Fitness
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Fight climate change and boost health – doctors
Senior doctors weighed in behind claims that tackling climate change could improve health yesterday. Read more
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Drinkers work out to burn off alcohol
British drinkers think they can burn off the effects of alcohol with exercise. Read more
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Silent sufferers risk heart disease
Workers who feel they are being treated unfairly may need to speak out – if they are not to suffer the effects in ill-health, researchers claimed today. Read more
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Reality check on child fitness
British families are out of touch with reality when it comes to the fitness of children, campaigners claimed yesterday. Read more
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New video games may boost heart health
Video games – blamed for the unfitness of modern youth – may finally be redressing the balance, a major heart conference heard yesterday. Read more
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Exercise "safe" for pregnant women
Pregnant women can safely undertake low-level exercise until their baby is born, researchers said last night. Read more
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Child risk from sunbeds warning
Rates of sunbed use among children are surprisingly high, campaigners warned today. Read more
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Walking speed linked to elderly survival
New evidence, reported today has underlined the importance of fitness in older age. Read more
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Call for ban on alcohol sports sponsorship
Alcohol advertising and sponsorship should be banned from sporting events, senior doctors and campaigners said today. Read more
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Ten-year trial shows how to prevent diabetes
People whose poor diets, unfitness and weight put them at risk of developing diabetes can be helped to stave the disease off for a decade with a choice of treatments, researchers reported last night. Read more