Investment in EGYM’s Open Mode is driving member engagement at Active Blackpool, as Chris Rushton explains

The immediate past CLOA chair explains how the Active Wellbeing Leadership Network is creating a movement for change

According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000 of social value per person and £5,600 worth of health improvements.

New weight management drugs could be used to create a global metabolic health revolution and improve longevity, if investment and cross-sector collaboration can prevent obesity and its health-related problems.

After a decade of lobbying by the Health & Fitness Association, the US House of Representatives has passed the reconciliation bill which includes the Personal Health Improvement Today (PHIT) Act.

The duo have brought together a wellness trust and a GP federation to create a new model with clinical governance embedded at its heart, as Kate Cracknell reports

Politicians are turning to weight loss drugs to control obesity in the population. Kath Hudson polls the experts on the impact

Malcolm McPhail on how North Ayrshire is revolutionising community wellbeing

Sector leaders in the UK have collaborated to create the Physical Activity Leadership Network that aims to raise physical activity levels, address inequalities and create an Active Wellbeing Service.

Despite high energy costs, inflation and interest rates, there’s evidence to show 2023 was the year the industry bounced back. A host of CEOs, talk about the current trading landscape and their plans for the next 18 months

While there’s much talk of fitness and healthcare working closer together, research shows that there are still many barriers to overcome

Members of HCM’s senior-level industry panel share their thoughts with Kath Hudson on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead

HCM editor, Liz Terry, has called on the sector to step up to assist the NHS with stroke rehabilitation to avoid millions being left with life-changing disabilities.

With new stroke rehabilitation guideliness published in the US and the UK calling for more exercise interventions, Vicky Kiernander asks the experts how the health and fitness sector can intervene, to the benefit of patients, the sector and the medical profession

Katherine Merrifield and Gwen Nightingale of The Health Foundation Healthy Lives team outline what our sector should be asking of government

With the sector’s widespread view that the UK government’s new physical activity and sport strategy lacks vision, Martyn Allison dissects the finer details, while industry thought leaders also comment

The Wigan Deal has saved £170m and enabled facilities to stay open by deepening engagement with the health service and the communities it serves

Challenging trading conditions look set to give public sector leisure provision a shake up. Martyn Allison looks back at how trying times have impacted the public sector previously and talks us through the way things could pan out as councils rethink their priorities and sport and leisure pivots towards health and wellbeing.

The new chair of UK Active talks to Kate Cracknell about his vision for the sector and opening up his address book to connect with senior players in health

Residents of Wolverhampton, UK, can earn gym discounts and food vouchers for exercising and eating healthily through the new Better Health: Rewards app.

Plans to shelve the UK's sugar tax (Soft Drinks Industry Levy) and other pieces of legislation designed to tackle the obesity epidemic have hit legal hurdles and fierce resistance from both MPs and the medical profession.

Community benefit society Leisure in the Community (LITC) and 1Life Leisure Management Solutions (1Life) have agreed to go their separate ways after a long-standing 20-year partnership.

A coalition of leading organisations across the physical activity sector has called for radical reform to support its growth and development.

Connected performance wearable company Whoop has launched Whoop Unite for businesses.

Can exercise professionals gain the wider trust of the medical community, and play a pivotal role in the wellbeing agenda?

UK Active has called on the government to offer "greater clarity" on how it plans to help the health and fitness industry entice members back to its sites – especially in city and town centres.

What can the fitness industry and the weight management sector learn from each other? Our experts discuss

Code Fitness has partnered with body composition experts Tanita to put analysis at the heart of its programmes

The bonds that existed long ago between exercise and healthcare must be reforged, says Muir Gray

Research confirms the role health clubs can play in supporting members to nurture their mental health. Victor Brick explains the outcomes of a new study by the John W Brick Foundation