EDITORIAL
Warm up
A courageous plan
1 The Lawn Tennis Association, The Queens Club, Palliser Road, London W14 9EG, UK
2 Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr McCrory
Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Victoria, Australia; paulmccr@bigpond.net.au
Accepted 13 December 2005
How can the general population be encouraged to exercise enough to improve overall health?
Keywords: exercise; physical activity; public health; obesity
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In the corridors of Whitehall and similar government institutions world wide, new ideas are often viewed with suspicion. Consider this quote from the legendary TV series Yes, Prime Minister (Series 2, Episode 7: "The National Education Service", BBC1, 21 Jan 1988) when Sir Humphrey Applebee responds to an idea from his Minister by suggesting the formation of a committee to consider a proposal:
Sir Humphrey: "I mean they’ll give it the most serious and earnest consideration and insist on a thorough and rigorous examination of all the proposals, allied with detailed feasibility study and budget analysis, before producing a consultative document for consideration by all interested bodies and seeking comments and recommendations to be included in a brief, for a series of working parties who will produce individual studies which will provide the background for a more wide ranging document, considering whether or not the proposal should be. . . [Full text of this article]
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