Health, Nutrition & Fitness: Health, Sport & Well-being

Sport and physical activity has long been used as a tool to improve mental, physical and social well-being. Physical inactivity is a major risk factor associated with a large number of lifestyle diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity. Sport projects that specifically focus on health outcomes generally emphasise:

• The promotion of healthy lifestyle choices among children and young people as well as adults to combat inactivity;
• The use of sport as a tool to raise awareness on communicable diseases in developing countries, for example, through district or national health campaigns supported by athletes and sports competitions;
• The use of sport as a didactical tool to communicate vital health-related information to ?at risk? groups;
• The use of sport to mobilise hard-to-reach groups as part of large-scale health campaigns, including for example, communities with low population density;
• Sport is considered to contribute to achieving mental health objectives, including addressing depression and stress-related disorders.

Source: http://healthfeeding.blogspot.com/2011/05/health-sport-well-being.html

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