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The concern for the increase in chronic diseases, urban violence and armed conflicts, promoting the development of nations and education have become increasingly. Sports and physical activity are taking more importance as social and economic aims of governments and corporations, such are economic resources provided are significant. However, in these times of economic uncertainty and austerity major cuts were made on budgets related to the welfare of people, therefore, are necessary tools for the decision making of available resources to be optimized, to generated multiplier effect and greatest benefit to populations. The theory of Forgotten Effects is used in the analysis of overall causes in sports and physical activity, the effects they have on society and which can produce a significant social benefit. The conclusion of the paper shows those incidents that can generate greater social benefit.

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Gil-Lafuente, A.M., Blanco-Mesa, F.R., Castillo-López, C. (2012). The Forgotten Effects of Sport. In: Gil-Lafuente, A., Gil-Lafuente, J., Merigó-Lindahl, J. (eds) Soft Computing in Management and Business Economics. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 287. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30451-4_26

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