Activities of Nessa CHILDERS related to 2011/2087(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European dimension in sport (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that sport is a major public- health tool and a powerful factor for reducing public medical expenditure; reiterates that the positive effects of regular physical activity include the prevention of several health problems such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and osteoporosis;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that sport and physical exercise can play a therapeutic role in addressing a number of psychological disorders by boosting self-esteem, improving physical self-perception, developing social skills and contributing to positive mental health and well-being;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to assign an important role to physical activity, from an extremely early age, in national education programmes; calls on the Council to draw up a recommendation along those lines of the EU Physical Activity Guidelines endorsed by EU Sport Ministers in 2008;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to look into the appropriateness of a directive on foodstuffs intended for the expenditure of intense muscular effort, providing consumers with a satisfactory level of information, particularly in connection with anti-doping rules; calls on the Commission to draw up a preventive anti-doping strategy targeting young sportsmen and sportswomen, both professional and amateur;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support more strongly the role of health professionals in the promotion of sports participation and to examine how health insurance providers could offer incentives as a way of encouraging the take-up of sporting activities;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote a strong grassroots- based, more participative 'sport for all' model of physical activity, including for people with disabilities;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on Member States not to rely solely on private sport facilities which can lead to health inequalities but to provide equal access to high-quality public facilities;