HEALTHY LIFESTYLE FOR ALL
HealthyLifestyle4All is a 2-year campaign launched by the European Commission,
with the aim of promoting healthy lifestyles for all, across generations and social
groups, by linking sport and active lifestyles with health, food and other policies.
The initiative and
#HealthyLifestyle4All campaign
has been launched in 2021 as a
follow-up to the Tartu Call for a
Healthy Lifestyle. It showcases
the European Commission’s,
members‘ and partners‘
commitment to promoting
healthy lifestyles for all, across
generations and social groups,
noting that everyone can benefit
from activities that improve
health and well-being.
The initiative encompasses
three main pillars: to increase
awareness of a healthy lifestyle
across all generations, to enable
easier access to sport, physical
activity and healthy diets, with
a special focus on inclusion and
non-discrimination to reach
disadvantaged groups and to
empower teaming up for a
holistic approach to food, health,
well-being and sport.
European University Sports
Association (EUSA) is
one of the signatories of
the HealthyLifestlyle4All
pledge, and one of the invited
organisations to nominate youth
delegates.In 2023, the European
Commission invited pledge
holders of the Healthy
Lifestyle For All initiative
#HealthyLifestyle4All for an
online webinar and workshop,
held virtually on May 16.After the welcome notes by Flor
van Houdt, Head of Sport Unit
of the European Commission,
participants were presented
with an Overview of the Mapping
of Healthy Lifestyles initiative by
Ecorys team.Main results were presented
per each of the three pillars
of the initiative, challenges& lessons learned, what
might be missing in terms of
promoting healthy lifestyles
and future expectations.
HeathlyLifestyle4All initiative
aims to promote healthy
lifestyles across generations
and encompasses three main
pillars: Increased awareness
of a healthy lifestyle across
all generations; Easier access
to sport, physical activity and
healthy diets, with special
focus on inclusion and non-
discrimination to reach
disadvantaged groups; and
Teaming up for a holistic
approach to food, health, well-
being and sport.A workshop session in break-
out groups followed, where
participants in smaller groups
were able to get to know each
other a bit better, and then
discuss what were the key
challenges in implementation,what were the key lessons
learrned, how can they bring
together different policy
domains together to promote
a holistic approach to healthy
lifestyles, where would they like
the EU support the most, and
share their suggestions on how
the HealthyLifestyle4All should
move forward.European University Sports
Association (EUSA) is one of
the first signatories of the
#HealthyLifestyle4All initiative.
Besides actively promoting
the initiative, linking it to the
#BeActive campaign, and
implementing several of its
approaches in the sports and
educational events, as well
as every day running of the
organisation, EUSA was one of
the 6 organisations nominating
the young delegates of the
HealthyLifestyle4All Youth
Ideas Labs.EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION YEAR MAGAZINE 2023-24^112
- EU INITIATIVES
PLEASE SEE
sport.ec.europa.eu/initiatives/
healthylifestyle4all
for more information