British Medical Journal news

The Health and Fitness Association’s new 2024 HFA Global Report shows that despite ongoing macro-economic challenges, the fitness industry has rebounded from the pandemic. The ... More

A Swedish study has shown that people with type 2 diabetes are much more likely to have a dog with type 2 diabetes when compared ... More

Any amount of regular running can dramatically reduce the risk of death, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. A team of ... More

Public health policy should be focused on preventing the decline of physical activity during childhood, not when individuals reach adolescence, according to British Medical Journal ... More

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has queried the timing of survey results published by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) in relation to artificial pitches, and ... More

There are no added benefits to eating more than five 80g portions of fruit and vegetables daily, according to researchers from Chinese and US universities ... More

Regular advice on diet and exercise could help cut patients’ chances of developing bowl cancer, new research published by the British Medical Journal has found. ... More

Prominent health and fitness organisations have given their backing to Health Club Management magazine’s call for an industry-wide lobby against the government’s decision to remove ... More

Walking regularly could help to prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of people every year, according to a new report. The Walking Works report ... More

Exercise could be as beneficial as pills for people who have suffered from a stroke or experience heart conditions, a study by the British Medical ... More

A new weight management programme to help participants break the 'yo-yo' cycle of short term diets will be launched across North Country Leisure centres in ... More

A study conducted by the University of Exeter and published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has claimed that regular exercise offers 'no benefit' in ... More

The number of emergency hospital admissions for heart attacks has fallen 2.4 per cent since the introduction of the smokefree legislation in England, according to ... More

More than 250,000 young people aged between 11-17 years old are at risk of developing skin cancer by using sunbeds, according to research published by ... More

A new study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) claims that physical exercise has little impact on obesity in young children. According to a randomised ... More

New research has suggested that children could risk becoming asthmatic and wheezy if they regularly use indoor swimming pools. The research was published in the ... More