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Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet – England, 2016
HSCIC, May 2016 This statistical report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) presents a range of information on obesity, physical activity and diet, drawn together from a variety...
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Weekend exercise alone ‘has significant health benefits’
BBC News, 10 January 2017 Cramming all your recommended weekly exercise into one or two weekend sessions is enough to produce important health benefits, a study suggests…. Click here to read the full...
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Association of “Weekend Warrior” and Other Leisure Time Physical Activity...
JAMA Internal Medicine, January 9, 2017. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.8014 This research investigates the associations of physical activity patterns with mortality. It aims to investigate...
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Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour report 2017
British Heart Foundation, April 2017 This report finds that more than 20 million adults in the UK are physically inactive and estimates that this increase risk of heart disease may cost the NHS £1.2...
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Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, April 2017 The objective of this systematic review was to determine the effects of exercise therapy (ET) for patients with CFS as compared with any other...
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Age & Dementia Friendly Gymnastics Programme: An Evaluation of the British...
British Gymnastics Foundation, May 2017 This report evaluates the pilot of a gymnastics chair-based exercise programme developed for older people with dementia. The pilot found that the programme was...
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Guided graded exercise self-help plus specialist medical care versus...
The Lancet, 22 June Graded exercise therapy is an effective and safe treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome, but it is therapist intensive and availability is limited. This study aimed to test the...
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Physical activity, cognitive decline, and risk of dementia: 28 year follow-up...
BMJ 2017;357:j2709 This prospective cohort study aims to test the hypotheses that physical activity in midlife is not associated with a reduced risk of dementia and that the preclinical phase of...
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Everybody active, every day: a framework to embed physical activity into...
Public Health England, updated August 2017 ‘Everybody active, every day’ is a national, evidence-based approach to support all sectors to embed physical activity into the fabric of daily life and make...
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Physical inactivity levels in adults aged 40 to 60 in England
Public Health England, August 2017 This report provides data on brisk walking levels and physical inactivity in people aged between 40 and 60 in England from 2015 to 2016. Public Health England...
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