Exploring adolescent physical activity in the UK Introduction. The current recommended physical activity guidelines for younger people to maintain a healthy lifestyle and improve health is at least 60 minutes of moderate‚ to vigorous intensity activity per day. This should include aerobic activity‚ and muscle and bone strengthening activities. In order to gain additional health benefits and well-being Amounts of physical activity greater than 60 minutes is required. (National Health Department 2012
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The past several decades have seen an escalating trend in the rate of childhood obesity not only in the United States where 25%-30% of children are affected‚ but also in many of the industrialized nations. Childhood obesity has continued to be a major issue in the public health care system. The economic cost of the medical expenses as well as the lost income resulting from the complications of obesity both in children and adults has been estimated at almost $100 billion (Barnes‚ 2011). Overweight
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Paper “Physical Activity and Academic Performance” Educ. 505 Dr. Nicolo Abstract In schools across the United States‚ physical education had been substantially reduced and in some cases completely eliminate. Because‚ of budget cuts and of concerns and pressure to improve academic test scores. But through my research evidence has shown that children who are physically active and fit attend to perform better in classroom and in daily physical education
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Introduction Overview of Diabetes Type I What is diabetes type I Health implications of diabetes type I Physical Activity What is physical activity? Why do we need physical activity in our lives? Physical Activity and Diabetes (Epidemiology) Conclusion Bibliography Introduction For our seminar topic "physical activity and disease" we chose diabetes as the focus of our research. Since diabetes is such a complex disease with many different
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Support for leisure activities Identify different activities that may be regarded as leisure activities Walking – Outdoor activity of moderate exercises around a park or to sight. Swimming – No impact activity‚ condition friendly exercise in a pool facility Gym – A low intensity activity that allows individuals to improve specific condition and reach personal goals. Sports such as badminton‚ basketball etc… - Social physical activity Dancing – Social Physical Activity Classes such as Zumba
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Sport and physical activity is a major thing in the lives of many people in Australia. The people in Australia intend to spend more of their time on leisure than their work. Involvement in sports or physical activity mainly depends on two factors. The two factors are personal factors and socio cultural factors. Personal factors are those that factors that are unique to a particular person and directly affect that person’s regular capacity to be involved in sport and physical activity. The socio
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research Physical activity for cancer survivors: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Daniel Y T Fong‚1 Judy W C Ho‚2 Bryant P H Hui‚3 Antoinette M Lee‚4 Duncan J Macfarlane‚5 Sharron S K Leung‚1 Ester Cerin‚5 Wynnie Y Y Chan‚6 Ivy P F Leung‚7 Sharon H S Lam‚8 Aliki J Taylor‚9 Kar-keung Cheng9 1 School of Nursing‚ Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine‚ University of Hong Kong‚ Hong Kong‚ China 2 Division of Colorectal Surgery‚ Department of Surgery‚ Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
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Physical activity is important in many various ways. Aim for 30 minutes of physical activity a day on most days of the week. Your activity can be spread out through the day. Try for 10 minutes at a time‚ but even a few minutes’ counts. A big reason physical activity important is having strong bones. Another big reason is having a healthier heart and lungs. Another reason physical activity is important is because everybody needs a lot of energy. All three of these reasons are important in our everyday
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PHED 001: Physical Activity Philosophy Date: 4 October 2012 I. Introduction Thesis statement: Physical activity is important to ones development and should include proper training on nutrition and exercise from an early age to help reduce the risks of chronic illnesses later on in life. II. Topic sentence 1: My focus in physical education will be on the importance of nutrition. A. Teaching kids at a young age about nutrition helps them to learn to maintain a healthy lifestyle B
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Physical activity In the early part of the nineteenth century‚ it was believed that physical activity was dangerous and inappropriate for girls. Girls were taught to reserve their delicate health for the express purpose of birthing healthy children. Furthermore‚ the physiological difference between the sexes helped to reinforce the societal inequality. An anonymous female writer was able to contend that women were not intended to fill male roles‚ because "women are‚ as a rule‚ physically smaller
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