Promoting sport and enhancing health in European Union countries: a policy content analysis to support action
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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64 p.
Sport promotion plays a very important role in supporting theachievement of the recommended levels of physical activity in theEuropean population. The aim of this document is to support advancesin policy-making for physical activity promotion by highlighting recentnational policy developments in the area of sports promotion, with afocus on synergies and discrepancies with the promotion of healthenhancing physical activity. The document presents and discusses themain results of a content analysis of the most recent national sportsstrategies in the Member States of the European Union and suggeststen key points for policy-makers.The policies and documents collected in connection with thedevelopment of this document are available in the WHO database onnutrition, obesity and physical activity (NOPA database). The databaseprovides Member States with information about existing policydocuments, legislation and other approaches to sport and physicalactivity as well as diet, nutrition and obesity in the European Region.This document was developed in the framework of a project on“Promoting networking, exchange and greater synergy between sportand health-enhancing physical activity sectors” (NET-SPORT-HEALTH),co-financed by the European Commission, Directorate-General forEducation and Culture under the Preparatory Action in the Field ofSport 2009.
Sport promotion plays a very important role in supporting theachievement of the recommended levels of physical activity in theEuropean population. The aim of this document is to support advancesin policy-making for physical activity promotion by highlighting recentnational policy developments in the area of sports promotion, with afocus on synergies and discrepancies with the promotion of healthenhancing physical activity. The document presents and discusses themain results of a content analysis of the most recent national sportsstrategies in the Member States of the European Union and suggeststen key points for policy-makers.The policies and documents collected in connection with thedevelopment of this document are available in the WHO database onnutrition, obesity and physical activity (NOPA database). The databaseprovides Member States with information about existing policydocuments, legislation and other approaches to sport and physicalactivity as well as diet, nutrition and obesity in the European Region.This document was developed in the framework of a project on“Promoting networking, exchange and greater synergy between sportand health-enhancing physical activity sectors” (NET-SPORT-HEALTH),co-financed by the European Commission, Directorate-General forEducation and Culture under the Preparatory Action in the Field ofSport 2009.