Alerts about physical activity

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

Credit crunches employee wellbeing?

16 Oct 2008 | Financial woes must not mean less focus on health

Exercise can ‘cut diabetes risk' in women

18 Sep 2008 | 7-week programme shown to increase chance of staying healthy

How to avoid over half of early deaths

17 Sep 2008 | Latest from major study points to impact of healthy living

How active are your kids?

12 Sep 2008 | New data suggest UK parents greatly overestimate activity levels

Take the stairs for life!

04 Sep 2008 | Small study on benefits of jettisoning use of the lift

Old neighbourhoods are less obesogenic

20 Aug 2008 | More US evidence on impact of built environment on physical activity

Is Olympic fortnight inspiring exercise...

18 Aug 2008 | ... or merely encouraging couch potatoes?

Run to delay death and disability

12 Aug 2008 | Study highlights importance of exercise for older people

Looking forward to 2012

09 Aug 2008 | Can the Olympics inspire long-term healthy behaviour?

Companies join in promoting health

23 Jul 2008 | Novel partnership with UK government in the fight against obesity

Physical inactivity in Ho Chi Minh City

27 Jun 2008 | Report shows profound changes in lifestyle in urban Vietnam

Weigh yourself while you eat

27 May 2008 | Scales to be placed by fast-food stands in Jerusalem

Child Health Week in Ghana…

13 May 2008 | … focuses on healthy eating and rising obesity

How did you get to work today?

24 Apr 2008 | UK campaign to encourage commuters to walk