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The Global Health and Fitness Industry at a Glance : Fast, Fit, Flexible, Functional, Funny, Fashionable and Fanatic

Year of publication

2020

Authors

Scheerder, Jeroen; Vehmas, Hanna; Helsen, Kobe

Abstract

Over the past half century, participation in fitness has developed as one of the fastest growing forms of physical activity, especially in economically advanced countries. Nowadays, participation in fitness is an integral part of contemporary lifestyle as for millions of people around the world fitness has become a common practice in their daily life. Accordingly, fitness and health services have expanded tremendously given the high demand for fitness participation. Employees are catering to the needs of millions of fitness customers in many thousands of clubs and studios worldwide.
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Organizations and authors

University of Jyväskylä

Vehmas Hanna-Mari

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Compilation

Article type

Other article

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

A3 Book section, Chapters in research books

Publication channel information

Pages

1-32

​Publication forum

5778

​Publication forum level

3

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

No

Self-archived

No

Other information

Fields of science

Sport and fitness sciences; Sociology; Social policy

Keywords

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Publication country

Switzerland

Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

Yes

Co-publication with a company

No

DOI

10.1007/978-3-030-53348-9_1

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes