title: The role of the Singapore Sports Council in coronary artery disease prevention.
abstract: The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) is a statutory board (government body) which was set up in 1973. Its main responsibility is to implement the "SPORTS FOR ALL" policy of the Singapore Government. Physical activity has been found to be an important factor in coronary artery disease prevention. It is through its "SPORTS FOR ALL" policy, by promoting physical activity to all Singaporeans, that the SSC helps in coronary artery disease prevention. The SSC promotes physical activities (and sports) by providing facilities, running fitness schemes, organising instructional schemes for sports, sports training schemes and sports activities. The facilities available to the public include swimming pools, stadia with running tracks and playing fields, tennis courts, squash courts and badminton courts. A 1987 national survey showed that 28.3% of the population aged 15 and above engaged in sports one or more times a week. Those who exercised three or more times a week accounted for only 7.9%. The SSC will continue in its efforts to improve this rate of physical activity in the population, with coronary artery disease prevention as one of its main objectives.
authors.affiliation: Sports Medicine & Research Centre, Singapore Sports Council, Kallang.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Teh
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012846:Singapore; D013177:Sports