Play, not therapy: the EU's role in promoting health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA).

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Autor/in	Kornbeck, Jacob
Titel	Play, not therapy: the EU's role in promoting health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA). Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Spiel, keine Therapie: die Rolle der EU bei der Förderung gesundheitsfördernder Sportaktivität.
Quelle	Aus: Theeboom, Marc (Hrsg.); Westerbeek, Hans (Hrsg.); De Knop, Paul (Hrsg.): EU-involvement in sport. Between inspiration and regulation. Brüssel: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2013) S. 103-146Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-90-5718-272-3
Schlagwörter	Gesellschaft; Beeinflussung; Bildungspolitik; Gesundheitsförderung; Gesundheitspolitik; Europarecht; Bewegungsaktivität; Schulsport; Sportaktivität; Sportförderung; Sportpolitik; Sportpädagogik; Sportsoziologie; Europäische Union; Europa
Abstract	This chapter will look at how the EU may promote health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA). The development and evidence-based testing of the most appropriate interventions is a most important aspect of policy-making, with HEPA (including but not limited to sport) as a tool for improving not only physical but also mental health, including by counteracting even depressions (Leedy, 2009), the focus of this chapter will be on the EU's potential to act as a driver of policy change: in other words, how can the EU promote the sort of policies which will allow HEPA to unfold its true potential? Given that the EU has no direct say over HEPA in particular, or sport policy in general, this is an area where action must be taken using both creativity and tact. HEPA may be a less well-known use of sport and physical activity, compared with the prevention and treatment of overweight, obesity and related conditions (in this connection, the use of HEPA is probably well-known even to the general public), yet the catchy little phrase illustrates well how sport and physical activity can go far beyond the narrow confines of sporting competitions, clubs and their traditional activities. The chapter will show how society can capitalise on this stunning potential and, in a European context, how the European Union may make a contribution towards a more diverse use of this potential: a clear case of "inspiration" rather than "regulation," given that the Union does not hold powers to regulate in this particular area. The chapter aims to identify the major societal problems linked to overweight, obesity and physical inactivity, and the policy challenges within the sport and physical activity sectors flowing from these challenges. The article will show how action taken at EU level, by the Union, Member States, sport organisations and civil society more generally, may complement action taken by the actors more obviously and more traditionally involved in providing sport and physical activity to the population. The chapter aims to show why the current obesity crisis, or obesity epidemic, cannot be tackled merely by addressing it as a public health or a consumer protection issue, since the role of physical activity in burning energy must be taken into account. "Lack of physical activity reinforces the occurrence of overweight, obesity and a number of chronic conditions such as cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes, which reduce the quality of life, put individuals' lives at risk and are a burden on health budgets and the economy." (European Commission, 2007a, p. 3) The chapter will also demonstrate how these insights can translate into priorities for policy change, as the potential of sport organisations and civil society more generally to provide health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) to the population is reassessed in the light of the activities of these organisations. In the case of sport organisations, this involves addressing the role played by competitive sporting activities within a broader (potential or realised) range of activities proposed to citizens. The chapter will focus on how the physiological and medical perspective has been challenged by critical social science perspectives, the latter to be also counter-balanced with input from other academic disciplines and other professions, in particular those most immediately linked to sport and physical activity, so as to avoid a "therapeutic trap" and rather address the issues in a positive, stigma-free fashion. The chapter will conclude with examples of how EU funding may act as a soft policy-making instrument within an environment where no regulatory approach can be adopted by the EU. (Einleitung).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2018/3