Development of the Fitness Industry in Germany
Fitness has significantly grown in popularity over the last decades in Germany. Private operators, responsible for the majority of offerings, have reported a constant increase of memberships accompanied by an ongoing growth of revenues and a number of fit
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The Rise and Size of the Fitness Industry in Europe
Jeroen Scheerder · Hanna Vehmas · Kobe Helsen Editors
The Rise and Size of the Fitness Industry in Europe Fit for the Future?
Editors Jeroen Scheerder KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium
Hanna Vehmas University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä, Finland
Kobe Helsen KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium
ISBN 978-3-030-53347-2 ISBN 978-3-030-53348-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53348-9
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MEASURE was founded in 2010 by the KU Leuven (Belgium) and the Mulier Institute (The Netherlands). MEASURE is a network of social scientists and statisticians with an interest in sport participation issues. The letters in MEASURE stand for Meeting for European Sport Participation and Sport Culture Research. The reference to ‘culture’ expresses that the debates over sport participation within MEASURE are not restricted to share only data and statistics. It is understood that in order to be able to explain differences in sport participation, one needs to understand the position that sports hold within society at large and the broader culture of which sport is part and parcel. Analyses of these (sporting) cultures may include quantitative as well as qualitative methods, albeit that the former are generally more predominant than the latter within the MEASURE context. The objectives of MEASURE are to – Improve the access to reliable sport participation data and the possibility for researchers to exchange information; – Improve
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