Research from Nuffield Health has revealed that an increasing number of Brits are using fitness as an important part of their social life.

The McKinsey Health Institute has highlighted the ways in which various stakeholders can play their part in accelerating the science behind biomedical interventions that affect the ageing process and improve health outcomes.

A study has found indoor cycling improves hip osteoarthritis

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.

Indoor cycling is an effective and low-cost way of treating hip osteoarthritis which could save the NHS millions, according to the CLEAT study by Bournemouth University.

A new study of identical twins has delved into how much genes and the environment impact mental health and the development of neurodiverse traits – useful insight for operators looking to better understand their customers.

Canolfan Pentre Awel will be a hub of leisure and community wellbeing. Highlights include a 600-square-metre fitness suite, an 8-court sports hall and aquatic facilities

Canolfan Pentre Awel is set to redefine the landscape of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, with its revolutionary 83-acre development.

According to a year-long study, offering financial incentives to people to encourage them to lose weight is effective and could be a low-cost solution to support health service in tackling obesity.

Waist circumference-to-height ratio is a more reliable measure of obesity in children and adolescents than BMI according to a new study, published in Pediatric Research.

New research from the Children’s Health and Research Centre at the University of Exeter, UK, has found BMI is not accurate as a measure for children

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.

The head of the Center for Active Design, Joanna Frank, explains how operating healthy buildings is a ‘non-negotiable’ in the age of COVID-19

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

The failure to tackle the UK's obesity crisis is down to successive governments being guilty of weak policy design, lack of effectiveness and botched implementation.

NHS patients who have been diagnosed with cancer will be offered exercise and gym sessions before they start chemotherapy.

Co-founder and CEO Rebecca Parekh explains The Well, a new membershipbased wellness club that’s opened in the heart of New York City, giving access to fitness, health coaches and more

Leading UK cancer charities have called for newly diagnosed to be prescribed exercise and nutrition plans, in order to help their recovery.

A ground-breaking project is using Genomic data from 50,000 people to deepen the understanding of how genetics and life-style factors contribute to the development of conditions such as diabetes and arthritis.

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is investing £2.5m in a study to find out whether long-term exercise can help tackle the side effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Golf spectators walk more than 11,500 steps while watching the sport, according to a survey, helping fans gain health benefits from the physical activity involved.

The Welsh Government is funding a masterplan for a multi-million pound wellness village in South Wales.

Practising mindfulness can help alleviate low back pain the heart of training

The £7m Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre in Sheffield – which forms part of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) – has opened to the public.

The £7m Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre in High Green, Sheffield is set to include specialist health and research facilities as part of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) when it opens in June.

Among adults with chronic low back pain, both mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive behavioural therapy resulted in greater improvement in back pain when compared with usual care, according to a study appearing in the March 22/29 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

How can health clubs broaden the appeal of indoor cycling? Kath Hudson asks the experts involved in this ever-growing sector

The University of Bristol is launching a new study to assess whether a peer-led intervention could address the steep reduction in teenage girls doing physical activity at secondary school.

Insults from shop assistants, jibes from passers-by and abuse from teenagers are just some of the humiliations that are plunging overweight people further into ill health, research has found.

A physical activity loyalty card (PAL), which rewards users with shopping vouchers, has been launched in Northern Ireland with the aim of combating inactivity.