The PAPA Project

Promoting Adolescent Physical Activity

PAPA is a European-based project committed to enhancing young peoples’ health and well-being, via positive experiences in youth sport. Our goal is to develop, deliver and evaluate a theoretically-grounded and evidence-based coach education programme that can help coaches foster quality motivation and make youth sport engaging, empowering, and enjoyable. The PAPA Project is funded by the EC under the Framework 7 programme. PAPA involves a collaboration between leading researchers and sporting leaders in the UK, Norway, Spain, France and Greece.
 

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Structured physical activity at school improves children's fitness and reduces body fat

A recent study by Swiss researchers has shown that eleven year old school children experienced a decrease in body fat, improved their aerobic fitness, and demonstrated lower cardiovascular risk when undertaking a structured Physical Education (P.E) programme.
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Football initiative is effective in decreasing depression in young men.

Research indicates that rates of mental health problems among children increase as they reach adolescence. Over the last few years it has been observed that males aged 16 to 24 years of age are the most likely group to commit suicide. This age group are also the least likely to seek professional support (National Statistics Online, 2004).
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