Beyond the Leisure Centre: How to make the case for active wellbeing investment
This special report from LocalGov and Alliance Leisure makes the case for repositioning council leisure provision as prevention infrastructure.
Council chiefs criticise food strategy as ‘missed opportunity’
14/06/2022 Local authority leaders have criticised the Government’s new food strategy which they argue does not tackle the underlying causes of obesity. |
Diabetes in children up 50% in five years
15/07/2019 Council chiefs have warned of an 'obesity crisis’ as figures reveal the number of young people being treated for Type 2 diabetes increased 50% in five years. |
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Type 2 diabetes sufferers should be offered lifestyle coaching, health experts say
15/09/2017 People who are most likely to develop diabetes should be offered intensive programmes to change their lifestyle, according to the Government's health experts. |
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Prescribing for Type 2 diabetes ‘increased drastically’
11/10/2016 Type 2 diabetes prescriptions have risen by one third in five years, new research reveals. |
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New diabetes figures ‘stark warning’, say LGA
13/09/2016 Council leaders have described alarming new diabetes figures as a ‘stark warning’, highlighting the ‘huge pressures’ faced by health and social care services. |
