Health promoting sports federations: theoretical foundations and guidelines

• Main Authors: Aurélie Van Hoye (Author), Susanna Geidne (Author), Anne Vuillemin (Author), Kieran Dowd (Author), Iva Glibo (Author), Sandra Heck (Author), Bjarne Ibsen (Author), Stacey Johnson (Author), Melanie Kingsland (Author), Sami Kokko (Author), Aoife Lane (Author), Linda Ooms (Author), Marie Overbye (Author), Catherine Woods (Author), Geraldine Zeimers (Author), Stephen Whiting (Author), Mathieu Winand (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundResearchers and policy-makers have highlighted that the potential for organized sports to promote health has been underexploited. Sports clubs have limited capacity to promote health due to their voluntary nature and have called for support from their national sports federations. The prese...