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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Physical Activity, Exercising AND Physical Fitness

Physical Activity

=complex behavior

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Physical activity is a complex behavior that is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure. 

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SLEEPING kcal + WORK kcal + LEISURE kcal = kcal TOTAL DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

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sports

other activities

conditioning exercises

household tasks

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Physical Activity, Exercising and Physical Fitness

The term "EXERCISE", is a subcategory of physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive, and aims to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness 

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PHYSICAL FITNESS

HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS

SKILL-RELATED FITNESS

CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE

MUSCULAR ENDURANCE

MUSCULAR STRENGTH

BODY COMPOSITITON

FLEXIBILITY

AGILITY

BALANCE

COORDINATION

SPEED

POWER

REACTION TIME

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  • Beyond exercise, any other physical activity that is done during leisure time, for transport to get to and from places, or as part of a person’s work, has a health benefit.

 

  • Further, both moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity improve health.

 

  • Physical activity can be increasing by many different ways like walking, cycling or  sport and it all forms can provide health benefits if its regular and sufficient duration and intensity.

 

  • North Trees Sports institute wants to promote sportylifestyle not only by adding exercises on individuals days but also by teaching active sportylifestyle.

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Physically Active Individuals 

Feel better, sleep better, and fuction better.

Strong evidence demonstrates that perceived quolity of life is improved by regular physical activity. Physical activity improves physical function among individuals of all ages.

Single episodes of moderate-to vigorous

Physical Activity

reduce blood pressure

improve insulin sensitivity

reduce anxiety

improve sleep

benefits after days or weeks after adopting physical activity routine 

immediately benefits, those even come larger after regular performance

disease risk reduction

physical function

improve cognition on the day it performed

Physical Activity

improve cognitive function and reduces stress and anxiety

other components of cognition

memory

processing speed

attention

academic performance

reduces depressive symptoms

people without clinical depression

people with clinical depression

reduces symptoms of anxiety

acute feelings of anxiety

chronic level of anxiety

promote acute imrovments in
executive function for a period of time

processes of the brain that help to organize daily activities and plan for the future

  • ability to plan

  • ability to organize

  • self-monitor 

  • inhibit or facilitate behaviors

  • inititate tasks

  • control emotions

importance of establishing healthy physical activity behavior at an early age

  • provided health benefits to children already on 3-5years old

  • bone health improvment 

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  • reduces risk of falls

  • reduces fall related injuries

  • ability to more easily complete

  • dailyliving tasks such climbing

  • stairs carry groceries etc. 

improved physical function
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young and middle-aged adults
older adults

  • contributes ability to maintain indepence

  • conduct daily lives with energy and without undue fatique of all ages

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weight management

children (3-17years old)

  • reduces risk of excessive body weight gain

  • reduces risk of adiposity

adults

  • maintain weight in healthy range

  • minimizing effective weight gain

  • preventing obesity

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improves quality of sleep

  • reduces legth of time to go to sleep

  • reduces legth of time to get a sleep

  • increaces time of deep sleep

  • reduces day time sleepiness

physical activity reduce risks of diseases and conditions

reduced risk of stomach cancer

type 2 diabetes

hypertension

reduces the risk of clinical deppression

reduced risk of lung cancer

reduce risk of dementia

osteoarthritis

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reduced risk of breast cancer

reduced risk of colon cancer

reduced risk of bladder cancer

reduced risk of kidney cancer

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population with chronic disease or condition 

reduce risk of develope new chronic condition

reduce risk of progression of the condition 

Maternal Health

​more physically active woman 

  • reduced risk to develope postpartum depression

  • reduced risk to develope gestational diabetes

  • reduced risk of excessive weight gain during pregrancy

  • lifelong healthy behavior can be beneficial to women and their children alike

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