2014: Year of Movement for a Healthy Life

A9 TV: November 23^rd, 2013

ADNAN OKTAR: Actually sports must be made obligatory by the state. For example, generally sports is only for an hour per week at school: It must be every day. Every day at least  an hour, or an hour and a half, must be reserved for sports. This is necessary for a healthy youth. Or it could be once every other day, because it is important that the young are healthy and strong, both physically and mentally. “A healthy mind is in a healthy body.” Ataturk is a person who understood the importance of sports.

Campaigning for this would have no effect. Implementation works. There could a one-day break but if sports classes are obligatory, then the problem is solved. Two hours: We can build nice facilities at schools. Encouraging sports alone would not work; making it an obligation is a must. If a person is left to decide on his own, it is very difficult to do sports. People are generally lazy. If we do this, children would thank us later.

The Ministry of Health will announce the next year “2014: Year of Movement for a Healthy Life” in order to encourage people to live a more active life.

Mehmet Muezzinoglu, the Minister of Health, made a written statement where he noted that a life without movement causes many diseases and said that the Ministry of Health is seriously striving to avoid this.