Vivafit - the largest women-only express fitness and nutrition franchise in Portugal - has launched Vivaslim, a weight management programme already available to all Vivafit franchisees, but now available as an independent franchise.

The programme focuses on a combination of targeted lifestyle advice - looking at people's eating and stress patterns - and computer-tailored nutrition education.

Participants receive a personalised eating plan, with a registered dietitian available to answer questions at any point. Meanwhile their eating and stress/coping patterns are coached weekly through the software to help the member make the necessary lifestyle changes for quicker weight loss and maintenance.

On the fitness franchise side of the business, Vivafit also opened its third club in India last month, in the city of Gurgaon. The site is the brand?s second in Gurgaon, with one other site already operational in Bangalore. A fourth will open in Guwahati, north-east India, this month.

The Vivafit brand is currently present in six countries: Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Singapore, Cyprus and India.