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Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston, has joined gym-goers this morning to kick-off the annual National Fitness Day, with thousands of free activities taking place across the ... More

Half of UK adults aren't happy with their physical fitness levels, according to a study by Savanta ComRes. A poll of more than 2,000 adults ... More

What are the effects on public health of gyms and leisure centres being shut during lockdowns? Could more people be suffering worse symptoms – or ... More

Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, has said exercise and physical activity should play a key role in the UK's recovery from ... More

Millions of people throughout the UK took part in physical activity during this year's National Fitness Day (NFD) – a show of strength from the ... More

Exercise has been voted the number one way the public can help the NHS – ahead of paying taxes and cutting down on smoking and ... More

Physical activity levels in England have continued to fall from those recorded at the initial phase of lockdown – partly due to schools, shops and ... More

The restrictions on movement caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown are transforming the UK's exercise habits, with home fitness workouts, cycling and walking now the ... More

The main political parties need to "discuss prevention in the same breath as they discuss funding the NHS", according to Jack Shakespeare, director of children, ... More

The average UK adult spends more than twice as long making tea as they do exercising each week. A study of 2,080 UK adults by ... More

Sport England CEO Tim Hollingsworth has called on sport and physical activity providers to follow the lead of other sectors and open their data – ... More

The average UK adult spends eight times as long watching on-demand television as they do exercising, according to a new report. A study of 2,076 ... More

More than 5.1 million Britons, including three-quarters-of-a-million schoolchildren, got active on National Fitness Day 2017, ukactive figures have revealed. This year the health body commissioned ... More

British adults spend an average of just 90 minutes being physically active, according to a new study. The extent of the UK’s inactivity crisis was ... More

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has published a report to highlight its “extensive work” after the government launched a review into its effectiveness and governance. Research compiled ... More

With National Fitness Day less than 24 hours away, event organiser ukactive has released a raft of new data highlighting how Brits are leading increasingly ... More

Ensuring that Britain’s children are leading healthy and active lifestyles should be a top priority for all parties in the forthcoming General Election. That is ... More

More than two thirds of the UK public feel the £8.77bn cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympics was worth it, according to a survey ... More

More than two thirds of the UK public feel the £8.77bn cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympics was worth it, according to a survey ... More

A new poll reveals that 18 per cent of British adults have been inspired to take part in more sport since last year's London Olympics ... More

A new London 2012 motto - Inspire a generation - has been announced by organisers as part of celebrations marking the 100-day countdown until the ... More

A number of travel and tourism businesses and groups have teamed up for a new campaign to encourage the government to prevent any further increases ... More

A new manifesto, designed to help safeguard the UK pub industry, has been drawn up by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and the ... More

A new survey has revealed that 90 per cent of adults believe we care too much about how we look and not enough about how ... More

The recent increases in alcohol duty are more likely to affect sensible drinkers and traditional pubs, rather than it achieve the main aim of deterring ... More