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Sport For All Campaign Needed to Attack Health Crisis
We’re fat and getting fatter.
There’s really not a nicer way to put it. Today, more than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. According to the Trust for America’s Health, 20 years ago, no state had an obesity rate above 15 percent. Today there are 41 states with obesity rates over 25 percent.
Obesity is linked to more than 60 chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and cancer. Annual health cost figures related to obesity in the U.S. are at nearly $200 billion, and nearly 21 percent of medical costs in the U.S. can be attributed to obesity. Per capita medical spending is $2,741 higher for people with obesity than for normal-weight individuals.
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Examining the Purpose of Sport and Why it Matters
Hopefully the purposes of sport will continue to provide visibility and create space where social change and human rights can become a core purpose of sport.
Girls With Sole founder Liz Ferro: 'I can say that sports truly saved my life'
When I finally got to a point in my life where I felt I was healed, I started Girls With Sole because I didn't want anyone else to feel the darkness I had felt for so long. We provide free fitness and wellness programs to empower the minds, bodies and souls of girls who have experienced any type of abuse or who are at-risk in the Northeast Ohio area. The girls in the programs know I can relate to them -- and that makes them listen a little bit closer.
Inside CrossFit's Weird, Cultish, and Moneyed Up Rival: The Grid
The Grid is CrossFit in league form, but within the tight-lipped and close-knit world of fitness sports, its aspirations go beyond a workout program.
The Purpose of Sport and Play
How do sport and play serve humanity and societies around the world? We believe there are five dimensions to the purpose of sport and play – relationships, education, social change, health and joy. In analyzing and studying the purpose of sport, we believe these five dimensions can help us better articulate the power and contributions of sport and play in the world.
Sport For All Campaign Needed to Attack Health Crisis
There’s no solution other than to make significant changes in the way we live our lives. Healthier diets are certainly part of the answer, but a big factor — and one too often overlooked — is that we simply have to move our bodies more. We’re way too sedentary.
8 Sports and Exercise Charities Changing the World
For some, a game of pick-up basketball after work or a quick run before dinner is simply a fun way to get exercise. But for these charities, sports is changing lives and providing hope for those who face adversity and challenges in situations we may never experience.
Sport at the Service of Humanity
Sport at the Service of Humanity is a global movement that inspires every organization and participant in sport to think, live and act in accordance with the “Sport at the Service of Humanity Declaration of Principles.”
Challenged Athletes Foundation
It is the mission of the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) to provide opportunities and support to people with physical challenges, so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.
Foundation for Global Sports Development
The Foundation for Global Sports Development delivers and supports initiatives that promote fair play, education, and the benefits of abuse-free sport for youth. delivers and supports initiatives that promote fair play, education, and the benefits of abuse-free sport for youth.
Girls With Sole
When it comes to nurturing the confidence and success of today’s girls and young women, many approaches utilize the latest technology or newest classroom teaching method. But what if there was a proven, holistic, and cost-effective way to forever change the lives of girls for the better that will never become obsolete? Girls With Sole offers just such a method, and we are changing the lives of girls and young women right now, today, in our community.
Global Sports Foundation
This charity donates new and gently used sports equipment to organizations that have a tough time acquiring it. The Foundation also helps families who face financial stress due to illnesses such as ALS and cancer. These families receive funds to relieve the burden of medical bills and other expenses incurred during treatment - Greatist
Korey Stringer Institute
The mission of the Korey Stringer Institute is to provide first-rate information, resources, assistance, and advocacy for the promotion of prevention of sudden death in sport via health and safety initiatives.
National Center for Sports Safety
NCSS was founded to promote the importance of injury prevention and safety on all levels of youth sports through education and research. The NCSS focuses on decreasing the number and/or severity of injuries through developing and teaching sports safety courses and collecting, analyzing and researching injury data.
Peace and Sport
To turn no-man's lands into sports grounds, to reintegrate child soldiers into society, to help war orphans regain self confidence, to integrate refugees, to help the poor have access to education, and establish a spirit of citizenship in disadvantaged urban areas…all thanks to sport.
PeacePlayers
At PeacePlayers, we use the power of sport to unite, educate and inspire young people to create a more peaceful world. We offer sport programming, peace education, and leadership development to those living in communities in conflict.
Project Fit America
We are a national agency that works at the grassroots level with schools and front line educators to create new opportunities for kids to be active.
Right To Play
Right To Play's mission is to use sport and play to educate and empower children and youth to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in disadvantaged communities.
Sports Science Exchange
Review the latest research in sports nutrition from many of the world’s most renowned researchers and practitioners.
The Fresh Air Fund
Since 1877, The Fresh Air Fund has unlocked the limitless potential of more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities.
Women's Sports Foundation
We exist to unlock the possibilities in every girl and woman through the power of sport.
ACE
The American Council on Exercise is a nonprofit organization committed to enriching quality of life through safe and effective exercise and physical activity.
American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
The American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine serves to advance the understanding, prevention and management of lower extremity sports and fitness injuries. We believe that providing such knowledge to the profession and the public will optimize enjoyment and safe participation in sports and fitness activities.
American College of Sports Medicine
Advancing health through science, education and medicine
American Fitness Professionals & Associates
AFPA offers some of the most highly regarded health, fitness, nutrition and sports certifications, education programs and educational opportunities available within the fitness industry.
American Massage Therapy Association
The mission of the American Massage Therapy Association is to serve AMTA members while advancing the art, science and practice of massage therapy.
American Occupational Therapy Association
AOTA is the national professional association established in 1917 to represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapy practitioners and students of occupational therapy and to improve the quality of occupational therapy services.
American Sports Medicine Institute
Our mission is to improve the understanding, prevention, and treatment of sports-related injuries through research and education.
CRN
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), founded in 1973, is a Washington-based trade association representing ingredient suppliers and manufacturers in the dietary supplement industry. CRN members adhere to a strong code of ethics, comply with dosage limits and manufacture dietary supplements to high quality standards under good manufacturing practices.
Federation Internationale de Medecine du Sport
FIMS aims primarily to promote the study and development of sports medicine throughout the world, and to assist athletes in achieving optimal performance by maximising their genetic potential, health, nutrition, and high-quality medical care and training.
FIFA
Our aim is to provide top-level medical services at FIFA tournaments, to keep football free from doping, and to protect and improve the health of all who play football, from grassroots to elite level around the world.
IDEA
IDEA is the world's leading membership organization of health and fitness professionals, with more than 22,000 members in over 80 countries.
Interactive Fitness Trainers of America
IFTA is a certification and continuing education company established to provide potential instructors with the basic education and practical skills necessary to become qualified fitness leaders.
International Association of Athletics Federations
Here you will find a wealth of information concerning the structure and workings of the International Association of Athletics Federations, profiles of the members of the IAAF Council and details of the various Committees and Commissions that aid Council in their great responsibility of governing the sport of Athletics world-wide.
International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education
Today the Council presents itself as an international organisation with a distinct scientific profile as far as its goals, structure, membership, and working bodies are concerned.
International Federation of Sports Medicine
FIMS aims primarily to promote the study and development of sports medicine throughout the world, and to assist athletes in achieving optimal performance by maximising their genetic potential, health, nutrition, and high-quality medical care and training.
International Society for Sports Psychiatry
The ISSP was founded in 1994 to advance the specialty of Sports Psychiatry. Membership is open internationally to psychiatrists and other clinicians interested in the field.
International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Orthopaedica Sports Medicine
ISAKOS advances the worldwide exchange and dissemination of education, research and patient care in arthroscopy, knee surgery and orthopaedic sports medicine.
International Sports Conditioning Association
The International Sports Conditioning Association engages in three primary enterprises: Sports-Exercise Science and Research, Sports-Exercise Quality Assurance, and Sports-Exercise Promotion.
International Sports Press Association
The International Sports Press Association. Dedicated to sports media and its professionals.
International Sports Sciences Association
The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) is a distance education institution and certifying agency committed to our students' fitness education and professional goals. Our highly acclaimed online Personal Trainer Certification program has been designed so that our students can turn their passion for fitness into a paycheck.
Medical Fitness Association
The Medical Fitness Association, a non-profit organization, was formed in 1991 to assist medically integrated health and fitness centers achieve their full potential. The Association is a professional membership organization whose mission is to ascertain and respond to the needs of medically integrated centers throughout the world.
National Academy of Sports Medicine
Since 1987, the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) has been a leader in certification, continuing education, solutions and tools for health, fitness, sports performance and sports medicine professionals.
National Athletic Trainers' Association
The National Athletic Trainers'' Association (NATA) is the professional membership association for certified athletic trainers and others who support the athletic training profession.
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability
NCHPAD is positioned to effect change in health promotion/obesity management among people with disabilities through advocacy, services and programs to numerous organizations and people throughout the country.
National Council on Strength & Fitness
The NCSF Board for Certification serves as the governing authority over the personal trainer certification program, setting regulatory standards. In addition, the Board for Certification provides professional advocacy, oversees legislative activity, and collaborates with organizations and universities to disseminate valid, evidence-based information to stakeholders.
National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association
The NESTA Personal Fitness Trainer program offers the most comprehensive and applicable 4-year certification program in the health and fitness industry.
National Exercise Trainers Association
NETA trainers are exceptionally qualified, degreed fitness education professionals. They are personable, approachable, and dedicated to making fitness training practical and enjoyable.
National Federation of Professional Trainers
NFPT has been certifying fitness professionals since 1988 and offers a CPT credential that is amongst the most recognized in this industry.
National Personal Training Institute
The National Personal Training Institute is ready to push you to look, feel and move better. Your experienced instructors teach you the specialized knowledge and skills needed to prepare yourself for an exciting career as a Personal Trainer and Coach.
National Senior Games Association
We are a not-for-profit member of the United States Olympic Committee dedicated to motivating senior men and women to lead a healthy lifestyle through the senior games movement.
National Strength and Conditioning Association
CSCS certification is a specialized program that identifies individuals who have demonstrated proficiency in the areas of proper strength and conditioning practices. Those certified individuals have a diverse academic and professional background, including strength coaches, athletic trainers, physical therapists, personal trainers, physicians, chiropractors, researchers and educators.
National Strength Professionals Association
NSPA is a recognized certification for the IDEA Personal Fitness Trainer (PFT) Recognition System, the new industry standard for personal trainers. The IDEA Program has been designed to establish the highest standard of excellence in the field of Personal Training.
Natural Products Foundation
We are committed to ensuring that consumers, the media, health professionals, and policymakers have the complete facts about dietary supplements
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a member-led organization dedicated to the well-being and lifelong success of college athletes.
Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma
NISMAT brings you the most comprehensive and current medical information and references available. Here, you’ll learn about injury treatment and prevention. Training tips and exercise programs. Physical therapy, sports physiology, nutrition, and so much more.
North American Sports Federation
NASF is a sanctioning body of multiple amateur sports. These include: Softball, Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Flag/Touch Football, Bodybuilding and Iron Sports.
Olympic.org
The Games have always brought people together in peace to respect universal moral principles. The upcoming Games will feature athletes from all over the world and help promote the Olympic spirit.
President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition
PCSFN engages, educates, and empowers all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity and good nutrition. Since 1956, the Council has created and promoted programs and initiatives that motivate people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to be active and eat healthy.
Shape America
SHAPE America – Society of Health and Physical Educators is the nation’s largest membership organization of health and physical education professionals. Since being founded in 1885, the organization has defined excellence in physical education, and our National Standards for K-12 Physical Education serve as the foundation for well-designed physical education programs across the country.
Sports Medicine Australia
We provide expert information, advice and commentary on a diverse range of issues. These range from government policy and funding for Sports Medicine and community activity through to sports health, gender equity, participation of the aged in sport, safe sport for children, to drugs in sport problems.
Sports Medicine New Zealand
SMNZ is a non-profit making multidisciplinary organisation for health professionals, groups and individuals interested in community health, with special reference to the principles of sports medicine and exercise science.
SportScotland
We are the national agency for sport in Scotland. We passionately believe in the benefits of sport, from the enjoyment and sense of achievement that participation brings, to the shared pride that national success generates.
Tribunal Arbitral du Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is an institution independent of any sports organization which provides for services in order to facilitate the settlement of sports-related disputes through arbitration or mediation by means of procedural rules adapted to the specific needs of the sports world.
UK Sport
Established by Royal Charter in 1996, UK Sport works in partnership with the home country sports councils and other agencies to lead sport in the UK to world-class success.
United States Sports Academy
The United States Sports Academy is an independent, non-profit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the nation and the world with programs in instruction, research and service.
World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is the international independent organization created in 1999 to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against doping in sport in all its forms.
World Instructor Training Schools
Providing conveniently located, quality training and testing world wide in a digestible retainable framework, relevant to basic educational standards.
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