Relationships between Physical Activity & Health 1a.Critically discuss the statement: Physical Activity/Exercise = Health Define the concepts of health‚ physical activity‚ and exercise. "Physical activity‚" "exercise‚" and "physical fitness" are terms that describe different concepts. However‚ they are often confused with one another‚ and the terms are sometimes used to represent each other. When in actual fact they are different. Physical activity is defined by SPARC as “movement on a daily
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Is Technology Destroying Our Life Technology is a wonderful thing giving us almost instant access to the world’s information. It makes our life easier‚ and enables us to stay in touch with distant friends and family. But it’s not all great. From big stuff like cancer to small stuff like being distracted texting‚ technology is killing us slowly every day. Texting while driving or walking is a killer People hate talking to people on the phone‚ so they’ve taken to texting. The problem with
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uterus‚ but mainly in the colon. Obesity has been found to reduce the expectancy of life. This is a big problem for the growing number of child obesity in New Zealand. Obesity affects many aspects of life. Socially obesity can affect a child’s ability to interact with other children. In the playground‚ obese children aren’t able to physically keep up with other children in the usual games that children play. This causes them to be out casted or left out and often leads to bullying. Obese children
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Technology in Our Lives When people think about technology they think about new inventions. Technology is a new way of making people want more than what they already have; they have made technology come to a point that humans are not able to function without it. Technology has also made a huge impact on people’s lives in the modern world through means of machines that are being used in the medical field. Medical technologies are instruments that are used by not only doctors but also by people around
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Technology In Our Society No doubt‚ technology is increasingly important in the modern world. It is amazing how fast technology has been developed. Nearly every major advance was invented in the last century. These invention are always planned for a positive result‚ however the negative effects often do not become apparent until after the event. These effects will be deal in the following paragraphs with related materials. The text‚ "Whose Life is it Anyway?"‚ by Brian Clark‚ has clearly illustrated
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Acting on the National Physical Activity Guidelines Introduction The purpose of this study was to identify if presenting a sedentary individual with the Australian governments National Physical Activity Guidelines (NPAG) would improve their overall physical activity. There was a structured interview which was conducted at 2 week intervals. The interview assessed the subject current physical activity levels and their willingness to be able to incorporate physical activity into there daily lives
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Cardiovascular Endurance I did the 1 mile walk and my time was 17 minutes and 26 seconds. My heart rate at the end of my walk was 100 bpm. My VO2 max was a 48.72 and for my people are around my age that just ranked in the category of just good. I was not able to perform the 3 minute step test because of medical reasons. The benefits of the step test would be that there is not a lot of energy being exerted by the participants. Unlike running‚ stepping comes natural making this test less challenging
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Part one: Issue: technology destroys human activities The writers Point of view is to stop worshipping the machines that have enslaved us Reasons: Positives * We adore technology and so we are its slaves * Technology has replaced workers * Technology controls our lives‚ we do what technology tells us * Like a heavy blanket‚ technology is stifling communication‚ physical exercise and healthy living * Young people write in code like foreign language when text messaging‚ soon
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Question 1: The National Physical Activity Guidelines for Australians outline the minimum levels of physical activity required to gain a health benefit and ways to incorporate incidental physical activity into everyday life. My own physical activity habits are at the average level but I they could be a lot better. At home I play a lot of computer games and at school I sit down and talk to people during lunch and recess. I could improve my physical activity if I cut down on the computer games and
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have risen significantly. “Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity can contribute to or aggravate many chronic diseases and conditions‚ including type 2 diabetes‚ hypertension‚ heart disease‚ stroke‚ and some cancers.” (CDC‚ 2003‚ pg. 1). More than 80 percent of the youth do not do enough aerobic physical activity to meet the guidelines for Healthy People 2020. (Physical Activity‚ 2011‚ pg.1). At least half of youth do not engage in physical activity that promotes long-term health. (Exercise‚ 2011
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