Research

A vision for the European DataHub

The European DataHub is a sector-wide digital transformation project with a vision to build a more data-driven sport, physical activity and fitness sector. Data from across the sector is aggregated, cleaned, standardised and reported against, providing a unique level of insight at a pan-European scale. As data collection processes become more mature and the level of data becomes more granular, data will be used to drive research across the global sport and physical activity sector.

2022 European Health & Fitness Market Report: Memberships and number of clubs grew in 2021

On Wednesday April 6th 2022 EuropeActive unveiled the key findings of the 2022 European Health & Fitness Market Report (EHFMR) during the 9th European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF) held live in Cologne, Germany, with over 400 participants.

Towards more gender equality in sport: new recommendations from the High-Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport

The High-Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport published its recommendations to achieve a more equitable gender balance in sport.

New SafeACTiVE report – Second cycle results showing low levels of COVID-19 risk in European fitness clubs

EuropeActive is pleased to announce the completion of its second SafeACTiVE report in partnership with King Juan Carlos University, AWRC-Sheffield Hallam University and ukactive’s Research Institute. The second SafeACTiVE report, which builds on extensive data-collection and analysis by EuropeActive and its academic partners, reveals a low level of COVID-19 risk in the assessed fitness clubs and leisure centres.

Results from largest survey of recreational athletes’ doping habits released

The largest survey ever conducted into the doping practices of recreational athletes in Europe has revealed that the prevalence in the use of banned substances is lower than had been previously thought. The results were announced at the 5th annual meeting of the FORUM for anti-doping in recreational sport (FAIR+) which is an Erasmus+ European Commission co-funded action. Prof. Dr. Werner Pitsch and Dr. Monika Frenger (Saarland University and the European Institute for Socioeconomy) together with Prof. Ask Vest Christensen (Aarhus University), and Dr.

Whole school approach to improve children’s physical activity levels

In recent years, the need to improve children’s physical activity levels has become a concerning issue. According to studies, globally, 50% of children do not meet the internationally recognised target of 60 mins of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day.

New study shows fitness is the most popular physical activity worldwide

According to new data collected by IPSOS, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, fitness is the most popular physical activity in the world, with 20% of respondents indicating that they participate in fitness in a normal week.

The latest data on overweight and obesity levels across Europe now available

The third European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) was conducted in 2019, following the implementation of the European Commission regulation 2018/255, which concerns the collection of harmonised high quality data on health across Europe.

SafeACTiVE Study: Data collection for second cycle in progress

EuropeActive is pleased to announce that a second cycle of the SafeACTiVE Study is currently being developed with the aim of analysing the levels of COVID-19 transmission risk in fitness clubs and leisure facilities. With more than 115 million visits analysed across 14 European countries, the average transmission rate sat at 1.12 per 100.000 visits, according to the previous SafeACTiVE Study published in December 2020.

EuropeActive and Deloitte unveil the 2021 European Health & Fitness Market Report

On Wednesday June 23rd EuropeActive hosted a virtual pre-event live-streamed from FIBO headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, as part of the build-up to the 2021 European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF) to unveil the key findings of the 2021 European Health & Fitness Market Report (EHFMR).