Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 1
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Despite the need for acquired brain injury to be taken seriously by sport, the detail...
Conclusion
Despite the need for acquired brain injury to be taken seriously by sport, the detail of which we will come onto later in this Report, both written and oral evidence to this inquiry support the health benefits to people through mass participation in sporting activity. An active lifestyle promotes overall good health, including reducing the risk of dementia in later life. (Paragraph 9) Grassroots sport
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
As acknowledged in the July 2021 report of the DCMS Select Committee’s Inquiry into Concussion in Sport,1 the health benefits to people through mass participation in sporting activity are tangible, including the potential of reducing the risk of dementia in later life. Being active has been shown to help prevent or lower the risk of the incidence of many health conditions, such as stroke and heart disease, obesity (with all of its associated implications), many forms of cancer and depression.