CLERMONT — “Sports candy” is yummy — and nutritious. The uninitiated might ask “what the heck is that?” But ask the younger set and you’ll get a quick answer. “Fruits and vegetables,” said a youngster ...

Ministers want to use the BBC children’s programme Lazytown to help tackle obesity. They hope the show – which sees the athletic superhero Sportacus persuade kids to stop playing video games and be ...

The Department of Health's Change4Life campaign has partnered with children's television character Sportacus from LazyTown to encourage young children to be more active and eat healthier. To launch ...

THRILLED youngsters at Wareham Children’s Centre jumped at the chance to meet TV hero Sportacus. The popular character from children’s television show LazyTown was in Purbeck as part of a government ...

As a child, you will always have a favourite superhero; these are usually TV or movie characters, the likes of Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Mutant X, Ben 10 and the Power Puff Girls, among others.

GARDABAER, Iceland (Reuters) - On a quiet Sunday in the "Lazy Town" warehouse, the man many of the world's children know as Sportacus was working up some optimism for Iceland. "The Icelandic people ...

MUMS and kids were left disappointed when they turned out in the lashing rain to see their hero, children’s TV favourite Sportacus – only to discover there was a “phoney” in his place. MUMS and kids ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Most people wouldn’t even recognise Magnús Scheving although he’s a very successful global entrepreneur and (possibly ...

The show, which features fitness-mad character Sportacus, and promotes a healthy lifestyle in more than 100 countries, hangs in the balance over legal action being taken by bondholders to retrieve £15 ...