For example, regular brisk walking can help you: • Maintain a healthy weight • Prevent or manage various conditions, including heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes • Strengthen your bones • Lift your mood • Improve your balance and coordination The faster, farther and more frequently you walk, the greater the benefits. Walking and biking are both excellent forms of cardiovascular exercise which, when performed regularly, can ward off disease, shed pounds, improve mental outlook and reduce the likelihood of dying young. Each have their merits and drawbacks, and which is the best choice for you largely depends upon what you'll enjoy doing most, the health of your joints and how much weight you'd like to lose. “Like walking, biking is low-impact and easy. It's also fun, and according to NutriStrategy, burns a lot of calories - significantly more than brisk walking.” (Bigelow) You’d be forgiven for wondering but stair climbing can have a significant and positive impact on an individual’s health over time.
We have even put web cams in them so if you do have to see that person or look at something then you can. This saves people time and money because of the less travel. We also have to. With the production of new medical supplies we are saving people lives and making them live longer. In chapter 2 it tells and shows a chart of how high are population has gotten over the years since the stone age to present day times.
Also the ability of the body healing itself without medicine is improved. Health If you lead a healthy lifestyle it can have a massive affect on your health. If you’re doing what’s needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle such as doing daily activites, eating healthier foods and drinking lots of water it can have a very positive affect on your whole body. Doing daily activites can benefit your health by strengthening your bones. If you go on running activites this can and has been proven to fight against the aging process and prevents muscle and bone loss that normally occur with age.
Not exercising can cause more serious issues then you think. Not only will you gain weight over time, but you have greater risk of diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer. For those who do exercise, they get the benefits that all could get. The benefits are the decreased blood pressure, live a longer life, have a better mood, less risk to obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. The reason why those who exercise live, because they are not getting fat over time as someone would be by just sitting at the couch all day.
Mike Mungin Leslie Hellstrom Introduction to Personal Wellness Concepts 10 December 2009 Personal Wellness and Its Impact on Overall Health Personal wellness is an important part of our every day life. Living day to day not knowing what may be ahead is something we all experience, but living day to day knowing you have done all you could to improve your personal health to the best of your ability, can lead you to a more active, productive and gratifying lifestyle. Having a solid social support network, managing your weight and eating habits, exercising regularly, using the mind-body connection for hardiness and reducing your stressors are areas that can help you improve controlling aspects of your overall health and wellness. As most of us know, being physically fit is not an easy task. The older we grow the more our body breaks down.
Marge's AGE levels are quite low. That means she's more likely to enjoy a long, healthy life, while looking and feeling a lot younger than she really is. Louie is younger, but the effects of aging are accelerated due to elevated AGE levels in his body. Marge, even though she's had more birthdays, is in much better shape because she takes care of herself. Her body is healthier and she has the AGE levels of someone nearly half her age.
Secondly, in this paragraph I will be talking about the physical needs and the intellectual needs for the elderly diet. I received some of my information from this website: www.cdc.gov . I learned that as an older adult, regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Doing physical activity can help prevent many of the health problems that seem to come with age. It can also help your muscles grow stronger so you can keep doing day to day activities without becoming dependent on others.
We have seen the toll that it takes of their lives. We are hoping that with this study we might be able to improve their quality of live by reducing the affects of hypertension through an enjoyable program. We want to create a program that can form a new active lifestyle for hypertensive people which will benefit them long after the study is completed. LITERATURE REVIEW In the American Journal of Hypertension a study was conducted to determine the relationship between different types of physical activity and cardiovascular risk among hypertensive subjects. They wanted to determine the correlation of daily work activities, regular exercising and regular physical leisure time activities can have a noticeable impact in reducing cardiovascular risk.
For thousands of American’s healthy eating habits is second nature. Many choose healthy foods to prevent disease, prevent obesity, and promote longevity. However, many Americans have formed poor eating habits early, and the rate of obesity, healthcare costs due to disease, and health complications continues to rise. Healthy eating provides a better quality life because healthy foods and nutrients have been proven to fight against disease and prevent obesity. The Obesity rate today among adults and adolescents versus 20 years ago is devastating.
2. LIVE LIFE, LEARN TO LOVE AND LEAVE A LEGACY First; an effective leader will live their lives to the fullest. For example, put God first, then family, and then their job. Structure is clearly defined and their life becomes meaningful. Live your life so that joy, peace, and the truly important things that your life has to offer are always there for you.