You see it everywhere around you in society: health and the quest for an optimum lifestyle gets more and more people thinking about it. People work on their own health or concern themselves with health issues because it is their job. From a societal, political, and medical point of view, health and well-being gets more and more attention. Developments in these areas have led to physical activity, sports, and exercise as an increasingly important means of promoting health. Tackling inactivity has become very important for obtaining a healthy lifestyle, as physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality, causing an estimated 3.2 million deaths globally (WHO, 2011). However, hearing the terms physical activity, sports, and exercise scares most people in their way to a healthy lifestyle.
When we think about physical activity we automatically think about sports and exercise. What is sports and exercise? What is physical activity? The World Health Organization (WHO) says physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure. So make notice that we can count standing up from a chair or getting a drink from the fridge as physical activity. Regular moderate intensity physical activity, such as walking, cycling, or participating in sports, has significant benefits for health. For instance, it can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, colon and breast cancer, and depression. Physical activity can improve bone and functional health, and is a key determinant of energy expenditure, and thus fundamental to energy balance and weight control. It is clear for most people that physical inactivity can bring you a lot of diseases and illnesses and that we need to be physically active to obtain a healthy lifestyle. But how can we be physical active? Not everyone wants to work themselves in sweat at the local fitness center with the simple reason of not liking it. What we don’t know is that being physically active, playing sports and exercise can be lots of fun! Don’t forget that physical activity should not be mistaken for sports. Physical activity is any bodily movement produced by the skeletal muscles that uses energy. This includes sports, exercise, and other activities such as playing, walking, doing household chores, gardening, and dancing. For example, shopping or going to the beach can be very effective and fun ways of being physically active and obtaining a healthy lifestyle.
Physical Activity, sports and exercise are both fun and important. This counts for everybody in the world. An active lifestyle that includes being physically active in any way possible helps to get rid of excess weight and avoid a whole bunch of health issues. Besides, being healthy and active gives you a positive energy in life and improves well-being. It makes you feel comfortable. Feeling good about yourself and being confortable is the first step in obtaining a healthy lifestyle. At the activity page, we will provide you with information about how you can be physically active in a fun and easy way.
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