Physical Activity: The Biggest Cog in the Wellness Wheel

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Physical Activity The Biggest Cog in the
Wellness Wheel

• Cara L. Sidman, Ph.D.

Department of Kinesiology
James Madison University
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American philosopher psychologist 1908-1970
Abraham Maslow   If you plan on being
anything less than you are capable of being, you
will probably be unhappy all the days of your
life.What is necessary to change a person is
to change his/her awareness of him/herself.
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Overview

• Introduction to wellness
• Understanding behavior
• Physical activity adherence
• Female roles
• Summary

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What is Wellness?
Wellness is a choice a decision you make to
move toward optimal health
Wellness is the loving acceptance of yourself
Wellness is a way of life a lifestyle you
design to achieve your highest potential for
wellbeing
Wellness is a process a developing awareness
that there is no end point, but that health and
happiness are possible in each moment, here and
now
Wellness is a balanced channeling of energy-
energy received from the environment, transformed
within you, and returned to affect the world
around you
Wellness is a product the positive component of
health
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• Halbert Dunns High Level Wellness
• an integrated method of functioning which is
  oriented toward maximizing the potential of which
  the individual is capable of functioning within
  the environment.
• 3 components

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Dimensions of Wellness
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Factors Influencing Health, Wellness, Physical
Fitness
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Illness/Wellness Continuum
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Iceberg Model of Wellness
State of Health
Lifestyle/Behavioral Level
Cultural/Psychological/Motivational Level
Spiritual/Being/Meaning Realm
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PA Adherence

• Not consistently defined
• Drop-out (consecutive absences)
• Attendance (exercise sessions)
• Proportion of weeks goal was met
• 50 drop out rate within first 6 months

why?
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Factors Influencing PA Adherence

• Frequency, duration, mode, intensity, setting of
  PA
• Social Support
• Self-efficacy
• Major life events
• Individual program tailoring
• Environment

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Obesogenic Environments

• sum of influences that the surroundings,
  opportunities, or conditions of life have on
  promoting obesity in individuals or populations
• Broader than just the physical environment
• Costs
• Laws policies
• Social cultural attitudes
• Values

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Environmental Change

• make healthy choices the easy choices
• Environmental efforts first
• Combine with education

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Adherers Non-adherers
SELF-WORTH
NO SELF-WORTH

• Negative self-talk
• Self-doubt
• Insecurities
• Worry about others perceptions
• Fear of failure
• Low body image

• Positive self-talk
• Feel good about self
• Make health and QOL a priority
• High self-efficacy

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Female Roles

• Innate nurturing quality
• Quote from Whites qualitative research
• we go and do for our husbands and children and
  friends and other people, and we are the last
  person we take care of. Then we run out of time,
  and the next day, we start over and do for all
  those people again

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Female Roles

• Responsibilities
• Church
• Family
• Work

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Take Home Message

• Balance all the dimensions of wellness to keep
  the wheel moving!
• Individual responsibility supportive
  environment SUCCESS!
• BE POSITIVE TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELFYOU ARE
  WORTH IT!

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questions?
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is
what keeps you going.

• comments?

• thank you!

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Selected References

• Egger, G. Swinburn, B. (1997). An ecological
  approach to the obesity pandemic. British Medical
  Journal, 315, 477-480.
• Sidman, C.L., Corbin, C.B., Rhea, M. (2003). An
  examination of the 10,000-step goal in sedentary
  women with different baseline step counts. Women
  in Sports Physical Activity Journal, 12(2),
  111-126.
• Travis, J.W. Ryan, R.S. (2004). The Wellness
  Workbook Celestial Arts, Berkeley.
• White, J.L. (2004). Qualitative perspectives on
  adherence to physical activity in previously
  sedentary versus sedentary women. Dissertation,
  University of Utah.