News and updates

• Keep active throughout life for healthy heart
  Getting into shape during middle age may reduce your risk of heart failure, according to the findings of a new study.
• Women and heart attack myth must be exploded
  Women are more likely to be in poorer health before their heart attack than men, according to new research.
• Become a running star in 9 weeks
  The NHS has developed an audio running plan to support complete beginners to be able to run 5K (30 minutes). All you need is a pair of trainers.
• One in four adults walk just an hour a week
  A quarter of British adults walk for less than nine minutes a day, doing a total of less than one hour a week - including time spent getting to the car, work and the shops.
• More people survive heart attacks
  Deaths from heart disease have more than halved in the last three decades in Northern Ireland.
• Work is the biggest cause of stress
  According to mental health orgnaisation Mind, work is the most stressful factor in people’s lives. One in three people (34%) saying their work life was either very or quite stressful, more so than debt and financial problems (30%) or health (17%).
• Beetroot can lower blood pressure
  Nitrate, naturally found in soil and absorbed by vegetables through the roots, has been found to widen blood vessels and lowering blood pressure.
• Get more women cycling
  British Cycling encourages women to get on their bikes with support from their own women only programme. In the next few months they offer free training for women to become champions and support other women get cycling.
• Making the case for physical activity
  Check out these two new evidence briefings designed for anyone working in physical activity and health, providing relevant statistics to help you making the case for physical activity.
• Your big spring clean
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