Algemeen

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Illness / Wellness continuum
TOTAL WELLNESS CONTINUUM
HIGH-LEVEL WELLNESS
Growth
Education
Awareness
Signs
Symptoms
PREMATURE DEATH
Illness
SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
TREATMENT
Neutral point (No obvious illness or wellness)
Uit Robbins et al., 1991
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Components of Fitness
Cardiovascular stamina Constitution
Muscular stamina Flexibility Muscular
strength
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• Exercise is medicine

Helps prevent
Helps treat
RECOMMENDED AGES (yrs)
0 20 40 60
80
Coronary heart disease Depression
Hypertension Obesity
Osteoporosis Stroke Diabetes
(Type I) Diabetes (Type II) Breast,
cervical, ovarian cancer Back Pain
Colon Cancer Congestive heart
failure Rheumatoid Arthritis
(Booth and Tseng. Med Sci Sports Ex, 1995)
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• Exercise a Wonder Cure!

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Benefits of exercise

• 1. Mental wellness

? Vitality improves ? Self-esteem
improves ? Stress resistance is
enhanced ? Concentration improves ? Memory
improves ? Ability to distinguish ? Anxiety
levels are lowered ? Depression is
reduced ? Despondency is reduced ? Emotional
wellness improves ? Social wellness improves
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• 2.Prevention and treatment of organic disorders

? Neurological disorders ? Stroke ? Systemic
sclerosis ? Attention deficiency syndrome ?
Parkinsonism ? Cardiovascular diseases ?
Prevention of arteriosclerosis ?
Hypertension ? Functional reserve of heart
improves ? Respiratory diseases ? Asthma ?
Chronic obstructive airway disease
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• Disordes of the digestive tract
• Constipation
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Endocrinological disorders
• Diabetes Types I and II
• Obesity
• Musculoskeletal diseases
• Osteoarthrosis.
• Rheumatoid arthritis.
• Back pathology.
• Fibromyalgia.
• Muscular dystrophy
• 3. Intellectual functioning
• Concentration
• Memory
• Ability to distinguish improves

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• Exercise through correspondence?