The industry has a role to play in helping young people with positive phone use

Fitness professionals have a key role to play in mitigating the harms of social media, says school smartphone researcher, Dr Victoria Goodyear.

After introducing Xponential’s reformer Pilates concept, Club Pilates, to Germany last year, LifeFit Group reports that it's accelerating the rollout of the brand, as master franchisor for Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

The Inaugural Children’s Mental Health Symposium will be held in Dublin, Ireland, from 20-21 May 2023, spearheaded by the Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI’s) Global Wellness for Children Initiative.

Planning approval has been granted for Camden Highline, a project to transform a section of disused railway into a new elevated urban park for London.

Aumio, a new sleep, relaxation and meditation app for children has raised €3m to drive market expansion across Europe and the US. The seed funding round was led by investment platform Partech and venture capitalist fund byFounders.

Training provider, Premier Global NASM, has collaborated with PT management company, Your Personal Training (YPT), to deliver a streamlined career pathway from qualification to application as a Personal Trainer.

Rigs have been central to gyms for years. Suppliers tell how they’re evolving to meet changing needs

Active IQ optimised lockdown to create new opportunities for students and stakeholders

The Global Wellness Institute’s Move to be Well: The Global Economy of Physical Activity report uncovers the activity segments that can deliver and monetise more participation. Leonor Stanton takes a look at the data for HCM.

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

Health Club operator Planet Fitness is offering high school students aged 15 to 18 years the opportunity to work out for free at any of its 1,700 locations throughout the US.

The World Health Organization’s physical activity expert explains why the body has created a Global Action Plan to combat physical inactivity

Last year, Premier Global NASM trained 3,000 fitness professionals in the UK

Primary schools across the country will see PE and sport funding doubled this month in a bid to change the lives of a generation.

Exercise videos in school classrooms could be a cost-effective solution to help introduce more physical activity into schools, an American Council on Exercise (ACE) study has concluded.

Tom Walker reports on a city in western Finland that’s developed a revolutionary approach to getting kids moving

Training solutions provider Escape Fitness will be debuting the FunXtion Interactive Platform in the US at The Cliffs at Mountain Park in Asheville, North Carolina.

A new path for school leavers to enter the leisure industry has been developed after Active IQ launched a Level 3 Diploma in Physical Activity, Fitness and Exercise Science.

A new budget fitness gym has opened at the historic Pelican Centre in Tyldesley, Lancashire, following a £350,000 investment in the site by Wigan Council.

Diabetes, Oliver Patrick, Jenny Patrickson, John Morgan, Nikki Joule, Neil King, NHS, Kath Hudson

A new Sport-England funded programme has engaged more than 15,000 school children in regular activity by upskilling lunchtime assistants and other school staff to deliver sessions.

Fitness training providers and colleges are failing to capitalise on the benefits of integrating technology-enabled learning into the curriculum, according to a new report.

Y-USA (the YMCA of the USA) has teamed up with the Healthy Weight Partnership to start offering the Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it! (MEND) programme across the US.

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to make addressing the “great scandal” of childhood obesity a top priority of this Parliament has been dismissed as ineffective by the boss of one of Britain’s top fitness companies.

Demonstrating the additional benefits of physical activity – such as improvements in concentration and behaviour and body image – is one of the key pillars for boosting its presence in schools.

The leisure industry is being urged to do more to encourage good posture with the availability of an ergonomically- shaped chair designed to prevent the hazards of prolonged sitting positions.

A look at a selection of initiatives designed to promote physical activity among children

Before-school exercise could help to reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children both at school and at home, according to a new study published in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

Pete Banbury looks at the future of fitness education and learning