This book outlines a collection of articles surrounding Healthy Stadia as a settings based approach to health promotion. The chapters originally published in a special issue of Sport in Society.

Introduction: Healthy stadia: an insight from policy to practice Daniel Parnell, Kathryn Curran and Matthew Philpott 1. Perspectives from those involved in healthy stadia Daniel Cade, Kathryn Curran, Andy Fuller, Jenny Hacker, Clive Knight, Simon Lansley, Daniel Parnell and Matthew Philpott 2. Who ate all the pies? The importance of food in the Australian sporting experience Keith D. Parry, Timothy Hall and Alastair Baxter 3. Sport heritage and the healthy stadia agenda: an overview Gregory Ramshaw 4. An evaluation of opportunistic health checks at cricket matches: the Boundaries for Life initiative Chet Trivedy, Ivo Vlaev, Russell Seymour and Matthew Philpott 5. Health promotion orientation of GAA sports clubs in Ireland Aoife Lane, Niamh Murphy, Alex Donohoe and Colin Regan 6. The community impact of football pitches: a case study of Maidstone United FC Anthony May and Daniel Parnell 7. Improving the physical and mental well-being of typically hard-to-reach men: an investigation of the impact of the Active Rovers project Colin J. Lewis, Matthew J. Reeves and Simon J. Roberts 8. Success of a sports-club led-community X-PERT Diabetes Education Programme Angela Morgan, Dee Drew, Angela Clifford and Katrina Hull 9. Tackling mental health: the role of professional football clubs Kathryn Curran, Simon Rosenbaum, Daniel Parnell, Brendon Stubbs, Andy Pringle and Jackie Hargreaves 10. Sport policy and English primary physical education: the role of professional football clubs in outsourcing Daniel Parnell, Ed Cope, Richard Bailey and Paul Widdop 11. 'It brings the lads together': a critical exploration of older men's experiences of a weight management programme delivered through a Healthy Stadia project Lorena Lozano-Sufrategui, Andy Pringle, David Carless and Jim McKenna 12. Lessons from the field for working in Healthy Stadia: physical activity practitioners reflect on 'sport' Jim McKenna, Thomas Quarmby, Nicky Kime, Daniel Parnell and Stephen Zwolinsky