2021 REVIEW
January
Battle for reopening (again)
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21 Jan 2021
Nuffield Health launched free emotional wellbeing classes online
Personal training continued during the lockdown
Nuffield Health launched a series of free, online classes focused on emotional wellbeing. The classes were made available on the healthcare charity’s digital platform and aimed to give people the means to focus on their mental wellbeing. More: http://lei.sr/H2f7Z_H PHOTO: GYMBOX
18 Jan 2021
PTs on alert as police said travel restrictions should be written in law
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One of England’s highest ranking police officers called on government ministers to clearly define the maximum distance people were allowed to travel to undertake their daily exercise, in a move that threatened to impact the way personal trainers operated under England’s lockdown restrictions. More: http://lei.sr/f3k4G_H
Gymbox will deliver bespoke classes
21 Jan 2021
Gymbox moved into the hotel market with citizenM deal
Google wants to gain a foothold in wellness tech
Gymbox entered the hospitality space with a deal to deliver in-room exercise sessions to guests at citizenM hotels around the world. Utilising its Out The Box digital platform – launched amid the pandemic – Gymbox is delivering bespoke classes. More: http://lei.sr/V9W6M_H PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/SHURKIN_SON
18 Jan 2021
Google’s Fitbit acquisition demanded compromise over personal health data Google completed a US$2.1bn deal to acquire Fitbit, marking the tech giant’s entry to the wellness tech market. The deal took more than a year to complete and was only approved by the EU after Google agreed to make commitments about how it would use Fitbit users’ personal health data. More: http://lei.sr/Y7f4V_H
19 Jan 2021
22 Jan 2021
A national survey charted the mental health of the physical activity workforce. Undertaken in partnership with CIMSPA and managed by Workplace Mental Wealth, the survey was open for anyone working in fitness and physical activity. More: http://lei.sr/Y7n5q_H
The failure to tackle the UK’s obesity crisis is down to successive governments being guilty of weak policy design, lack of effectiveness and botched implementation. That was the message of a hard-hitting report – published in January 2021. More: http://lei.sr/k3j4u_H
Survey benchmarked mental health of physical activity workforce
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The UK’s obesity strategies “have not worked”
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689 weak policies blamed for failure to tackle UK’s obesity crisis.
