physically active news & features
Latin America’s health club industry is robust, according
to IHRSA’s Latin American Report. Kristen Walsh provides
valuable data on the region’s flourishing market conditions
HCM Handbook 2018
Deloitte’s Karsten Hollasch summarises key data from the
latest European Health & Fitness Market Report, highlighting
our continent’s leading fitness operators and countries
HCM Handbook 2018
Ukactive has named the 11 fitness tech disruptors that have made it to the industry body's
start-up accelerator programme ActiveLab.
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03 Apr 2018
Does focusing on differences in exerciser
motivation cause more harm than good?
HCM issue 3 2018
A fitness app that rewards people who are physically active has secured financial backing
of US$5.7m (£4.1m, €4.7m) to help boost its presence globally.
news •
18 Jan 2018
London could become the new home of ‘sport tech’ if a strategic plan succeeds in bringing
sport and technology businesses closer together.
news •
01 Dec 2017
ukactive’s public affairs director Huw
Edwards highlights physical activity’s role
in workplace wellbeing
HCM issue 11 2017
Kath Hudson asks industry experts
if active children perform better
HCM issue 9 2017
A new study suggests that how much
you earn influences how much exercise
you do and when you do it
HCM issue 9 2017
Who are the biggest, most profitable club
operators in Europe? Deloitte reveals all
HCM issue 6 2017
Helen Macfarlane, head of active communities at Edinburgh Leisure, tells how the programme changes lives
HCM issue 5 2017
The public health specialist talks to Kate Cracknell about his plans to get GPs in the UK routinely prescribing exercise
HCM issue 5 2017
A look ahead to the highlights of this cross-sector event, which focuses on the huge challenge of tackling inactivity
HCM issue 4 2017
Tom Walker reports on a city in western Finland that’s developed a revolutionary approach to getting kids moving
HCM issue 4 2017
Prebiotics and healthy eating can reduce severity of exercise-induced asthma
HCM issue 2 2017
Physical activity trackers are more likely to motivate people to get physically active if
coupled with wellness coaching – according to a new study published in the American
College of Sports Medicine’s Health and Fitness Journal.
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30 Nov 2016
A study by Aalborg University in Denmark has shown that using virtual reality can help the
elderly become more physically active – by making exercise safe and more fun.
news •
08 Nov 2016
Sport England has entered into a technology partnership that will help people get
physically active with the use of apps.
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01 Nov 2016
Desk-bound office workers should schedule an hour’s exercise a day, says a study in The Lancet
HCM issue 9 2016
The co-founder of Sweatcoin wants to turn movement into money
HCM issue 8 2016
Annie Holden, Everyone Health, preventative, prevention, Everyone Active, public health, Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 6 2016
Pregnant women who work out may pass a propensity to be active on to their child
HCM issue 5 2016
ukactive has called for a major rethink of how children are engaged with physical activity,
after new research found almost nine in ten UK parents feel tablets and smartphones are
adding to Britain’s youth inactivity crisis.
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24 Mar 2016
Macmillan Cancer Support's Jo Foster will speak at Elevate 2016, discussing ways in which exercise can help cancer patients
HCM issue 3 2016
Professor Steve Haake, of Sheffield Hallam University, works with UK Sport to help Team GB win more medals. Hear more at Elevate 2016
HCM issue 3 2016
Is fitness testing in UK primary schools the answer to the ticking timebomb of childhood inactivity and soaring obesity rates?
HCM issue 9 2015
Several international pilot studies look at the link between exercise and dementia across a lifetime
HCM issue 9 2015
Mobile developers and coding experts from across the UK are being invited to create an app that
“facilitates social change through sport” at the inaugural Sport England Sport Technology Awards
Hackathon.
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10 Aug 2015
A new study focuses on the impact exercise has on 10 sets of twins – one of them active, the other not
HCM issue 5 2015
With Public Health England issuing a rallying cry about physical inactivity, how can the fitness industry help?
HCM issue 4 2015
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