Physical Activity and Your Health

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Physical Activity and Your Health

• Prepared by Sara Funke, HETC member, University
  of Kansas School of Nursing, Bachelors of Science
  in nursing student

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• Are you a couch potato?
• Do you need some motivation to get moving?
• Well get prepared...we are going to do just that

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Lack of Physical Activity can be damaging to your
health!

• Increases risk of
• Becoming overweight and staying overweight for
  life
• diseases such as diabetes
• heart problems
• cancer
• depression

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• Physical Activity can make you feel better!
• Improves strength, flexibility, and endurance
• Improves self-confidence and self-esteem
• Decreases stress

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Physical Activity can help you make friends

• Helps strengthen friendships through
  participation in group activities
• Involves you in activities that you would
  otherwise not participate
• Physical activity is more fun with two or more
  people

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Physical Activity can increase your opportunity
to succeed at sports

• Increases self-discipline
• Improves muscle development
• Provides confidence in self-accomplishment

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Physical Activity can make you smarter!

• Reduces negative attitudes towards school
• Physical activity improves brain function
• Reinforces knowledge from all areas of school
  studies
• Improves judgment used to make decisions

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Physical Activity Ideas

• Play catch
• Play Frisbee with a friend
• Play on a jungle gym
• Play volleyball
• Make snow angels in the winter
• Get in a snow ball fight
• Build an igloo, castle, or fort in the snow
• Join a dance class

• Build an obstacle course in the backyard
• Head to the pool with a friend
• Play street hockey
• Join a summer activity
• Sign up for a sport camp
• Go fly a kite
• Take your dog for a walk
• Roller-blade
• Bike to or around a park
• Join a martial arts class

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Dont play alone...get friends to join you!

• Play with kids in your neighborhood
• Sign up for an activity with a friend
• Compete in a friendly game of basketball, street
  hockey, or swimming pool games
• Set up weekend games with friends in your
  neighborhood

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Follow up your Physical Activity with a Healthy
meal

• These following food choices are good to eat
  during school lunch and at home
• Fruits apples, oranges, watermelon, grapes
• Vegetables carrots, broccoli, corn on the cob,
  baked potatoes
• Chicken, beef, or pork
• Bread sandwich bread, rolls, tortillas
• Very small amounts of sweets ice cream,
  chocolate, candy

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• Physical Activity You A HEALTHY LIFE

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So, get out there and be active...its an easy
way to be HEALTHY
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References

• Duluth School District. (2001). Benefits of
  Quality Physical Education. Retrieved from
  http//www.duluth.k12.mn.us/Phyed/Benefits20of20
  Quality20Physical20Education.htm on April 25,
  2004.
• Johnson County, Iowa Public Health. (April 25,
  2004). Ideas for Encouraging Kids to be Active.
  Retrieved from http//www.johnson-county.com/publi
  chealth/cardiovascular/activeKids.shtml on April
  25, 2004.
• National Association for Sport Physical
  Education. (n.d). Why Children Need Physical
  Activity. Retrieved from http//www.aahperd.org/n
  aspe/template.cfm?templatechildrenPe.html on
  April 25, 2004.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human
  Development. (February 10, 2003). Study Suggests
  Schools Lacking in Exercise Programs for
  Children. Retrieved from http//www.nichd.nih.gov
  /new/releases/exercise.cfm on April 25, 2004.
• The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent
  and Decrease Overweight and Obesity. (n.d.).
  Overweight in Children and Adolescents. Retrieved
  from http//www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/
  calltoaction/fact_adolescents.htm on April 25,
  2004.