Two years on from an article in the British Journal of Obesity which uncovered the devastating ‘human cost’ of failing to act on obesity, is primary care still failing the majority of our obese community asks HOOP UK’s CEO Lesley McCormack. Published in Spring 2015, The human cost of failing to address obesity highlighted vast evidence to show the patient impact of a […]
One of HOOP UK’s priorities is to work with families to help children struggling with obesity. The daughter of one of our members, Hollie, now 18, has spoken to the Children’s Food Trust to tell her story as part of a campaign the charity is running in its mission to get every child in the UK […]
Foot in the Door Films CIC has offered HOOP UK places for five lucky members on a fabulous 2-day Education 2 Employment workshop designed for budding TV and Film actors and production crew. The workshop, which will take place in April in Speke, Liverpool, provides a rare and life-changing opportunity to learn the ins and outs of […]
One of HOOP UK’s volunteer administrators of our now 10,000+ strong Facebook community, Mell Handley has spoken to the Children’s Food Trust to tell her story as part of a campaign the charity is running in its mission to get every child in the UK eating well. Commenting on the story which Children’s Food Trust […]
On January 24th, nineteen HOOP members made their way down to Thetford Forrest to take part in another awesome HOOP Bootcamp Weekend. These weekends are run by coach Mark Flewitt and myself, Heather J. Wynn, they run from Friday evening through until Sunday afternoon and are based at an activity centre deep in the forest […]
Just over a year ago, Andrea Whiting was struggling with obesity, weighing over 30 stone and finding it difficult to walk. After deciding to turn her life around by eating healthily and exercising daily, she is now 14 stone lighter and recently ran the Great North Run (GNR) for UK charity HOOP, raising a fabulous £1,791. […]
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