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This is an integrated program of study involving Faculty and students from all over Europe and aimed at upgrading the graduate in sport or movement sciences to a higher and broader professional profile, apt to deal, in a European perspective, with the complexities of the social demands increasingly expressed in the area of physical activity in health, fitness and wellness, reeducation and rehabilitation.
Physical activity is now generally considered to represent the single major factor in disease prevention, its lack being associated to considerable increases in chronic and degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, etc. Medical information alone is not enough to sustain motivation in engaging physical activity, and psychosocially and culturally sensitive approaches along with special technical skills are required.
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