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the industries to fully describe the overall system. The

simulated results are surely the critical reference for the

policy promotion to the government.

Keywords

: entire population athletics, preventive health

care, system dynamics

1. Preface

This study is to utilize the situational simulation of system

dynamics and proceed situational simulations with regard

to our sports promotional strategies, national health care

effects and the future development. And the simulation

result could be taken as reference principle of adjusting

sports promotional strategies.

1.1 Research background and motives

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the

study indicates that insufficient physical activities is now

the fourth major factor attributed to the global death

rate. In a large number of countries, there is an increasing

proportion of inactive population. There are about 21%

to 25% breast cancer and colon cancer, 27% diabetes

and 30% ischemic heart disease, the main cause of these

cancers is attributed to insubstantial physical activities.

How to put sports into good practice in people’s daily

life and how to actively manage national health care so

as to promote nationals mental and physical health will

become an issue which all people would like to move and

improve. Therefore, it is significant to apply a situational

method to simulate the interrelationship between sports

promotional strategies and national health care. Thus, it

becomes the motive of this research.

2. Literature review

Literature review is an important theoretical basis in a

research and also to support the rationality of the research.

The following passages are to discuss the relevant issues.

2.1 Construct a Sports Island

In the recent years, Sports Administration, Ministry of

Education, has carried out the promise given by President

Ma during his campaign, building Taiwan as a Sports Island.

Taking references of nationwide sports development in

Germany, America, Australia, China, Japan and Korea with

considerations of Taiwan’s national sports development, the

authority takes the concept of Pleasure in Sports and Live

Healthily and brings the Sports Island Establishment Project

for 4 years from 2010 to 2013. The estimated budge is 1.6

billion dollars. Its visions and structure is as followed (see

Figure 1).

Figure 1 Visions of Sports Island Establishment Project

(Wu, Long Sang 2012)