1. Physical Activity
and Exercise:
Defined

2. Participating in physical
and exercise are important
health maintenance
strategies for people of all
ages-
children,youth,adults,and
seniors.

3. If being physically active is
to become a part of a
person’s lifestyle,it will be
important to make a positive
emotional connection to the
activities of choice.

4. What is physical activity?
Physical activity can be
defined as any movement of
the body that requires energy
expenditure.
This includes any motion you
do through the day excluding
sitting still or lying down.

5. Example:
Walking to class
Taking the stairs
Mowing the lawn
Cleaning the house can be
considered physical activity.

6. Exercise is a type of physical
acivity but not every physical
activity.
Exercise is planned,
structured,and repetitive activity
for the purpose of improving or
maintain physical fitness.

7. Why I be physically active?
Some of the people here in the
Philippines are not aware of being
obese.In the simplest
terms,obesity is excessive fat
accumulation that impairs health.
Obesity has a wide range of
medical complications.

8. •Pulmonary disease
•Cancer
•Stroke
•Gall bladder disease
•Diabetes
•And many more

10. •The cause of obesity in two
people is rarely the same-
genetics,lifestyles,and even
viruses all play a role.
•Fighting obesity can be
influenced by certain risk-
factors.

11. •The modifiable risk factors related
to obesity include physical
activity,excess caloric intake,and
low socioeconomic status.
•There are also non-modifiable
risks factors;age,heredity,
ethnicity/race,culture,and
metabolism.

12.  Obesity is a growing epidemic
in our nation.
 The change starts with
us.Using this physical activity
guide can give you the proper
steps towards an obes free
neighborhood, city,and nations.

13. What the experts say:
Performing physical activity on
a regular basis will help to
improve overall health and
fitness,as well as decrease the
risk for many chronic
diseases(Center for Disease
Control,2010).

14. •HEALTH:The World Health
Association defines it as,”Health is
a state of complete
physical,mental and social well-
being and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity”

15. •HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS:The
American Academy of Sport
Medicine defines health related
fitness as a set of attributes one
already has or works towards.
This develops through physical
activityand aids in the performance
of daily function with vigor and
without fatigue.

16. •CHRONIC DISEASES:A condition
that impairs daily living,
decreases longevity and quality
of life.Some examples include
cancer,heart
disease,diabetes,and Alzheimer’s
disease.

17. What does this mean for you?
•Benefits of Physical Activity
•Reduced risk for cardiovascular
disease,type II diabetes,certain
cancers,and other chronic health
conditions.
•Help with weight control
•Strengthens bones and muscles

18. •Improves mental health,mood,and
energy level
•Better quality life

19. What is EXERCISE?
•Exercise is physical activity that is
planned,structured and repetitive
for the of conditioning any part of
the body used to improve health
and maintain fitness.

20. •The World Health
Organization(WHO) and American
Heart Associatio(AHA)
recommend 150 moderate
intensiy physical activity or 75
minute of vigorous physical
activity weekly.

22. Aerobic
•Aerobic exercise is the kind that makes
you breathe harder and builds your
fitness up.
•This is the type of exercise we all tend
to think of when we hear the word
exercise,and often it is the thought of
being out of breath and sweaty that
puts people off starting to exercise.

23. •It is very beneficial and even at
moderate intensity will improve your
health .
•You can get the benefits of aerobic
exercise from a brisk walk or a steady
cycle ride.

24. Strength building
•From age of 30, people can lose up
to eight percent of their muscle
strength every decade.
•By the time people reach 80,they
have the potential to lose 40 percent
of muscle strength.

25. Balance training
•Some exercise helps improve
your balance by helping you
build up core strength.this is
especially helpful for people
who are at risk of falls,including
the elderly,but it is good for
everyone.

26. Examples:
•Tai Chi
•Dance and playing bowls
•others

27. Endurance
•You can improve your
endurance by doing an
activity for increasing periods
of time.

28. Example
•If you walkfor 10 minutes without
needing to rest you can improve
your endurance by walking as far
as you can several times a day,and
increasing how far yo go over
time.

29. •The increase can be small,if you
walk for 10 minutes several times
a day soon,you’ll find you can
walk for 15 minutes,then 20
minutes

30. flexibility
•Flexibility is really important and
much overlookedwhen people think
about exercise.Staying flexible
improves your quality of life imagine
not being able to look over your
shoulder to reverse your car.

31. •If you sit for long periods of time
each day you’ll notice that your
flexibility decreases.
•Stretches,yoga,tai chi,pilates and
lots of other exercise classes will all
help improve flexibility.

32. •Flexibility training can also
improve balance,which is good
news for all of us as we get older

33. Moderate intensity exercise
•We refer to moderate exercise as
any activiy that increases your
breathing rate slightly and makes
you a bit warmer and your heart
beat slightly faster.

34. •You don’t have to be out of
breath,you should still be able to
have a conversation,but you
should be aware of breathing a
bit faster or harder than normal.

35. Kinds of activity that
fit in description:
•Walking ata a steady pace
•Cycling
•Dancing
•Swimming
•Lots of exercise classes and
routines

36. Vigorous exercise
•Vigorous or high intensity exercise
is the kind that gets you sweaty
and out ot breath.

37. Example
•Running
•Playing sport

38. •If you are doing moderate or high
intensityexercise it’s worth
warming up and cooling down
properly.This can include a slower
walk or some stretches.

40. Thanks for watching!!!
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