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    Sports participation and the 'obesity/health crisis': Reflections on the case of young people in England

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    Authors
    Smith, Andy
    Green, Ken
    Roberts, Ken
    Affiliation
    University College Chester ; University College Chester ; University of Liverpool
    Publication Date
    2004-12-01
    
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    Abstract
    There has been growing concern in recent years about the emergence of a supposed 'health crisis' - in the form of an 'obesity epidemic' - among young people, one of the maincauses of which, it is assumed, is their declining levels of involvement in sport and physical activity. This brief paper offers some critical comments on the taken-for-granted relationship between these two emergent 'crises' and argues that, in contrast to popular opinion, young people are, in fact, doing more sport and physical activity than at any other time in the past, but that this process has co-occurred, and continues to co-occur, with increasing levels of obesity and overweight. In order to begin to adequately explain these co-occurring processes, it is argued that we need to examine young people's lives in their total context, while noting, in particular, the continuing significance of broader social processes and the networks of relationships in which they are involved.
    Citation
    International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2004, pp. 457-464
    Publisher
    SAGE
    Journal
    International Review for the Sociology of Sport
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10034/71116
    DOI
    10.1177/1012690204049081
    Additional Links
    http://irs.sagepub.com
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
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    ISSN
    1012-6902
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1177/1012690204049081
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