The barriers to physical activity participation for the sixty plus population in Wales : a critical examination of the Welsh Assembly Government's Free Swimming Initiative

Despite the overwhelming evidence of the physiological (Booth et o1.,2000; Warburton et al.,2006), psychological (Department of Health,2004a) and social (Carter,2005) benefits to be gained from regular physical activity participation, levels of engagement remain less than satisfactory (Department of...

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Main Author: Anderson, Melissa
Published: Cardiff Metropolitan University 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.678993