Abstract
Background
The measurement of participation in sport and physical activity in the UK has been driven by factors such as monitoring the investment in local authority facilities, evaluating the difference National Lottery funding has made, and monitoring service level agreements between Government and national agencies. A new agenda has arisen which is to monitor the amount of physical activity people are undertaking in order to derive a health benefit as a link between physical activity and health has been firmly established. Regular physical activity reduces the risk of premature mortality, coronary heart disease, colon cancer, diabetes mellitus and osteopororus and helps reduce depression and anxiety, improve mood and enhance a person’s ability to perform daily tasks (US Department for Health and Human Services, 1996; Department of Health, 2004, Department of Health, 2011).
The measurement of participation in sport and physical activity in the UK has been driven by factors such as monitoring the investment in local authority facilities, evaluating the difference National Lottery funding has made, and monitoring service level agreements between Government and national agencies. A new agenda has arisen which is to monitor the amount of physical activity people are undertaking in order to derive a health benefit as a link between physical activity and health has been firmly established. Regular physical activity reduces the risk of premature mortality, coronary heart disease, colon cancer, diabetes mellitus and osteopororus and helps reduce depression and anxiety, improve mood and enhance a person’s ability to perform daily tasks (US Department for Health and Human Services, 1996; Department of Health, 2004, Department of Health, 2011).
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 2010 |
