TY - JOUR T1 - International Olympic Committee consensus statement on the health and fitness of young people through physical activity and sport JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 839 LP - 848 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090228 VL - 45 IS - 11 AU - Margo Mountjoy AU - Lars Bo Andersen AU - Neil Armstrong AU - Stuart Biddle AU - Colin Boreham AU - Hans-Peter Brandl Bedenbeck AU - Ulf Ekelund AU - Lars Engebretsen AU - Ken Hardman AU - Andrew Hills AU - Sonja Kahlmeier AU - Susi Kriemler AU - Estelle Lambert AU - Arne Ljungqvist AU - Victor Matsudo AU - Heather McKay AU - Lyle Micheli AU - Russell Pate AU - Chris Riddoch AU - Patrick Schamasch AU - Carl Johan Sundberg AU - Grant Tomkinson AU - Esther van Sluijs AU - Willem van Mechelen Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/11/839.abstract N2 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognises the health and fitness benefits of physical activity (PA) and sport as stated in recommendation #51 from the Olympic Movement in Society Congress held in Copenhagen, 2009: Everyone involved in the Olympic Movement must become more aware of the fundamental importance of Physical Activity and sport for a healthy lifestyle, not least in the growing battle against obesity, and must reach out to parents and schools as part of a strategy to counter the rising inactivity of young people.1 The IOC assembled an expert group (January 2011) to discuss the role of PA and sport on the health and fitness of young people and to critically evaluate the scientific evidence as a basis for decision making. Specifically, the purpose of this consensus paper is to identify potential solutions through collaboration between sport and existing programmes and to review the research gaps in this field. The ultimate aim of the paper is to provide recommendations for young people's sport and PA stakeholders. After an introduction to the scope of the problem, issues addressed include how best to define the current state of … ER -