Digital Health & Fitness- the potential of technology and mobile health - Ebook

Today’s research in public health settings finds physical inactivity related to the rise of chronic diseases. Even 16.6% of premature deaths worldwide were found to be directly related to a sedentary lifestyle and physical inactivity. The WHO reports in 2011 that more than 60% of all deaths worldwide in 2008 were due to chronic, non-communicable disease - the first time in history these were more than from infectious, communicable diseases.

Searching for coping strategies requires a shift in our approach to cope with disease in general, and whereas traditional medicine concentrates on what makes us sick, public health questions the reasons that originate and maintain our health. There is a need to shift from pathogenic to salutogenetic thinking. Chronic disease - along with an ageing population and sedentary lifestyle – also account for the biggest part of healthcare costs and loss in productivity in the European Union.

The health & fitness sector with a network of 44.000 health clubs across Europe is given a particular role of importance role in primary prevention through physical activity concepts and the promotion of active, healthy lifestyles. In this Ebook, as a chapter in The future of health and fitness (2013), you read more about digital health & fitness and the potential of technology and mobile health for physical activity (PA) programmes, health clubs and consumers. 

• Type: E-books
• Language: English
• Categories: Fitness