A message from Peter Krustrup (T:@SduSport) following the 2020 Football Is Medicine Conference: “Football is an intense, versatile and effective training type. It is fun and social, it is a global language with enormous popularity, and that is what makes football a very strong tool in global health promotion. Football is medicine! It is […]
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Football AS Medicine… Or is that Football IS Medicine? Does it even matter?!
YES! And make it a double yes! 2019 was a great year for the Football is Medicine (FIM) initiative: starting with the success of the second conference in Odense, Denmark back in January 25-26, to working with the most productive soccer scientists in the world to advance the field. 2019 ended beautifully for the […]
Football IS Medicine: Peter Krustrup’s drive to spread the important message
By Marcos Agostinho @MarcMedMD I first found out about Peter Krustrup and his ‘Football as Medicine’ crusade when I enrolled in FIFA’s Diploma in Football Medicine back in early 2016. And well, the rest is history. I met and interviewed Peter Krustrup during the 1st Football Is Medicine (FIM) International Conference in Portugal (Jan 25 – 26, […]
Football Is Medicine International Conference [Portugal, Jan 25 – 26, 2018]
Ahead of this week’s 1st International ‘Football is Medicine‘ Conference at Portugal’s City of Football, here’s a teaser interview with João Brito, Exercise Physiologist and investigator at the Performance & Health Unit of The Portuguese Football Federation. The conference brings together expert researchers from around the globe to discuss the increasing evidence of recreational football practice […]
‘FIFA 11 for Health’ – a School-based Intervention in Mexico for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-communicable Diseases
By: Barriguete Melendez J A1, Dvorak J 2, Córdova Villalobos J A3, Juan Lopez M4, Davila Torres Javier5, Compeán Palacios J6, Junge A2 Fuller C W2, Valdés-Olmedo JC7. (See below for affiliations) Currently, in all regions of the world apart from Africa, more deaths are linked to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) than communicable diseases [WHO, 2010]. […]