BMJ  2008;336:1399 (21 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.a411

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Olympic Games will bring health gains to the non-sporting public, says Princess Anne

Domhnall Macauley

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The 2012 Olympic Games in London should lead to a rise in the number of sports medicine specialists in the United Kingdom, said the Princess Royal last week at a BMA conference on exercise and health.

She said that the focus on sports medicine brought about by the Olympics had a benefit even for the non-sporting public. She saw a great opportunity to promote physical activity and to create a culture of activity among young people.

The conference followed on from the princess’s challenge to the BMA last year, when she became its president, to make the Olympic Games an opportunity to improve people’s understanding of "how exercise and activity can help the young and tackle the problem of obesity."

The conference heard that it was tempting to blame fat people for their condition. However, said Ken Fox, professor of exercise and health science at Bristol University, obese people may . . . [Full text of this article]


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