1.1 explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children. physical activity should be part of every childs life. it promotes living a healthy lifestyle and also the childs general well being. short term health- physical activity promotes a lot of different areas‚ some of these being; building muscle- helps children move more freely which makes them really enjoy physical play. developing heart and lung functions developing a skeletal frame-
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and physical benefits of physical activity During childhood our body and mind changes very fast. I believe that nowadays parents focus more on the brain developement of their children than their physical activity. When I was a little girl - over 20 years ago - we spent most of our time outside playing‚ running and enjoying fresh air and being in movement. Physical activity of children can secure them health and well being in their adulthood as well as teach them a lot of very importants aspects
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one can argue that people with disabilities are incapable of physical activity. They could also argue that there is a rational justification as to why people with disabilities cannot do such a thing. Adapted Physical Activity is a cross-disciplinary profession which advocated the benefits of exercise and sport for personal growth amongst a person with a health‚ as well to improve social acceptance and opportunity. Having a physical disability is no different. There have been social constructs
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Benefits of Physical Activity Student Name Oklahoma Wesleyan University Abstract Physical activity is proven to improve overall health and increase the quality and expectancy of life in participants. People who take part in exercise regularly increase the activity of the frontal region of their brains which operates memory‚ and the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease is significantly decreased. Studies indicate that exercising raises the count of T-lymphocytes (T-cells) in the immune system
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PSYC 116 Psychology of Physical Activity Student number: 4228960 Course: Bachelor of Science Submitted: 1 March 2012 Word count: 1084 Physical activities and motivation Peoples’ awareness of health benefits that physical activities (PA) can bring is generally believed to increase the likelihood of them being more physically active. However‚ this increase awareness of health benefits does not seem to bring about an increase
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Home Group Leader Assignment: Physiology of Physical Activity Physical activity has been a part of societies for centuries. Activity has been incorporated into people’s daily lives in various forms such as sport‚ weightlifting‚ running‚ hiking‚ swimming and walking to name a few. Many perform physical activity for physical‚ emotional and mental well-being while others take part for leisurely fun. The physiology of how physical activity affects our bodies has been studied thoroughly. In the following
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you to be most concerned and why? The one statistic that surprises me is that participation in physical activity declines as grade or age increases. For I have always done some kind of sport or activity as I grew. Another would be 41 million Americans are estimated to have pre-diabetes. I didn’t know that so many children are estimated to pre diabetes. Third would be that physical activity among children and adolescents is important because of the related health benefits. For not a lot of people I
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children’s physical activity and movement skills 1.1 Explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children Physical activity is very important to short and long term health and well being of children. In short term physical activity it helps the children to build up their muscles‚ develop their skeletal frame and develops the heart and function‚ it also helps to prevent obesity in children. If children get enough physical activity during the
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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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Physical Activity for Children This essay will explore the areas of children’s development. The age groups which will be discussed within it are children from the ages of two too six years of age and children from the age of six too eleven years of age. The areas of development which will be covered are physical‚ intellectual‚ skill and psychological. The author will then conclude by making reference to the effect on physical activity for children and why it can influence them for the rest of
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