health & active lifestyle
Boosting active lifestyle
Health is a major challenge for cities. Correlation between sport and mental and physical well-being no longer needs to be proven. Sport contributes to making healthier people and communities, both individually and collectively. Thanks to the proximity with their inhabitants, Cities are best positioned to activate a virtuous circle between sport and health.
Interview with Philippe de Witte, Coordinator, Active Local Europe
Philippe de Witte, Coordinator, Active Local Europe shares best practices and tips on how cities can encourage their citizens to be physically active.
A snapshot of the “Ciclovias Recreativas” programme
To recover the life of the city, generating spaces for recreation and where it is possible and enjoyable to play and perform physical activity, as well as to carry out cultural and educational activities that encourage coexistence and promote healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
Active Citizens Worldwide: Empowering policy-makers through data analysis
The positive benefits of sport and physical activity are well recognised, However, policymakers often struggle with a basic, but critical challenge – the lack of data.
Label: An Active City For Healthier And Happier Citizens
By linking its policy-makers and agencies in areas of health, sports, education and social development around a framework of integrated initiatives, a Global Active City puts the well-being of citizens as its central goal in a city fit for the future.
Helsinki, Finland: Let’s get moving !
Although residents of Helsinki engage in more recreational exercise than people in Finland on average and the situation in Helsinki is better than the national average in terms of many health and well-being indicators, the City of Helsinki is taking promotion of physical activity seriously.
Insights from the WHO: How to make a city active?
Half of the world’s population now lives in cities. By 2050, two-thirds of the planet will be urban dwellers, and 90% of the shift will happen in Africa and Asia. This trend means that focusing on urban development that benefits health is more important than ever.
Interview with Rostam Umar, Chief Strategy Group, Sport Singapore
The first ever Active Citizens Worldwide (ACW) report was discussed at the World Cities Summit, during which Singapore, as one of the initiative’s founding cities, also unveiled the Singapore City Report 2018.
Interview with Soham El Wardini, Mayor of Dakar, Senegal
Mrs Soham El Wardini, Mayor of Dakar, reveals Dakar’s active city strategy, the city’s involvement in the GAC programme, and the Dakar YOG 2022.
Interview with Fernando Parente, Executive Committee Member, FISU
Proposed and developed by the International University Sports Federation, the FISU Healthy Campus programme aims to enhance all aspects of well-being for students and the campus community at large.
Interview with Marie Sallois Dembreville, Director Corporate and Sustainable Development, IOC
“Obesity has tripled since 1975 and non-communicable diseases are steadily increasing – health is a huge challenge for society.”
Essentials for developing successful ‘Active Lifestyle Programmes’
Interview with Agis Tsouros, Former Director of the Division of Policy and Governance for Health and Wellbeing, World Health Organization (WHO), author of “A healthy city is an active city: a physical activity planning guide”.
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