Leisure and Cultural Services Department - Healthy Exercise for All Campaign

Aim of the "Healthy Exercise for All Campaign"

Launched in April 2000, the "Healthy Exercise for All Campaign" is a territory-wide event jointly organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and the Department of Health (DH). With the slogan of "Daily exercise keeps us fit People of all ages can do it", the Campaign aims at raising members of the public’s interest in doing exercise, promoting the benefits of regular exercise to health, and encouraging members of the public to build exercise into their daily life and develop a family culture of regular exercise.

Daily exercise keeps us fit People of all ages can do it

Activities

To achieve aim of the “Healthy Exercise for All Campaign”, the LCSD and the DH have joined hands with the National Sport Associations, professional bodies and schools in organising various recreational and sports activities, including those fitness programmes for children, elderly and persons with disabilities, "Hiking Scheme", "QualiWalk", "Dance for Health" and "Rope Skipping for Fun" etc. throughout the 18 districts in the territory to facilitate neighbourhood participation. These programmes, with their emphasis on self-practice and regular workouts, are well received by members of the public and the participation rate is on the rise.

The LCSD has been committed to promoting the "Healthy Exercise for All Campaign". To encourage different sectors of the community to organise activities to promote a sporting culture and a healthy lifestyle, a free loan service for exhibition panels and free download of panel contents are available to schools, elderly centres, youth centres, rehabilitation centres, shopping centres, residential clubhouses, etc. Moreover, the Department has also produced some thematic webpages, posters, banners, promotional leaflets, pamphlets, videos etc. with a view to encouraging members of the public to exercise regularly and lead a healthy lifestyle. To browse or download the information, please visit the LCSD's webpage.

Exercise and Health

According to the findings of the Territory-wide Physical Fitness Survey for the Community. The overall findings of the survey revealed that although most of the physical fitness parameters have improved across different age groups compared to the findings of a similar survey a decade ago, reflecting the growing health awareness of the public. The findings also indicated, however, that more than half of the public did not meet the daily physical activity level as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Physical activity can lower the risk of non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, certain types of cancer (e.g. colorectal cancer) and depression. A moderate amount of regular exercise can help improve health and wellbeing, regardless of one’s age, gender and physical condition. It is not necessary to do the most strenuous exercise as moderate intensity exercises that cause mild sweating and slightly speed up one's breathing and heart rate are enough to bring health benefits.

We can build exercise into our daily life, e.g. walking more, stair climbing, doing housework or doing exercise by getting up earlier in the morning or making use of lunchtime or the time before dinner. Children and youngsters are recommended to do at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily while adults are recommended to do at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity throughout the week for better health. Doing exercise after work or school can help relieve stress and sleep better. Doing exercise with family or friends on holidays will not only foster interest in sports but also enhance communication with them. So get up on your feet and create a family culture of regular exercise!

Enquiry

For details about the "Healthy Exercise for All Campaign", please refer to the relevant pamphlets and leaflets or contact the following district leisure services offices:

District offices	Telephone No.	District offices	Telephone No.
Southern District	2555 1268	Islands District	2852 3220
Central & Western District	2853 2566	Tuen Mun District	2451 0304
Wan Chai District	2879 5622	Yuen Long District	2478 4342
Eastern District	2564 2264	Tsuen Wan District	2212 9702
Sham Shui Po District	2386 0945	Kwai Tsing District	2424 7201
Yau Tsim Mong District	2302 1762	North District	2679 2819
Kowloon City District	2711 0541	Tai Po District	3183 9020
Wong Tai Sin District	2328 9262	Sha Tin District	2634 0111
Kwun Tong Distrcit	2343 6123	Sai Kung District	2791 3100

More information

For details about the “Healthy Exercise for All Campaign”, please call the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) 24-hour Customer Hotline at 2414 5555 (This hotline is handled by “1823”) or visit the website of LCSD at www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/healthy.

For more information on health, please call the Health Education Infoline of the Department of Health at 2833 0111 or visit the Centre for Health Protection Website at www.chp.gov.hk