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This book brings together essays analyzing the impact of sport and physical activity on psychophysical well-being and quality of life, through multidisciplinary and multi-country studies. It discusses how the commercial dimension of sport entertainment and recreational dimension of sport practice have been increasingly brought together in discussions on individual health and well-being, and social integration and participation. It therefore considers the relationship between sports practice, enjoyment of sporting events, sport participation and quality of life. The chapters examine various aspects of the practice of sport for professional and recreational purposes from the perspective of age, life course research, physical education in schools, government investment in sport activities across various stages of life, the rise of sports tourism as a global industry and how social networks and web apps are changing the perception of fitness. This innovative book is of interest to scholars and students of sport science, leisure studies, and well-being research. 

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Paolo Corvo is Associate Professor at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, where he teaches travel cultures and social change at the undergraduate level. He deals with issues related to food and consumption, sustainable food and wine tourism, indicators of quality of life, wellbeing and happiness. He has carried out research and training activities for public and private corporations on elements related to quality of life, tourism and regional socio-economic development, and processes of globalization and civil society. He has published numerous essays and articles in English. He is a member of Happiness Study Group of British Sociological Association,  and Aiquav, the Italian association for quality of life studies. He is a member of RN 05, Sociology of Consumption, of the European Sociological Association. Fabio Massimo Lo Verde is a member of Department of Economics, Business and Statistics at the University of Palermo and Full Professor of Sociology and Sociology of Consumption. From 2005 to 2010 he was head of the Social Science Department at the University of Palermo, and from 2005 to 2011 he was coordinator of the PhD course in Sociology of Rural Development. His main research areas are social change, consumption behaviour and lifestyle change in Italy and other European countries, leisure research, migration studies. He is a member of the Board of Research Committee 13, Sociology of Leisure, of the International Sociological Association and member of the RN 05 Sociology of Consumption, and RN21, Quantitative Method of the European Sociological Association. 

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