Promoting young people's health through nonformal education and social youth work

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Promoting young people's health through
non-formal education and social / youth work
Brussels June 10, 2009

• Jan Holze
• ENGSO Youth
• European Non-Governmental Sport Organisation

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What do we know?

• At least 60 of the world's population fails to
  complete the recommended amount of physical
  activity required to induce health benefits
• YOUNG PEOPLE (5-18 YEARS OLD)
• 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity
  physical activity each day that is
  developmentally appropriate and involves a
  variety of activities.

WHO, 2009
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• Benefits of Physical Activity
• More physical activity provides greater health
  benefits
• And also
• control over risky behaviours particularly among
  children and young people (e.g. tobacco use,
  alcohol / substance use, unhealthy diet and
  violence)
• increased productivity in the workplace
• better performing schools.
• Conclusion
• PA improves well-being as well as physical,
• psychological and also social health

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Young people and sport involvement

• 49 of young people declare that they are
  members of a sport club

EU Youth Report 2009, S. 59
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Important physical activity
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Eurobarometre 183,6 December 2003
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Prevalence of overweight in 13-15-year old
children in Europe

• Green lt 10
• Yellow 10-20
• Red gt 20

Brettschneider/Naul 2004
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• Prevalence rates vary
• across countries, but the trend is the
• same all over Europe
• The rates are rising!

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What to do?

• Sport adventure around the world (Young Finland
  Association /
• Finland)
• Sky Sports living for Sport (Youth Sport Trust /
  UK)
• Schwer mobil (Sport Youth North-Rhine Westfalia /
  
• Germany)

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What to do?

• Sport Adventure around the world (Finland)
• -Young Finland Association-

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What to do?

• Sky Sports living for Sport (UK)
• -Youth Sport Trust-

Kevin Simpson -Wheelchair Tennis-
Helene Raynsford -Paralympic Rowing-
Adam Whitehead -Swimming 100m 200m Breaststroke-
Darren Campbell -Sprinter 100 m 200 m-
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What to do?
Project big and mobile (Schwer mobil)-Sport
Youth North-Rhine Westfalia- (Germany)
www.sportjugend-nrw.de
Exercise, play and sport for overweight children
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• Contact
• Jan Holze
• ENGSO Youth
• Berlin Office of German Sport
• Behrenstr. 24
• 10117 Berlin/Germany

Phone 49 - (0)30 -200 75 79 30 engso-youth_at_dsj.d
e www.engso.com/youth www.youth-sport.net