Suitable situations sport for health

Which situations/cases are suitable, which situations/cases not?

  • The correlation between increase in disease and decrease in physical activity requires that sport becomes a priority in policies by governments and concerned stakeholders at all levels and in all sectors
  • The economic benefits of a physically active population include improved public health, reduced health care costs and increased productivity, further highlighting the importance of sport and physical activity as a priority for governments and concerned stakeholders.
  • Care should be given to ensure 'sport for all' and physical activity programmes are appropriately designed and culturally relevant. They should also be inclusive of those groups who receive additional health benefits from physical activity while lacking equal opportunity to participate, especially women, persons with disabilities, young people and older people.
  • The global Move for Health Day/Initiative should serve as a partnership-based opportunity for developing and/or strengthening global, national and local policies and programmes on physical activity within an integrated framework of noncommunicable disease prevention, health and development.

© UNICEF/Nicaragua 980713F-credit Alejandro Balaguer

© UNICEF/Nicaragua 980714F-credit Alejandro Balaguer