Abstract
Sport represents a holistic health tool that unifies multiple pillars of lifestyle medicine. Sport can mitigate both the ongoing health disparities in communities that were present before COVID-19 and those exacerbated after COVID-19. The significance of this recommendation is highlighted by the impact sport participation has on creating healthy relationships, managing stress, and delivering physical activity among diverse populations. Importantly, sport can offer meaning and value to its participants, particularly when COVID-19 has limited people’s ability for purposeful activity and social interaction. Clinicians are urged to consider the broad utility of sport for the prevention and treatment of unhealthy behaviors.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 439-442 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work is a publication of the Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston (Houston, TX).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s).
Keywords
- health equity
- lifestyle medicine
- meaning
- sport participation
