Health Promotion: Fitness
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- physical fitness
- limits on the actions that the body is capable of making
- physical activity
- any body movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure
- components of physical fitness
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1. flexibility
2. muscular strength and endurance
3. cardiovascular endurance - flexibility
- the ability to move muscles to their full extent without injury
- muscular strength and endurance
- the ability of the muscles to perform hard or prolonged work
- cardiovascular endurance
- the ability of the body to take in, deliver, and use oxygen for physical work
- moderate exercise benefits: children
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-develop lifelong exercise and helath habits
-prevent and treat obesity - moderate exercise benefits: teens
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-precent and treat obesity and eating disorders
-develop lifelong exercise and health habits - moderate exercise benefits: adults
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-control wieght
-prevent and treat many diseases
-promote mental health and feelings of well-being - moderate exercise benefits: pregnant women
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-control excessive weight gain
-more favorable nutrient profile as a result of an increased energy intake
-less constipation and better circulation - moderate exercise benefits: older adults
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-slow age-related physiologic changes
-prevent and treat osteoperosis - moderate exercise benefits: nursing mothers
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-promote return to prepregnancy weight
-possibly improve postpartum mental status - excessive exercise risks: children
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-energy needs not achieved
-limited growth and development - excessive exercise risks: teens
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-inadequate energy intake
-dietary protein used for energy
-amenorrhea
-negative calcium balance and reduced bone mass
-sports anemia
-sports-related anorexia - excessive exercise risks: adults
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-possible increased need for riboflavin and vitamin B12
-exercise related injuries - excessive exercise risks: pregnant women
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-low weight gain
-low birth weight infant - excessive exercise risks: nursing mothers
- -excessive rate of weight loss, reducing milk production and limiting infant growth
- excessive exercise risks: older adults
- -exercise-related injuries leading to diability and other complications