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  • Quote of the week

    “Let your smile change the world…never let the world change your smile” Do you have a favourite quote or saying?

  • International Therapist Autumn 2016, Issue 118

    The Autumn issue of International Therapist is on its way to members… This issue includes articles by: Christopher Bagot – what our eyes tell us about our overall health; Alison Battisby – how to build a tribe and grow your business on Facebook; Ziggie Bergman – an introduction to the Zone Face Lift; Dr Craig Brown –…

  • New figures indicate 268 million school-aged children globally will be overweight by 2025

    New figures published by the World Obesity Federation in Pediatric Obesity suggest that if current trends continue, by 2025 some 268 million school-aged children (age 5 to 17.9 years) worldwide will suffer excess bodyweight including 91 million who will have obesity. This is an increase from 223 million in 2013, and is in addition to the…

  • Quote of the week

    Quote of the week “An obstacle is often a stepping stone” – William Prescott Do you have a favourite quote or saying?

  • Volunteer therapist needed to help homeless people this Christmas

    National homelessness charity Crisis is calling on FHT members to provide complementary therapies for homeless people at its temporary centres this Christmas. Crisis at Christmas 2016 runs from 23 – 30 December, with centres set to open across London, Birmingham, Newcastle, Coventry and Edinburgh. As well as warmth, companionship and hot meals, guests will receive…

  • Wearable technology no more effective than traditional weight loss methods

    A randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of wearable technology in addressing obesity has found that devices that provide and offer feedback on physical activity may not offer an advantage over standard behavioural weight loss approaches. The study, published in JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) sought to establish whether wearable technologies specific to…

  • Quote of the week

    Quote of the week “We don’t meet people by accident. They are meant to cross our path for a reason” – unknown. Do you have a favourite quote or saying?

  • How to spend less time marketing (and still get clients)

    It’s so frustrating when you have all this passion and not enough of the right people seem to notice. After all (and let’s be honest here) you are actually trying to help them! You got into this work so you could help people. And you didn’t invest in your training so you could spend your…

  • Mediterranean diet linked with lower risk of cardiovascular disease

    Adhering to a Mediterranean diet in the UK is associated with lower cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality, according to the latest research from open access journal, BMC Medicine. The Mediterranean diet has been found to have cardiovascular benefits in the past, but studies, until recently, had not looked at the effects of this on non-Mediterranean countries. The…

  • Quote of the week

    Quote of the week! “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… it’s learning to dance in the rain” – unknown. Do you have a favourite quote or saying?

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth awareness film launches

    For the first time in the UK, a short-film has been launched to raise awareness of the world’s most common inherited neurological condition Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT). Launched at Westminster, it aims to spread the word about the condition all over the UK because so few people have heard of it, including many health and social care…

  • Great fun at camexpo

    We had great fun at camexpo last weekend. Held at Olympia exhibition centre, and attracting around 5,000 attendees, there was a diverse mixture of people both attending and exhibiting over the two day show. The FHT was the official sponsor of the Keynote Theatre, helping to promote our organisation and members, while providing the latest research, trends and…