How can national health policy integrate with sports and physical activity policy to realise societal gains?
Physical inactivity causes 1 in 10 deaths worldwide and has been identified as having a significant impact on the risk of developing chronic illnesses, including Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease.
In the Sport for Health section of our Sport Policy Handbook series, we set out the opportunities for policymakers to harness the potential of physical activity for disease prevention.
