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The results of the first major UK study to quantify the benefits of consuming culture and heritage are in – and it’s good news for ... More

Ten years after the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) is awarding new operating contracts for the London Aquatics ... More

The Food for the Brain foundation has released a new app, Cognition, which it claims can help people cut their risk of Alzheimer’s by half. ... More

Live-streaming platform Heygo has ventured into the cultural visitor attractions sector by partnering with a number of museums in the UK and US. Launched during ... More

Approaching half of the UK population (40 per cent) are exercising less during the current lockdown than during the first in early 2020, while one ... More

A major seven-year study of more than 150,000 people has found that those with higher levels of aerobic fitness and muscular strength are significantly less ... More

Children should spend at least one hour a day learning and playing in wild places, according to The Wildlife Trusts. The conservation organisation made the ... More

Museum delegates will soon gather in London for the European edition of this year's MuseumNext conference, which kicks off on Monday (18 June) for its ... More

People who achieve the UK government's target of 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week can reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by ... More

Urban planning expert Space Syntax is launching a range of specialised training courses to teach architecture industry professionals how to use and apply its longstanding ... More

Equipment and software supplier eGym has announced a new research agreement with University College London to explore which methods of strength training are the most ... More

It’s been dubbed ‘the new smoking’ but sitting might not be as bad for your health as first feared, according to new research. Scientists from ... More

Researchers at the University College London have found that participants in a study consistently rated the skin of another person as being softer than their ... More

LDA Design has been selected to masterplan a university campus at London’s Olympic Park, featuring a museum, collections libraries and performance spaces. A team led ... More

A host of leading architecture practices feature on the shortlist – revealed today (12 December) – for the competition to design a culture and education ... More

Starting in the new year, residents of North Lancashire with an unhealthy BMI, will get help with fitness and dietary issues through a subsidised health ... More

Mayor of London Boris Johnson, has opened a major design competition for a new £400m (US$650m, €503m) educational and cultural quarter at the Queen Elizabeth ... More

People facing discrimination because of their size may be more likely to put on weight, according to a new study published in the journal Obesity. ... 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

The more active a mother is, the more active her child is likely to be, according to new research published in Pediatrics. Researchers from Cambridge ... More

The 12th International Congress on Obesity, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is now underway, with the event’s first day seeing the publishing of a number ... More

An editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) has highlighted a lack of UK policy towards increasing children’s exercise levels, with one of ... More

Exercising in the midlife will help protect your heart, according to a study conducted by the University College London, funded by the British Heart Foundation. ... More

Half of all seven-year-olds in the UK are in risk of suffering from poor health in later life due to sedentary lifestyles. Figures published in ... More

Arthritis Research UK has launched a new £11m (US$17.1m, €12.9m) research centre initiative aiming to reduce the impact of sports injuries incurred by elite and ... More