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www.healthclubmanagement.co.uk Edited by Tom Anstey. Email:
tomanstey@leisuremedia.com Virgin Active planning investment
Virgin Active is investing £100m in its UK sites over the next three years as part of a campaign to lure post- Christmas gym users to sign up, as well as advanced preparation for an eventual stock market flotation. The
company, which
is owned by CVC Capital Partners and Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, says it will use the investment to refurbish its gyms and install a host of new equipment between now and 2017. The programme builds on
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Virgin Active is investing £100m into its UK sites over the next three years
the £15m spent by Virgin last year to open nine upmarket gyms known as its Classic Collection. Matt Merrick, managing director of Virgin
Active UK, says the £100m represents a “significant step-up” in the business’s normal investment programme, but insists that it will
secure good returns by helping to boost present membership of about 500,000. Merrick confirms that the company, which
has more than 270 clubs worldwide, remains a “strong candidate” for a stock market listing, Details:
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Scientists hail obesity crash diet potential
Scientists may be on the verge of a major breakthrough in the battle against obesity, after trials found a short- term crash diet can reverse the effects of type 2 diabetes in a matter of weeks. The research, conducted at
Newcastle University, found that putting overweight diabetics on an 800-calorie a day diet could restore natural insulin levels and return them to good health. Type 2 diabetes, which unlike
type 1 is closely linked to obesity, is thought to be caused by excess fat around the pancreas and liver, which reduces insulin production. In healthy people, the liver should only
contain around 2 per cent fat, whereas this can exceed 40 per cent in obese people.
Research suggests a crash diet can positively impact type 2 diabetes A recent report found obesity levels of adults
in developing nations have almost quadrupled since 1980, putting millions more at risk of diabetes. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=s2a4U
Hartman study reveals consumer involvement figures
The Hartman Group has released statistics for consumer involvement in health and wellness. The study revealed that consumers think, live
and shop differently depending on where they are ‘within the world of health and wellness’. The core consumer (the most involved in health and
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wellness) makes up 13 per cent of the consumer audience and adopts trends early; the mid-level consumer (62 per cent) is key to trend success; the periphery consumer (25 per cent) understands wellness but does not act on it consistently. Details:
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