RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fitness and health of children through sport: the context for action
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 931
OP 936
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090237
VO 45
IS 11
A1 Lyle Micheli
A1 Margo Mountjoy
A1 Lars Engebretsen
A1 Ken Hardman
A1 Sonja Kahlmeier
A1 Estelle Lambert
A1 Arne Ljungqvist
A1 Victor Matsudo
A1 Heather McKay
A1 Carl Johan Sundberg
YR 2011
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/11/931.abstract
AB A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that the declining levels of physical activity and fitness in children and youth are associated with adverse impacts on their health, including rising levels of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, metabolic syndrome and increased risk of sports injury. In response, a number of governmental and non-governmental organisations have instituted programmes to promote health in children and youth through sports and physical activity. Many of these programmes have achieved success in increasing participation in sports and other forms of physical activity and, by extension, improving the health of these young people. These programmes have also been used successfully to enhance the lives of the young participants by means other than improving physical health.