Sports snacking : active bodies crave carbohydrate for energy. But how do you get the most from meals and snack on the right foods at the right time?

A man and wife and their two children and dog climbing up a grassy knoll as exercise in the fresh air. Colour lithograph by Hulls.

Don't waste your time or money on ROT! : Here's what I'm ready to do: I'll prove in just 7 days YOU can have a body like mine / Charles Atlas.

Hopîtal Royal de Bicêtre, Paris: patients exercising in the grounds. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1829, after T. Nash.

Earl's Court House, London: the gardens with several women, walking, skipping, playing badminton, etc. Coloured lithograph by G. E. Madeley after himself.

Persian men doing physical exercises. Engraving by C.F. Fritschius.

Fish for life : fast food for active bodies / Sea Fish Industry Authority, Asset, exercise professionals.

Seven ways to look after your health / NAM.

Focus on the new year : get ahead with what you eat : after an indulgent Christmas and new year it is important to get back on track ... / Compass Group Holdings plc.

HIV & AIDS : a resource pack for use with 11 to 14 year olds / Wellcome [Foundation].

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Sheet of exercise experiments which is part of a Wellcome Trust initiative to encourage interest in schools in biomedical science, specifically in the human body and exercise.

In the zone.

In the zone

Wellcome Collection ephemera. Box 2.

In the Zone at home / Wellcome Trust.

18th in a series of 50 colour cigarette cards issued in 1939 by British American Tobacco promoting physical fitness through exercise (in the months preceding the second World War). Cards 1-25 showed exercises for women (by the coach to the British Women's Olympic Team, 1936) and cards 26-50 showed exercises for men.

Keep fit (British American Tobacco)

Keep fit / British American Tobacco

1 sheet : color illustrations ; 4 x 7 cm.

Horizontal half-standing / [British American Tobacco].

Give us a break! / Graham Hood.

Leaflet promoting a healthier, balanced diet, explaining what cholesterol is, why it is harmful and what can be done to lower it (exercise, better diet, stopping smoking too). Products in Tesco stores will be labelled to reflect fat content etc.

Food Ephemera : Retail. Box 6

1 folded sheet (6 pages) : color illustrations ; 21 cm

A healthy eating guide : cholesterol / Tesco Stores Ltd.

The physiological effect of physical exercise : with reference to menstruation / by Violet Cyriax.

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In the Zone at home / Wellcome Trust.

Horizontal half-standing / [British American Tobacco].

Give us a break! / Graham Hood.

A healthy eating guide : cholesterol / Tesco Stores Ltd.

The physiological effect of physical exercise : with reference to menstruation / by Violet Cyriax.

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