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Change4Life Campaign
Following the government’s launch of the Change4Life campaign, which aims to get adults and children to eat more healthily and take some exercise, we have seen a flurry of TV adverts, celebrity and corporate endorsement and politicians proudly announcing the new campaign.
It has a very laudable longterm objective of helping to prevent over 90% [...]
Government launches Change4Life campaign
The government has launched the Change4Life campaign, which aims to get adults and children to eat more healthily and take some exercise. It’s longterm objective is to help to prevent over 90% of the UK’s children becoming overweight or obese by 2050. The campaign includes TV advertising, website promotion and corporate backing from the likes [...]
Childhood obesity begins before the age of 5
New research from the Early Bird Diabetes Trust indicates that one in four of children aged four to five are now overweight. The study looked at 233 children from birth to puberty and found that most of the weight gain occurred in the first five years. This, in turn, can lead to further complications, such [...]
Are your training shoes up to the job?
Did you know many of the injuries that people suffer when running are caused by inadequate shoes or ones that are old and worn out! Some of those injuries can include shin splints, hip and knee pain as well as foot pain. Making sure that your footwear is right for you is important and, although [...]
Exercise can reduce the effects of Alzheimer’s
New research from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and published in the US journal, Neurology, indicates that regular exercise can reduce the loss of brain function in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.
