Health Promotion

Health Promotion, a discipline of Special Olympics Healthy Athletes, focuses on healthy living, healthy lifestyle choices, and nation-specific health issues. Health Promotion uses interactive educational tools and displays, motivational literature and demonstrations to raise awareness of the need to improve and maintain an enhanced level of wellness and self-care.

Additionally, Health Promotion interviews athletes to assess their health habits and conducts health screenings in three key areas: BMI-body mass index based on height and weight, BP-blood pressure, and BMD-bone mineral density.

Health Promotion is by design fun, interactive, positive and engaging. In this environment, we help athletes learn how small changes in their behaviour can help them improve and maintain good health and sports performance.