Dadathlon - promoting sporty habits and healthy lifestyles among children through family sports events
▶Summary
Dadathlon is a celebration of the movement to create more opportunities for fathers to spend active time doing sports with their children and thereby becoming role models for their children in leading healthy lifestyles. Dadathlon will be the product of a unique partnership between several grassroots organisations operating in rural areas across Europe that will jointly work on spreading the message of the importance of father's active role in educating their children and spending active time with them outdoors. The benefits of this European-wide approach are multiple, including creating healthy habits among children and scientifically proven psychological advantages of having a present father figure and advocating environmentally-friendly attitudes of entire families. Dadathlon is a unique series of races for fathers and children covering three different sports disciplines, each taking place at a different time during the year in a number of different locations in safe conditions.