Effects Of Physical Activity On Children

Nowadays people just sit down, order everything online and try to not move as much as possible, or that how I was until my freshman year at Arizona State University. I was not active at all and had self-esteem issues and weighted 220 pounds, and my major is computer science (CS) which mean, I get to sit down for hours typing codes and study for all different sorts of hard classes and that increased my anxiety and stress. Then, I started working out and my life changed, I lost 60 pounds, felt happy about myself and how I look, all the stress I had from classes which anyone who takes calculus, computer classes know how hard they can be, it just decreased and I could feel like everything is going to be fine at the end, just have to try harder and that is it. In an article by dozen of PHD scientist in metabolism and fields related to that, they said, “There is strong evidence that physical activity is a key factor in maintaining a healthy body weight and reducing the risk of many health problems, including hypertension, cardiovascular

1.1 Explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2014), only 21% of Americans are sufficiently physically active according to the guidelines set forth in 2008. Thus, living a sedentary lifestyle has become an epidemic, and one that is not without consequence. The CDC (2014) further states that one’s risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, stroke, depression, some cancers, and early death is noticeably higher for those living a sedentary lifestyle. Certainly, then, promoting physical activity is a simple intervention providers should practice to prommote overall health and prevent or delay the onset of disease. A motivational interview was conducted with Cherish Brown, a 22-year-old

Youth sports in America has become a trend that has touched every household. Sports has become so ingrained in American culture, that toddlers have even begun to experience it. Almost all children from the ages of six to ten have kicked a soccer ball or hit a ball with a bat. While studies have shown that youth team sports have a tremendous positive impact on a child’s social development, many children have run into serious injuries. Some of these injuries can require extensive surgeries, rehabilitation, and could cause developmental problems in these young children. Many of these injuries stem from overuse and children not being developmentally ready for the intensity of a certain sport. In today’s competitive sports culture, children are more at risk for serious physical injuries and psychological consequences than children twenty years ago.

As mentioned above the physical activity-intervention designed for sedentary young adults to become active. The study demonstrates after using the model that physical activity increased by 80% to young adults, the regular physical activity was associated with positive physiological and psychological health benefits on the experimental group (Woods, Mutrie and Scott, 2016).

The issues that are brought up are what happens when people are physically active and what happens when they are not physically active. Regarding the website, CBSNews.com, the article “CDC: 80 percent of American adults don’t get recommended exercise” states that at least eighty percent of adult Americans neglect their weekly amount of exercise (Jaslow, 2013). With this statistic, there are multiple health issues that are raised for why people should be physically active. The health issues that correlate with exercising focuses on obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and mental illnesses (“Physical Activity and Health”, 2015). Although physical activity can be a hassled effort to work through, inactivity can lead to a worse outcome. Another article from the CBSNews.com website titled “Inactivity tied to 5.3 million deaths worldwide, similar to smoking”, states that deaths regarding coronary heart disease, type two diabetes, colon and breast cancer and obesity are tied to people being inactive (Jaslow, 2012). These informational statistics give the information that numerous adults are inactive and that different types of diseases are tied to inactivity. With the given information, and an article from the Center for Disease control and Prevention website, titled “The Benefits of Physical Activity”, there are problems that come from being

In the United States, the media is commonplace. Some countries, such as Japan offer therapy for people, usually teenagers, who spend too much time playing video games or accessing the internet. This is due to the fact that technology is basically needed to live a “normal” life. For example, employers ask for a phone number and email address in job applications. If an applicant doesn’t have a phone number or an email address, the employer would think the person applying for a job is a little weird. On the other hand, some people enjoy living “off the grid”, which means they do not use infrastructure such as electricity. An example of these people includes the Amish.

There are many different reasons as to why individuals choose to participate in exercise, whether it is due to athletics, weight control, or behavior. This study is used to determine the difference in motivation levels between college athletes at Kansas Wesleyan University (KWU) and those who do not play sports at KWU. The health benefits of exercise are widely known but rarely put into use. The lack of physical activity has grown to become a problem in college-aged students, even to the point where a common phrase of “Freshman Forty” has become dominant. It seems the transition from high school to college leaves former athletes unaware of how to exercise without a sport or coach telling them what to do and how to do it. Motivation levels could be a determining factor as to why individuals choose to partake in exercise or are lacking in that area.

Nearly everyone is aware of the physical benefits of exercising daily, but not many young adults actually exercise regularly. If a student participated in sports during his adolescent years, they are eight times more likely to remain physically active ("Facts: Sports Activity and Children."). For adolescents sports

College life is a time full of fun, friends, activities, classes, and homework. All of these activities however, add up to a busy life style. Being busy is not in itself harmful but when the busyness becomes so great that it turns into stress, problems start to arise. The formation of stress leads to many unhealthy trends, such as lack of sleep, loss of immunity to disease, and a change in personality traits. How then can stress in the busy lives of college students be reduced? The answer is a simple one that has long been known; exercise relieves stress. Colleges across the country need to implement a program of required exercise classes to promote the well being of students.

The purpose of this study is to look at if physical exercise will help the healthy cognitive development in children and adolescence and this paper will illustrate that the same facts are true for children and adolescence, and will stress the importance of exercise for children optimal brain development and growth. The current studies show that physical activity has a positive effect on attention, neuroplasticity and intellectual development in children and adolescence. The studies also seem to show the importance of physical activity like PE classes and recess in schools and curriculum to have well-founded, healthy children. The studies show that physical activity has affects on brain growth and development and if children activate and

Per alumni studies, students who took more physical education courses while in college were healthier seven to eleven years later than those who took fewer classes. Through this statistic, it becomes obvious that physical education matters. Staying fit not only affects your health, it also affects your education. In order to learn, we as students at Colorado State University must stay healthy. The two go hand in hand. Professor Cardinal summed it up perfectly by saying “You cannot function optimally unless you are healthy – healthy to learn and healthy to work. If we educate only the mind and neglect the body, we are doing our students a disservice” (Nierenberg,

Engaging in physical activity has a strong influence on the health and wellbeing of every individual and can reduce the risks of many chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and hypertension. Although physical activity cannot reverse the progression of chronic diseases once they begin, it can surely reduce the rate of it’s development but is dependent of one’s lifestyle and engagement in physical activity. It is fact that with age there are a number of physiological and cognitive changes that take place within the body, with some appearing earlier than others. It is understood that losing strength, developing disease, and losing energy are simply a part of the natural aging process (Camicioli et al, 1997). But with the growing number of studies that focus on exercise and life span, body fat loss, increasing strength, and reducing the incidence of certain diseases, through regular exercise over the years, it is becoming clear that inactivity - not aging per se, is one of the primary reasons for most, if not all, types of chronic diseases (Lamy, 2012). However, it is an ongoing challenge to encourage the aging population to engage in physical activity. This may be because of lack of motivation, fear of injury, or lack of time to name a few. Nevertheless, that does not mean that all individuals who make up the aging population – those ages 65 and over – are inactive. The

The current study focus determines whether or not physical activity makes a positive or a negative impact on undergraduate Baylor students, who are undergoing perceived stress because of their class work. Ninety undergraduate students participated in a survey after signing a consent form; the survey included demographic questions, a Perceived Stress Scale, and a Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire. Questions regarding their stress levels in the past month and how much physical activity each participant engaged in in the past 12 months were asked in the survey. Using linear regression, the results showed that the more strenuous physical activity undergraduate students engaged in, the less perceived stress they would encounter. Studies revealed that there is a positive impact in college students that indulge in physical activity. Future research should investigate how college students feel before and after engaging in physical activity and how great of an impact one session can make.

The importance of exercise is impressed upon most people from a young age by everyone from parents, teachers and health professionals to the media. Regardless of this, obesity is on the rise in western countries, especially America, and children are becoming increasingly sedentary (Mitchell, Catenacci, Wyatt & Hill, 2011). Obesity is directly related to a plethora of diseases such as diabetes and coronary artery disease, the rates of which will continue to soar if nothing is done (Mitchell et al., 2011). Technological advancements are instrumental in this increase in sedentary behavior, from allowing easier and quicker transportation in automobiles to providing endless amounts of entertainment, removing the need to entertain oneself by getting active (Mitchell et al., 2011). One can derive just as much excitement and mental stimulation from television shows and video games as from playing sports. Also, the increased ability of humans to interact using social media also removes another incentive to exercise since one does not need to engage in physical activity, such as joining a sports team, to meet and connect with others (Mitchell et al., 2011). Many do not have a full understanding of the wide range of benefits that result from regular exercise in all aspects of our lives. Physical activity results in more than weight loss, and has both direct and indirect effects on preventing diseased of the body and the mind since it increases the probability of making other healthy