News: Wellness
Reopened fitness clubs see more than two-thirds of members return
A newly released industry survey of post-Coronavirus gym operations around the world has revealed that reopened clubs have seen see more than two-thirds of their members return....
Oct 18, 2020
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Technogym announces week of exercise for Let's Move For A Better World 2020 campaign
Technogym's worldwide social campaign - Let's Move For A Better World - promoting Wellness and fight sedentary lifestyle is back with a new format developed for fitness and...
Oct 18, 2020
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Two in five of the world’s plant species at risk of extinction
40% of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of the natural world, according to an international report led by London’s Royal...
Oct 17, 2020
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Parks
EEAA Young Stars to host virtual exchange on key challenges facing young members of business events community
With the goal of sharing and engaging on key issues and challenges facing workers aged under 30, the Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) Young Stars Committee...
Oct 16, 2020
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Venues
Fitness Australia’s Barrie Elvish maintains calls for gyms to open in regional Victoria
Maintaining Fitness Australia’s calls for the Victorian Government to allow gyms to reopen, Chief Executive Barrie Elvish has emphasised that fitness facilities in regional...
Oct 15, 2020
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National Media announces November 2021 date for new fitness trade show and conference
National Media’s entry into the fitness and wellness conventions market has seen it reveal that its Business of Fitness Conference, first announced in August, will be expanded...
Oct 15, 2020
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National Sports Convention postpones Brisbane event while embracing COVID rules Melbourne and Sydney Forums
The organisers of the National Sports Convention’s Forum events have advised that its Brisbane event, scheduled to be held on 13th November, will be postponed until March 2021....
Oct 15, 2020
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Aquatics
Asia’s wellness market set to be world’s largest by 2023
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has advised that Asia’s physical activity market - currently worth US$240 billion - is the world’s growth leader and will overtake North...
Oct 14, 2020
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Taronga Zoo saddened by sudden death of their three-year-old Asian Elephant
The Taronga family is devastated to advise of the sudden death of their beloved three-year-old Asian Elephant, Jai Dee early yesterday afternoon at Taronga Zoo Sydney. On Monday...
Oct 14, 2020
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Vic Active continues to call for reopening of indoor fitness centres
According to fitness industry body, VIC Active, indoor fitness centres need to reopen in order to combat a wide range of health problems and ingrained bad habits caused by...
Oct 13, 2020
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Research shows impact of COVID-19 on arts and creative sector workers' mental health
Research from RMIT University highlights the impact of Victoria’s COVID-19 restrictions on arts workers, including creative and technical workers and the implications for their...
Oct 12, 2020
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Arts
Every £1 spent on public health in the UK saves an average of £14
Every £1 (US$1.3) spent on public health returns an extra £14 (US$18) on the original investment, on average - and in some cases, significantly more than that - according to a...
Oct 12, 2020
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Fitness Australia provides update on meeting with Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer
Fitness Australia has followed on the meeting it, and other representatives of the fitness industry in Victoria, had with the state’s Deputy Chief Health Officer, Department of...
Oct 12, 2020
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Fitness
VicHealth and AFL encourage families to get active on way to school as restrictions lift
As primary school children in metro Melbourne join their regional peers in heading back to school, VicHealth along with Cameron Mooney - a former AFL Geelong and North Melbourne...
Oct 11, 2020
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Fitness
Darwin hosts series of community dog walks to promote healthy lifestyle
City of Darwin has partnered with the Heart Foundation to run a series of community dog walks -‘Walk ‘N Wag’ - aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle and helping dog owners...
Oct 10, 2020
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FFA announce new Walking Football Ambassadors
Football Federation Australia (FFA has announced that Socceroo great Paul Wade and foundation Westfield Matilda Dr Shona Bass have signed on to become national Walking Football...
Oct 9, 2020
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Wellness
Study highlights multiple physical and mental wellness benefits of Sauna Bathing
In his recently published book - 'The Sauna Book: Hot Facts About Sauna and Health’, Adjunct Professor Hans Hägglund at Sweden’s Uppsala University Department of Medical...
Oct 9, 2020
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Wellness
New study looks at diet and exercise to treat COVID-19 related depression
A Geelong based trial, to be run in partnership between Deakin University and Barwon Health’s Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS), will deliver an eight-week,...
Oct 9, 2020
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Plans approved for $350 million sport, health and wellness tourism destination on Victoria's Surf Coast
Following an extensive seven-year research and design process, the Victorian Government has today approved plans to rezone 550 acres of privately-owned land located on Cape...
Oct 8, 2020
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Fitness Australia releases research showing impact of lockdown gym closures
New research released today by Fitness Australia shows consumers have missed going to the gym over any other activity - including socialising and seeing family members - during...
Oct 8, 2020
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Christchurch City Council approves design for new multi-purpose Hornby Centre
Christchurch City Council has approved the concept designs for the new multi-use Hornby Centre planned to be built on the east side of Kyle Park with Council investing $35.7...
Oct 8, 2020
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Queensland personal training studio owner uses nutrition plan to aid clients
BRAND POST: With Coronavirus restrictions having impacted personal training studios across Australia, Angela Larose, owner of Essential Body Personal Training in the Queensland...
Oct 7, 2020
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Melbourne Inner city councils welcome funding for integrated bike network
Melbourne’s five main inner-city councils comprising the Inner Melbourne Action Plan (IMAP) - Cities of Melbourne, Port Phillip, Maribyrnong, Yarra and Stonnington - have...
Oct 7, 2020
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Global Wellness Institute reports Asia-Pacific having largest economic growth in fitness, sport and recreation sectors
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI), in their major research report for 2019 Move To Be Well: The Global Economy of Physical Activity estimate that the sport, fitness and...
Oct 7, 2020
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