Full Description
It is beyond dispute that physical activity is good for us, but what are the benefits, challenges and impacts of sport on health? This is the first book to focus on football in the context of health from individual, public and population-level perspectives.
Football as Medicine examines the effects of football training on the three main types of fitness (cardiovascular, metabolic and musculoskeletal) and on specific target populations (for example, children, type 2 diabetes patients, cancer patients, people with mental health conditions, the socially deprived and older people). It discusses the significance of football for public health and assesses the efficacy of football interventions by clubs and community sport development programs.
With its multi-disciplinary approach, this is a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners working in physical activity and health, public health, health promotion and medicine, as well as football and sport business management, sport and exercise science, and the sociology of sport.
Contents
Introduction: Football as Medicine, 1. Football as medicine against cardiovascular disease, 2. Football as medicine against type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, 3. Football for promotion of bone health across lifespan, 4. Football as rehabilitation for cancer patients, 5. Football as broad-spectrum prevention for children and adolescents, football club activity and school sport interventions, 6. Football for homeless and socially deprived people, 7. Football and healthy ageing, 8. Motivational aspects of football as medicine, 9. Fitness and health effects of other team sports: "Recreational team sports - the motivational medicine", 10. Football at the workplace, 11. The implementation of Football Fitness, 12. Injury prevention in Football: The 11+ Programme, 13. Watching Football as medicine: Promoting health at the football stadium, 14. Smartphone fitness apps and football fans: A case study of Fan Fit, 15. Football and mental health, 16. Tobacco-free Stadia: A case study at the 2016 UEFA European Championships in France, 17. A closing comment on the policy and politics of implementing football as medicine: The English context
