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Rennes: Building a Health and Wellness Hub by Reducing Paving and Increasing Green Spaces [Interview]
To combat the risks of heat waves, we need to build differently—with less asphalt, fewer artificial spaces, and more green spaces. The Rennes metropolitan area has adopted its...
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Health in Action, December 2020, No. 454: Promoting Health Through Sports and Physical Activity
Physical activity, whether in the form of sports or general exercise, is beneficial to people’s physical and mental health. However, screens, sedentary lifestyles, and many other...
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Health-Promoting Sports Clubs: Intervention Strategies
As part of the PROmotion of Health in Sports Clubs (PROSCeSS) project, a group of experts conducted a systematic review of the international literature to identify methods for...
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Promoting Cycling: From Elite Competition to Recreational Riding for Everyone [Interview]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) promotes competitive cycling as well as recreational cycling and the use of bicycles as a mode of transportation. It has created a certification...
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Educational support has a decisive impact on a young person's life path [Interview]
The organization Sport dans la ville has created 46 sports fields at the base of apartment buildings in priority neighborhoods under the city’s urban policy, across 25 cities in France....
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Yverdon-les-Bains: A Plan to Promote Physical Activity [Interview]
In Yverdon-les-Bains, all public and community facilities—parks, schoolyards, and parking lots—are designed to be used for physical activity within a 5-minute walk from home. Sports...
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Women from Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in Lille: Cycling as a Path to Social Empowerment [Interview]
Lille-Sud is an isolated neighborhood with poor public transportation access. A coalition of organizations led by Passer'Elles is organizing cycling workshops for women. Teaching people...
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Girls need to feel good mentally to play soccer [Interview]
At the Val d'Europe Football Club girls' soccer academy in Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France), which recruits girls as young as 5, players of all ages are taught about the importance of good...
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Sports clubs committed to promoting health: what expertise should be leveraged?
Through the PROSCeSS project, Santé publique France, the Université Côte d'Azur, and the Université de Lorraine are leading a research initiative focused on sports clubs that implement...
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Soccer as an educational tool and a means of fostering civic responsibility
The French Football Federation (FFF) has adopted a code of ethics and professional conduct that sets out 11 fundamental principles for players and partners in the sport. It implements...