IS IT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN AN UNHEALTHY (SICK) COUNTRY?

For every educated and well-informed person, it is clear that the main function and priority of sport is the construction of physically prepared and healthy, mentally resilient, emotionally intelligent and morally disciplined individuals. However, a number of scientific studies and the practice’s...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: E. Stoyanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Trakia University 2021-11-01
Series:Trakia Journal of Sciences
Subjects:
Online Access:http://tru.uni-sz.bg/tsj/Volume%2019,%202021,%20Supplement%201,%20Series%20Social%20Sciences/7A%20sekcia/formatirani/143.pdf
Description
Summary:For every educated and well-informed person, it is clear that the main function and priority of sport is the construction of physically prepared and healthy, mentally resilient, emotionally intelligent and morally disciplined individuals. However, a number of scientific studies and the practice’s summarization show that sport (including any form of physical activity), the general health, vitality and morality of the Bulgarian population do not meet the relevant norms, both for good physical and mental health, as well as for sustainable morality and emotional intelligence. What are the reasons for this fact? What gave rise to this degradation of man and society, resulting in the disintegration of not only the social structures between which sport is, but also the whole country?
ISSN:1313-3551