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Local: £1.4m plan is helping overweight children to MEND their ways,
Wales Online, 7 March 2011.
CHILDREN who took part in a pioneering weight management programme in Wales are exercising more and watching less television, figures today reveal. More than 2,000 Welsh...
National: Gene that predicts risk of heart attack identified by scientists,
Telegraph, 6 March 2011.
Scientists from all over the world, including Britain, studied the genetic make up of more than 140,000 people to find DNA faults in those susceptible to coronary heart disease...
Local: Family healthy weight management programme making a difference,
WAG, 4 March 2011.
Children and young people who took part in the first all-Wales weight management programme are exercising more, eating healthier and spending less time watching TV and...
National: Exercise cuts risk of developing bowel cancer polyps,
BBC News, 2 March 2011.
People who lead an active lifestyle are up to a third less likely to develop polyps which can develop into bowel cancer, according to a study. The report pulls together 20 previous...
Local: Why we need more girls to stay with sport,
Wales Online, 28 February 2011.
A LACK of high-profile female sporting heroes could be a reason why large numbers of teenage girls drop out of sport every year. Experts have spoken of their concern about...
Local: ‘I’m to blame’ for 40st frame, says UK’s heaviest teen,
Wales Online, 27 February 2011.
BRITAIN’S heaviest teen has insisted that she alone is to blame for her ballooning weight, despite her mum’s feelings of guilt. Aberdare teenager Georgia Davis was whisked away...
Local: Yo-yo dieter’s life is transformed – by gastric band,
Wales Online, 27 February 2011.
AFTER more than 30 years of yo-yo dieting, mum-of-two Jayne Kirner paid £8,500 to have a gastric band fitted. But incredibly a local clinic told the 46-year-old she had to put on...
Local: Patients denied obesity surgery because they're not fat enough,
Wales Online, 27 February 2011.
HUNDREDS of overweight patients are being refused life-saving obesity operations on the NHS because they aren’t fat enough. Wales on Sunday understands up to 1,000 people...
National: Body Mass Index - BMI - 'misses obesity risks',
BBC News, 25 February 2011.
In this week's 'Scrubbing Up', nutrition expert Dr Margaret Ashwell OBE argues that using BMI alone could be missing some patients at risk of the diseases associated with obesity...
National: Hospital obesity admissions increase by 30% in a year,
BBC News, 24 February 2011.
The number of people admitted to hospital in England for obesity-related reasons rose by more than 30% last year. But NHS statistics also show the increase in obesity rates...
National: Pollution heart risk is unclear,
NHS Choices, 24 February 2011.
Cycling is "one of the biggest triggers of heart attacks", claimed the Daily Mail. The newspaper said that pollution and spending time in traffic can also bring on heart attacks...
Local: How to stick to your new year fitness resolutions,
Wales Online, 21 February 2011.
THIS is the time of year when many of our new year resolutions may be put to the test. Do we stick with them or do we give up and lapse back to our old behaviour? Resolution...
Local: Childhood obesity almost "inevitable", say experts,
Wales Online, 21 February 2011.
Childhood obesity is almost “inevitable” because of the way society is organised, experts are set to tell a major Welsh health conference. An abundance of cheap, unhealthy food, the...
Local: Obesity epidemic in Welsh children inevitable warn experts,
Wales Online, 20 February 2011.
CHEAP, unhealthy food has made childhood obesity in Wales “inevitable”, experts claim. Leading health figures have told Wales on Sunday the tens of millions of pounds spent by...
National: Therapies 'moderately improve' CFS,
NHS Choices, 18 February 2011.
The Daily Telegraph reported that "exercise and therapy can help ME sufferers". Several other news sources reported on research which has shown that behavioural therapy and...
National: Brain and body training treats ME, UK study says,
BBC News, 18 February 2011.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as ME, should be treated with a form of behavioural therapy or exercise, say British scientists. Writing in The Lancet, they argue that the...
National: Stretching before running 'does not prevent injury',
BBC News, 17 February 2011.
Stretching before running does not necessarily prevent injury a US study of over 2,700 has suggested. But the researchers say runners should maintain their current routine, whether...
National: Wearing helmet 'beneficial' for skiers and snowboarders,
BBC News, 11 February 2011.
Helmets should be included in ski hire packages to protect against head injuries, say researchers in the British Medical Journal. University of Innsbruck sports scientists say...
Local: 300 on clinic obesity list,
Wales Online, 10 February 2011.
BLAENAU Gwent is the second- worst obesity hotspot in Britain. The Assembly’s health minister Edwina Hart heard the worrying news on a visit to Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan’s weight...
National: Cash incentives for weight loss studied,
NHS Choices, 10 February 2011.
Obese people are "more motivated to shed pounds if they're paid", reported the Daily Mail. However, "the weight might creep back on once the monetary carrot is gone." The story...
National: Children's screen habits revealed,
BBC News, 1 February 2011.
UK children watch an average of more than two and a half hours of television a day and spend an hour and 50 minutes online a day, a poll suggests. A survey of 2,445 children...
Local: Spotlight: Hooping mad in Cardiff,
Guardian Cardiff, 7 February 2011.
Exercise is a word which evokes fear in many. Associations with enforced school gym classes, exertion, sweat, and self-inflicted post-Christmas punishment means apprehension is...
Local: Families are encouraged to make and keep active pledge,
Wales Online, 7 February 2011.
EVERY family in Wales is being urged to make and keep a promise to become active. The idea of a nationwide pledge to boost Wales’ poor activity rates is part of Sport Wales’...
Local: Lifestyle choices are vital in cutting cancer,
Wales Online, 7 February 2011.
THOUSANDS of cases of Wales’ most common cancers could be prevented by simple changes to people’s lifestyle, it has been claimed. The World Cancer Research Fund...
Local: The World Cancer Research Fund has drawn up 10 recommendations, which include the best advice for reducing the risk of cancer,
Wales Online, 7 February 2011.
Be as lean as possible without becoming underweight. Maintaining a healthy weight is one of the most important things you can do to reduce your risk of cancer. Be physically active...
National: Outdoor exercise 'healther than gym workouts',
BBC News, 7 February 2011.
Going for a run outdoors is better than exercing in the gym because it has a positive impact on mental, as well as physical health, researchers have found.
A study found that exercise...
Local: Sport initiative in east Cardiff kicks off,
Guardian Cardiff, 4 February 2011.
A community initiative to get young people in sporting activities in east Cardiff has seen crime figures drop. Anti-social behaviour in east Cardiff has dropped after a successful sport...
National: Obesity affects one in 10 adults around the world,
BBC News, 4 February 2011.
One in 10 of the world's adults is obese, according to a joint UK-US study published in The Lancet. Imperial College London and Harvard researchers studied body mass index (BMI)...
National: Healthy lifestyle 'would prevent 79,000 cancers a year',
Telegraph, 4 February 2011.
Breast and bowel cases could be almost cut in half, with respective reductions of 42 and 43 per cent, the charity has calculated. The changes would involve people taking regular...
National: How obesity is reshaping our world,
BBC News, 3 February 2011.
Ambulances are the latest vehicles to face up to one inarguable fact - as a nation, we are getting bigger and that poses a huge design headache. You can't move nowadays for...
National: Spinach 'may boost exercise',
NHS Choices, 2 February 2011.
The Daily Telegraph reported that "Popeye was right: spinach really does boost your muscles". The newspaper said that eating 300g of spinach "reduced the amount of...
National: Does exercise prevent dementia?,
NHS Choices, 2 February 2011.
"Taking exercise just three times a week in middle age can help improve the memory and may ward off the start of dementia," reported the Daily Express. It said that a study has...
Local: Kids glued to screens for 36m hours,
Wales Online, 1 February 2011.
CHILDREN across Wales are spending more than four hours a day in front of TV and computer screens, research suggests. On average, youngsters clock up an hour and 50...
National: World 'failing to treat high cholesterol',
BBC News, 1 February 2011.
Most people around the globe with high cholesterol are not getting the treatment they need, claims the largest ever study of 147m people. High levels of the blood fat are linked...
National: Moderate exercise such as walking 'boosts memory power',
BBC News, 1 February 2011.
Walking for 40 minutes a few times a week is enough to preserve memory and keep ageing brains on top form, research shows. Moderate exercise increased the size of the...
Local: What motivates women to exercise?,
Wales Online, 31 January 2011.
A RESEARCH study has been set up to uncover what motivates women to exercise. Run by a PhD student at the University of Glamorgan, the results of the study could be used to...
National: Sedentary lifestyles putting Wales’ heart health at risk,
Wales Online, 31 January 2011.
A LEADING cardiologist has warned modern, sedentary lifestyles and the growing obesity epidemic pose a long-term risk to Wales’ heart health. But in the face of such threats...
Local: Is too much exercise bad for your heart and health?,
Wales Online, 26 January 2011.
IT’S a commonly held truth that exercise is good for us. Thousands of people will have started 2011 with the intention of becoming more active, taking more exercise and...
Local: Exercise campaign launch on Wales’ day for lovers,
Wales Online, 24 January 2011.
EXPERTS will this week urge the public to protect their hearts by exercising more as Wales celebrates St Dwynwen’s Day. Leading figures in the NHS, the Assembly Government and...
Local: Gemau Cymru kicks off the 2012 Olympic Games buzz,
WAG, 24 January 2011.
Minister for Heritage, Alun Ffred Jones, has launched Gemau Cymru, a new all-Wales multi-sport event for young people. Gemau Cymru is a national school sports competition that...
National: New approach to weight loss debated,
NHS Choices, 24 January 2011.
"The Daily Mail says that "staying fat may be better for your health". The newspaper reports that there is evidence that "overweight people live longer than normal" and that...
Local: Council outlines new city cycle plan,
Guardian Cardiff, 24 January 2011.
Cardiff council has put forward a new plan for the city's cycle network, targeting roads with poor provision for cyclists based on a citywide consultation. The plan comes following an...
Local: Reap the benefits of regular exercise,
Wales Online, 17 January 2011.
MORE people sign up for gym membership in January than at any other time of year. But joining up is the easy part – the hard bit is keeping it up and going regularly. Exercise is...
Local: Sustainable transport initiative to change the way we travel,
WAG, 17 January 2011.
The Deputy First Minister has announced the start of an innovative new framework to encourage more people to use sustainable modes of transport for local journeys. The...
Local: 'Personal travel plans' project for commuters in Wales,
BBC News, 17 January 2011.
Personal travel plans to encourage commuters out of cars could be produced by the Welsh Assembly Government. Personalised bus timetables and cycle route maps would be part of...
Local: Welsh schools in Olympic link with Shawn Johnson,
BBC News, 15 January 2011.
Pupils and teachers at two Welsh schools are set to share their own Olympic dreams with schools in the United States as part of a new project. Ysgol Bryn Alyn secondary...
National: Tai Chi 'prevents falls in the elderly',
NHS Choices, 14 January 2011.
The elderly are being told to "take up tai chi to prevent falls", reported The Daily Telegraph. It added that updated guidelines for preventing falls in the elderly recommend tai chi as...
Local: Sport Wales launches new vision for families,
Wales Online, 14 January 2011.
A DYNAMIC new vision under which everyone in Wales will be urged to improve their fitness level is being launched today. Sport Wales is calling on families to play their part in getting...
Local: Sport Wales wants five hours sport a week for children,
BBC News, 14 January 2011.
Children should have the chance to play sport for five hours a week, sports chiefs say. Sport Wales called for families to help get the nation active and said taking part in sport should...
National: Tai Chi prevents elderly falls say geriatrics societies,
BBC News, 13 January 2011.
Tai Chi lessons and reduced medication should be used to prevent falls in the elderly, according to experts in the UK and the US. The latest thinking on tackling falls is included...
National: How to get your health back on track,
Wales Online, 12 January 2011.
Like many people, I completely overindulged during the festive period but unlike my friends who have started 2011 determined to get fit and healthy, I’m finding it a real struggle...
National: Taking regular breaks from desk 'good for the heart',
BBC News, 12 January 2011.
Taking lots of breaks from sitting at a desk is good for the waistline and heart health, research suggests. Even breaks as short as a minute - to stand up, move around or climb...
National: Stand up to slim down, office workers told,
Telegraph, 12 January 2011.
Ever since management consultants brought in time and motion studies, scrutinising every last facet of how people work, the break has been frowned upon. But research published...
National: Obesity linked to money insecurity in affluent nations,
BBC News, 8 January 2011.
People in wealthy countries with "free market" economies are more likely to become obese, an Oxford University study says. Money stresses in countries like the UK and US could...
National: Fattest man: 'Food has absolutely devastated my life',
BBC Newsbeat, 5 January 2011.
At his fattest, Paul Mason would consume up to 20,000 calories every day. He would eat 40 chocolate bars as well as a huge fried breakfast, takeaways for lunch, dinner and snacks...
National: Teen heart risks 'can be tackled', a study suggests,
BBC News, 4 January 2011.
Health campaigns targeted at teens could help reduce their risk of heart problems as adults, a study suggests. Concerns have been raised that warning signs like high cholesterol are...
Local: How to get fit on a budget, Wales Online, 3 January 2011.
After the merriment of the festive season has passed, this is probably the time of year when we promise to let go of some of our less healthy habits – drinking, smoking and eating...
