Gezond leven

Hoe kunnen we gezonder leven in Brussel?

Sports should not only be available for professionals but for everyone in every level, therefore they should be more sports centre accessible for everyone, including non professionals at affordable cost nearby. The Government should build a mini artificial football pitch, which could be 5 aside size artificial football pitch, open for everyone from young, adult to elderly, Professional or casual, Students, workers, people of all races, all religion and all ages. Artificial pitch is easier and cheaper to maintain, it safer to play on, and most importantly it easier for group of 5 friends to gather and play football. Mini basket pitch, handball or other sports for non professional could also be made available and ac-cessible o encourage more people to be active. Health is key to development and growth, therefore, the overarching aim of this policy is to use the government strength and ability to encourage uptake of physical activity at all level and for everyone in the community. This should not be limited to football only, rather others sports like bowling, swimming, basketball or volleyball. Therefore the government should make it accessible and affordable to encourage more people into physical activity. I have travelled to 54 countries and I have seen this Mini artificial indoor football pitch a very popular system, its virtually in every little neighbourhood in England and its been proven to be ex-tremely helpful because its accessible, easy to reach and affordable to everyone. One advantages is that while an open football pitch will take a group of friend to occupy, the mini pitch can accommodate 2 to 3 different age group of friend to use because its divided in mini sizes. Playing sports can help people achieve fitness goals related to weight loss, muscle develop-ment and fat reduction, improves psychological well-being and mental health, enhances your mood, strengthening the immune system and beneficial to your health, it enables the young to make friends while socialising, It keeps you busy and helps to cure boredom, it helps to prevent depression, increases self-esteem and body image, it decreases the risk of crime and most importantly enhances social Orientation and Integration. Sports unites people of every age, gender, language, ethnicity, culture and religion. It will generate its own little revenue to fund and maintain it self, with a little government support, it could be rented on hourly basis which could cost about 5 or 10 euros per hour. Which mean a 5 aside pitch will cost around 10 euros per hour to be used, which could be shared among 5 people. Reference https://www.mini-pitch.com/en-GB/minipitch/location/1417/dfb-mini-pitch-for-eggenfelden Derick C.