Introduction

Move for Health is an international project launched by the World Health Organization (WHO). The project's objective is to promote exercise as part of a healthy way of life.

WHO has challenged all the world's countries to take action so that their citizens will exercise sufficiently from the standpoint of their health.

In Finland the Finnish Society of  Sport Sciences is coordinating the project and challenging all players in recreational sport and exercise to join in this worldwide campaign.

As a manifestation of the campaign dozens of the world's countries will be celebrating Move for Health Day. In Finland the day will be celebrated on 10th of May, 2010, with the theme "Active Cities".

Implementation

The Finnish Society of Sport Sciences is encouraging the greatest possible number of public-health and sports organizations, associations, municipalities, schools, workplaces and other organizations to organize activities that promote exercise as part of a healthy way of life. Through the activities, organizers will for example be able to get people exercising, inform people about exercise as an element of a healthy way of life, or introduce, survey and evaluate local opportunities for exercise. The possibilities are endless.

The Move for Health Working Group and Advisory Committee hope that project participants will use their imagination and initiative so that the Move for Health Project will make itself evident through the greatest possible diversity of activities at the local level.

We hope that activities will be timed to take place around Move for Health Day, 10th of May - preferably between first and 16th of May. The time period is a suggestion, and the activity can be anything related to the promotion of exercise. Our objective is that those who have not exercised in the past will be got moving, and that those who have exercised too little will exercise more than before.

How does one get involved in the project?

Get involved in the project by registering at this website.

Tools available for local participants

The role of the Finnish Society of Sport Sciences is to produce uniform materials with which local participants can operate. Participants obtain materials for their use from the materials bank.

We welcome you warmly to the project - to get moving and get the Finnish people moving for health!

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