The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington has just published a remarkable Lancet study into estimated global population change over the next 80 years. Although the global population will peak at 9.7 billion in 2064, up from 7.8 billion today, the size and makeup of many countries will ...
This weekend (September 29th 2012), David Lloyd Leisure bring its health and fitness expertise to the high street with the opening of its first 'micro club' in Putney, South west London. These new 'studios' offer a range of classes, personal training and physiotherapy. This is an interesting expansion of David Lloyd ...
I’ve crawled all over the web to get a sense of how people and exercise are likely to connect as we enter a new year . What follows is a number of ‘trending’ themes and then my interpretation of why people will be attracted. Clicking on a red word will take you ...
What a lovely concept this is. Architect Mitchell Joachim and Douglas Joachim Personal Trainer/Lecturer at the National Academy of Sports Medicine have designed the perfect antidote to the gym view that never changes.Mitchell says of the project: 'The motion starved environments we live in are the antithesis of our being. Perhaps the ...
Below is an excerpt from an article I wrote for Intelligent Life magazine (an Economist group publication): ------------------- The irony, in this brave new world of the Human Genome project and space tourism, is that more of us will die from `lifestyle` diseases than any other cause of death.It is by far ...
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