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Creating Social Ties

Sport must have a dominant place in the heart of cities, maintains Jean-Pierre Faye, Director of the "Sports and Territory" Delegation of the French Olympic and Sports National Committee. He encourages creating areas specifically devoted to doing sports and integrating them within town planning projects, because these areas promote the integration of populations and their exercise of citizenship. Practicing a sport favors exchanges, develops conviviality and helps people to get (...)

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Limiting Obesity

According to the World Health Organisation, worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980. In 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight, and 65% of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. But happily, obesity is preventable. This is where outdoor fitness equipment and Body Boomers can play a role. The fundamental cause of obesity and overweight is an energy imbalance between calories consumed (...)

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National Health Programs

> French National Nutrition and Health Program The establishment of a nutritional policy has become a public health priority in France. Indeed, the inadequacy of nutritional intake, linked to the lack of physical activity, contributes to the spread of diseases like cancer, obesity or heart diseases, which represent today more than 55% of annually deaths in France. The objectives of the PNNS, initiated in 2001 and extended in 2006, have been grouped into four main categories : 1. (...)

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Helping to Maintain Senior Independance

For many seniors, executing movements and some everyday tasks can become increasingly difficult. In this way occurs slowly the loss of their independence. This loss of autonomy has a direct impact on the elderly who become more dependent, and on their relatives and relations who often take them in charge. The loss of independence of seniors is a problem which concerns us all. Body Boomers, by encouraging senior physical activity in a soft, fun and friendly way, contributes to (...)

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