The place of sport and physical activity in young people's lives and its implications for health: Some sociological comments
Abstract
This exploratory paper seeks, first, to offer some critical sociological comments on the common-sense, or rather ideological, claims surrounding two supposedly emerging 'crises': namely, the alleged poor health and declining sport and physical activity participation levels of young people. In this regard, it is suggested that while young people are, in fact, doing more sport and physical activity than at any other time in the past, this process has, and continues to, co-occur with other prominent social processes (e.g., rising levels of overweight, obesity and sedentariness). Second, the paper begins to make sense of this seemingly 'irreconcilable paradox' by arguing for the need to make use of a sociological perspective that views the complexity of young people's lives 'in the round' and by locating them within the particular social interdependencies or relationships in which they are inescapably involved.Citation
Smith, A., & Green, K. (2005). The place of sport and physical activity in young people's lives and its implications for health: Some sociological comments. Journal of Youth Studies, 8(2), 241 253. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676260500149386Publisher
Taylor & FrancisJournal
Journal of Youth StudiesAdditional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13676260500149386Type
ArticleLanguage
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1367-6261EISSN
1469-9680ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13676260500149386