Category: Healthcare

  • Nordic Walking Campus: the paths of wellness

    Nordic Walking Campus: the paths of wellness

    An idea to teach and practice the Nordic Walking In Italy, inactivity is a widespread issue. According to 2019 ISTAT data (published in 2020) 35.6% of the population doesn’t do any physical activity. In the Piedmont region of Northwest Italy, 38.2% of the inhabitants have insufficient levels of physical activity and 29% of the people…

    Maurizio Gottin

  • Time, Training, Trust – making movement prescription an easier choice

    Time, Training, Trust – making movement prescription an easier choice

    Why aren’t more doctors prescribing physical activity? The World Health Organization ranks physical inactivity as the 4th leading risk factor for death worldwide. The need is greater than ever to integrate physical activity into all facets of healthcare. Physical activity can reverse or help manage the symptoms of many chronic conditions, including osteoarthritis which is…

    Jane Thornton

  • Embedding physical activity into the curriculum of trainee healthcare professionals

    Embedding physical activity into the curriculum of trainee healthcare professionals

    National action in the UK to raise the visibility and quality of physical activity teaching for healthcare professionals The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018 – 2030 (GAPPA) highlights the importance of the health sector in tackling inactivity globally. GAPPA actions have guided work done in the UK around physical…

    Ruth Shaw

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