Exercise-and Health

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Exercise-and Health

• The exertion of muscles and limbs for healths
  sake
• Concise Oxford Dictionary

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In the sweat of thy brow
shalt
thou eat
bread..
Genesis Ch.3 V19

Peter Sims

Professor of Public
Health Medicine

The School of
Medicine

University of Papua
New Guinea

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Mens sana in corpore sano(A healthy mind in a
healthy body) Juvenal

• Given the artificial and pressurized lifestyle of
  modern man and woman exercise for health needs to
  be Sufficient Regular Rewardin
  g Convenient

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Why exercise?

• Mental for Skill Relaxation Pleasure
• Systems Central Peripheral CNS Special senses

• Physical for Growth Fitness Prevention
• Systems Respiratory Cardiovascular Musculoskelet
  al

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A Linear Response Rate!
Ischaemic Heart disease
Men
Women
Level of activity
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What is fitness?
- how do we measure it
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Exercise for

• Pleasure well being.
• endorphins
• Prevention.Obesity,Vascular disease,
  osteoporosis
• RehabilitationCOAD, CVA, MI

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Rehabilitation-back to work

• Increase in exercise tolerance
• Progressive and appropriate
• Peer level performance
• Morale building

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Quantity versus Quality

• How much
• How often
• How intense

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Different patterns of exercise

• The athlete,training for competition
• The military training men for fighting-physical
  mental toughness,obedience and valour
• Everyday lifestyle rest recreation

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The Challenge

• Middle class joggers versus Working Class couch
  potatoes
• Working with the advertisers and opinion leaders
• Making positive choices easier
• Funpleasurefitnessslimness..health

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Variety in Exercise - choice

• Competition
• Team games
• Friends and family
• Hobbies
• Recreation
• Daily travel

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Opportunistic exercise

• Where to park and when to walk
• Using the stairs or the lift
• Doing it yourself-housework, gardening
• Getting a dog

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Community Provision

• Parks, gardens, playgrounds
• Swimming pools
• Cycle tracks
• Pedestrianised walkways
• Sport/leisure centres

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Exercise, fitness and health

• For everyone -young or old, man or woman, for the
  disabled as well as the ablebodied
• Regular - daily
• Opportunistic
• Enjoyable

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The Elixir of Life?

• Do today, what you did yesterday, so that you may
  do it tomorrow