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Sports and recreational injury: the hidden cost of a healthy lifestyle

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Department of Orthopedics, and Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
² Department of Exercise and Sports Science, Department of Orthopedics, and Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Correspondence to:
Dr Marshall;
smarshall@unc.edu

Keywords: sports injury; exercise; physical activity

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Sport and recreational physical activity is an integral part of our society and participation in recreational physical activity is widely promoted as part of a healthy lifestyle. However, recent studies, such as the paper by Conn et al in this issue of Injury Prevention, point to the significant, and largely under-researched, injury problem associated with sports and recreational injury.¹ In this guest editorial, we review the evidence for and against increasing the level of physical activity in the general population in developed counties. We also suggest specific collaborations important for controlling sports and recreational injury and for developing future recommendations on physical activity.

Physical inactivity and obesity are a growing problem throughout the developed world.² Increasing affluence has facilitated the consumption of a high energy, high fat diet.^2,3 But as food portion sizes have grown,⁴ so too have our waistlines.⁵ Levels of work related physical activity have dropped . . . [Full text of this article]

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