Alerts about physical activity

Transition in Bangladesh

23 Jun 2009 | Research assesses ‘massive’ epidemiological changes in rural Matlab

Diabetes to rocket in Asia

27 May 2009 | JAMA predicts over 60% of cases likely to occur in Asia

The importance of ‘walkability’

04 May 2009 | Canada: the effects of neighbourhoods on health and personal savings

OxHA Summit '09

20 Apr 2009 | Successful sixth meeting of global experts in chronic disease prevention

Get walking!

07 Apr 2009 | São Paulo leads World Day for Physical Activity

Health inequalities in UK

16 Mar 2009 | New report highly critical of lack of evaluation of interventions

How do we react to fitness ads?

10 Mar 2009 | Context may play role in whether we exercise – or eat!

Asthma more common...

04 Mar 2009 | ...among inactive young children

Parisian bikes are a steal...

24 Feb 2009 | Scheme a great success – but cost of theft is crippling

Impacts of child inactivity, poor diet

24 Feb 2009 | UK NGOs: ‘frightening’ lack of parental awareness of health consequences

Exercise reduces risk of colon cancer

16 Feb 2009 | More evidence on benefits of physical activity

China: National Fitness Day announced

16 Jan 2009 | Exercise to be promoted annually on anniversary of Olympics

Getting moving in Recife, Brazil

04 Jan 2009 | Positive effect of community-based physical activity intervention

2009: The year of living healthily?

02 Jan 2009 | UK government launches ‘lifestyle revolution’

More 'healthy towns'...

11 Nov 2008 | ...this time encouraging anti-obesity innovation in England

Awards for healthy city innovation

04 Nov 2008 | Obesity and chronic disease tackled in Latin America

Physical activity cuts breast cancer risk

02 Nov 2008 | Vigorous exercise reduces risk in post-menopausal women, particularly those who are not overweight

‘Winter Sunshine Sports’?

26 Oct 2008 | Chinese schoolchildren to run 100s of kilometres over winter

Physical activity and stroke

23 Oct 2008 | Exercise may reduce severity as well as likelihood of stroke

Obesity: transition in Chile

17 Oct 2008 | Clear effects of nutritional, epidemiological and demographic changes