body confidence news

Nuffield Health’s fourth annual survey, the Healthier Nation Index, has found people moved slightly more in 2023 than 2022, but almost 75 per cent are ... More

Exercise has been shown to have a positive impact on people's mental health, but is the health club sector doing the most it can, both ... More

More than half of British mothers have been put off teaching their own child to swim – due to a fear of being seen in ... More

Not feeling ‘gym body ready’ is serving as a significant barrier to taking part in sport and physical activity for people with mental health problems, ... More

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed it has launched a formal investigation into the controversial Protein World advertising campaign, which has sparked an internet ... More

Health experts are calling for greater wellbeing services to be made available for would-be mothers, amid findings that children born to overweight mothers are at ... More

A newly-launched fitness app aims to help busy mums stay in shape and restore body confidence by offering a range of specialised workouts. Research has ... More

This Girl Can, a multi-million pound marketing campaign aimed at getting more girls and women into sport, has launched today. The high-profile £10m campaign aims ... More

Sport England has launched a multi-million pound marketing campaign aimed at getting more girls and women into sport. Delivered with a range of partner organisations, ... More

Several physical activity organisations are among the nominees for the 2014 Body Confidence Awards – an event bidding to tackle the growing problem of body ... More

Sports minister Helen Grant has called for women to be offered a wider choice of sports in order to increase the number of females playing ... More

Image: The new guide has been designed for parents A new guide launched by non-profit organisation Media Smart to help parents educate their children about ... More

The winners of the first ever Body Confidence Awards were announced at an event held at the House of Commons in London yesterday (19 April). ... More

Junior equalities minister Lynne Featherstone has called for health club operators to stop using "models with perfect bodies" in marketing materials as it could potentially ... More

Central YMCA has launched a consumer-market fitness DVD – devised and presented entirely by a team of YMCA and guest exercise professionals. Called The Y ... More

Social pressures which portray sport as unfeminine and encourage girls to be thin rather than fit are an important barrier preventing girls and women from ... More