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Wellness is a key driving force behind global traveller behaviour, according to a new consumer insights report published by American Express Travel. The American Express ... More

Planet Fitness is offering high-school students free access to any of its 2,200 locations in the US and Canada from 16 May to 31 August. ... More

The Association of Play Industries (API) has called for urgent and sustained investment in public play provision. The trade association has launched a new campaign, ... More

Children in developed countries are not moving enough to maintain healthy growth and development – according to a report by the Active Healthy Kids Global ... More

Children who exercise for at least one hour a day, get nine to 11 hours of sleep at night and spend two hours or less ... More

Physical activity outside of school is vital for child health and could play a major role in helping children meet government recommendations, according to research ... More

The Cooper Institute is in the process of creating partnerships and strategic alliances to combat the growing issues surrounding youth inactivity and obesity in America. ... More

Lazy summer holidays are leading to a significant drop-off in schoolchildren’s fitness levels and hampering efforts to reverse the UK’s physical inactivity epidemic, new research ... More

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 ... More

Almost three quarters of primary school teachers expect their pupils to spend the impending summer holidays in front of tablets and TVs, according to Fit ... More

A pioneering Danish health scheme that enforces a series of strict lifestyle changes is being touted as a potential solution to the global childhood obesity ... More