I am a teacher in Oxfordshire, and as many I am sure, I am seriously concerned about the growing obesity problem within our country, especially amongst the younger generation. I have stumbled across this site whilst searching for a fitness centre for my husband and I to join and to see all the promotion this site gives to fitness and enjoying free time, is absolutely marvelous. I felt compounded to say I hope it encourages others and maybe with efforts such as these our obesity crisis will be stopped in its tracks. Thought it was therefore only my duty to mention what my school, Bruern Abbey School is doing: sports clubs and holiday clubs in tennis, hockey, football and netball to name but a few! Now my husband and I are off to join the new gym.

I would like to say I am a pupil in a school in London and loads of my class mates are fat or unfit or both. It is fine that a teacher has set up lots of clubs in her school, but it needs to be done all over the country. I want a sports club or gym to join in my area, but all there is to do is go down and visit the youth centre. The only sport there is boxing for boys which is bad. Something needs to be changed fast and in London definitely.