Indicator: Exercise

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What we know from research

What the data indicates about Mildura
EXERCISE
Because of the health-promoting benefits of exercise it is desirable to monitor people’s engagement in it. The data available on this occasion is only an indirect measure of what is required. It derives from the Australian Sports Commission’s continuous survey of recreational activity which it would seem safe to assume includes a significant proportion of sporting activity and exercise, either of an organised or non-organised nature. The latter distinction is made in the survey findings for 2002/’03. In 2006 it is hoped to obtain information that relates more precisely to people’s participation in health-promoting exercise from the Victorian Population Health Survey. Meanwhile, organised recreational activity is clearly more strongly pursued in Irymple than the other sub-regions, Regional Victoria and Melbourne. Merbein matched Regional Victoria’s participation in organised recreational activity but Red Cliffs, Ouyen and Mildura Central clearly lagged in this regard although Ouyen compensated by having the highest rate of non-organised participation of any of the areas studied.

PARTICIPATION IN RECREATION RATE PER 1000
Source: Australian Sports Commission 2003 Unpublished Data

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	Upward trend			Progress away from desired direction
	Downward trend
	No observable trend		Progress towards desired direction
	Under construction

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 6 February 2007