Tew, G.A., Copeland, R.J. and Till, S.H. (2012) Sport and exercise medicine and the Olympic health legacy. BMC Medicine, 10. 74.
Abstract
London 2012 is the first Olympic and Paralympic Games to explicitly try and develop socioeconomic legacies for which success indicators are specified - the highest profile of which was to deliver a health legacy by getting two million more people more active by 2012. This editorial highlights how specialists in Sport and Exercise Medicine can contribute towards increasing physical activity participation in the UK, as well as how the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine might be a useful vehicle for delivering an Olympic health legacy. Key challenges are also discussed such as acquisition of funding to support new physical activity initiatives, appropriate allocation of resources, and how to assess the impact of legacy initiatives.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Tew et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | physical activity; chronic disease; primary prevention; rehabilitation; Olympic legacy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > The Medical School (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2017 15:37 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2017 15:37 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-10-74 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/1741-7015-10-74 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113828 |