Workplace wellness schemes now go well beyond gym memberships, with increasingly-aware employees looking for wider wellbeing services

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has released a report that captures microtrends emerging across the spa and wellness industry according to each of its initiatives.

Research from the University of Oxford has found that people using weight loss drugs return to their original weight less than a year after stopping the injections.

Everyone Active is supporting the health and wellbeing of its staff through the integration of Symbio, by HealthHero.

Investing in employee health could create US$11.7 trillion in global economic value claims McKinsey Health Institute in its latest report, undertaken in collaboration with World Economic Forum.

As the UK health sector struggles with demand, health clubs are now stepping in to offer medical service support

Now mental health is the number one reason people join health clubs, do teams need a grounding in counselling? We ask the experts

The footballing legend is launching a wellness app to deliver wellbeing and health to his fans and followers

Physical activity is linked to a 43 per cent reduction in mental health symptoms such as depression, a recent study shows

Physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counselling or leading medications when it comes to managing and treating mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.

A new breed of health clubs is emerging with joining rules that include invitation-only and referral, with some requiring medical and training assessments, as Kath Hudson discovers

With the pandemic creating staffing challenges, we ask our experts how they’re responding

Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada, has revealed plans for a multi-million- dollar health and wellness complex based on indigenous design, sustainability and inclusion.

Storm LDN, a community-supporting boutique boxing gym concept based in London, is gearing up to open a £2m seed-funding round from 9 February.

A new study by People Management Insights and Gympass looked at ways to deliver corporate wellbeing programmes by moving beyond a work-first approach

Amazon has acquired primary healthcare organisation One Medica in a US$3.9bn deal that will see it moving further into the wellness market.

According to The World Health Organization's recently-released research study, WHO European Regional Obesity Report, a third of children and almost two-thirds of adults in Europe are obese.

With between 85 and 100 per cent of employers reporting staff shortages, is the UK fitness sector heading into a workforce employment crisis and what can be done about it? HCM reports

Nuffield Health has reopened the historic Barbican health club in London, as part of ambitious plans to establish its first wellness "health campus" in the UK.

One legacy of the pandemic is the extra support the nation now needs to get healthy, as well as rehabilitation support for long COVID sufferers. Kate Cracknell looks at the early response from the industry with some of the programmes underway

The Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) has partnered with a psychologist to provide new mindfulness and wellness resources for its members.

The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) has made a call for policymakers and businesses – as well as society in general – to integrate wellness throughout all organisational strategies and operations in order to 'reclaim health and wellbeing for older people'.

Fitness and health are priority areas of expenditure for consumers in six key nations around the world, according to a new report by McKinsey.

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex has become the first chief impact officer of US-based coaching and mental health firm BetterUp.

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