Almost 100% of French people think that prescription sports are a great idea. According to them, this would help improve the state of health of the chronically ill.
The French favor sport on prescription. Asked about this by the TNS Sofres polling institute (1), they highlight the benefits of this practice on health and drug consumption. Prescription of physical activity is currently being tested in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) and Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). And the principle is also included in the Health Bill. For almost all French people, integrating sport into prescriptions is a good idea.
96% of French people think that when you have a chronic illness, prescribing an adapted physical activity is a good idea. Indeed, many believe that this would reduce the mortality associated with these conditions, but also limit the use of drugs. This is also the principle defended by Valérie Fourneyron, former Minister of Sports, who tabled an amendment to this effect. The idea is to replace certain medications with regular physical activity.
Limit cancer recurrence
But it’s not just for people with long-lasting ailments that prescription sport is interesting. One in two respondents judge that it is a “very good idea” also in prevention. And it is the athletes who defend the subject best, according to the TNS Sofres institute.
For almost all French people, prescribing sport can improve morale and health. Three quarters even believe that this would limit recurrence in certain cancers. It is precisely this “health” aspect which means that Health Insurance should finance sports on prescription in the eyes of 39% of those questioned.
“Act on a sedentary lifestyle”
“It is true that today, the benefits of an adapted physical activity are no longer to be proven and we have numerous scientific studies which go in this direction, underlines Isabelle Spitzbarth, General Director of the Mutual of the Sportsmen. Physical activity makes it possible to act in particular on the effects of a sedentary lifestyle and inactivity, by improving the quality of life of the person as well as by maintaining his autonomy and by minimizing the negative effects of aging. “
It is therefore logical that 4 out of 10 respondents would agree to their attending physician prescribing regular physical activity. 4% still think that it is not its role.
(1) TNS Sofres survey for MAIF, conducted on the Internet among 1,005 people aged 18 and over.
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