Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Physical Activity
Improving your health through increasing the amount of physical activity that you do each day is easier than you think. You will gain significant health benefits just by adding small amounts of physical activity to your daily routine. Your benefits will increase as you add more physical activity into your day. The best news of all is that physical activity does not have to be very hard to improve your health and that no matter what age you are, young or old, you will benefit from becoming more active.
Why physical activity is important for you?
Physical Effects
• Can help to prevent and lower high blood pressure
• Can help to reduce the risk of developing heart disease and having a
stroke
• Can help to reduce the risk of developing diabetes and help in its control
for those people who have diabetes
• Can help to lose weight and help in the maintenance of a healthy weight
• Can lower the risk of osteoporosis
• Can help improve posture, flexibility and balance
• Can help to improve cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength
• Can help to improve your 'good' cholesterol levels
Emotional Effects • Can help to relieve stress
• Can help you to relax
• Can help to improve your mood, self-esteem and confidence
• Can help you to meet new friends
• Can help you to have FUN
How much do I need to do?
The recommended guidelines for physical activity and health are:
Children: should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate activity on 5 or more days per week.
Adults and Older People: to remain healthy it is recommended that a person accumulates up to 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on 5 or more days per week.
To help with losing weight and to prevent overweight and obesity it may be necessary for a person to accumulate between 45-60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on 5 or more days per week.
For those who have lost weight, it may be necessary for a person to accumulate between 60-90 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on 5 or more days per week to avoid regaining weight
Moderate Intensity: activity means that when you are active you are beginning to breathe more heavily than normal, feel warmer and your heart rate goes up. You can be moderately active doing a range of activities. Biking, swimming, gardening, dancing, housework and brisk walking are just some examples.
Accumulate: physical activity does not need to be very hard to improve your health and the target times of 30 – 60 minutes can be reached by building physical activities into your daily routine in small periods of at least 10 to 15 minutes each throughout the day. As you become
fitter you can build up these small periods of time so that you are
Where can I get further information and advice around Physical Activity?
NHS Choices – www.nhs.uk/livewell
Change4Life – www.nhs.uk/Change4Life
Cheshire & Warrington Sports Partnership - www.getactiveincheshire-warrington.org
www.leisureandplay.blogspot.com
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Why physical activity is important for you?
Physical Effects
• Can help to prevent and lower high blood pressure
• Can help to reduce the risk of developing heart disease and having a
stroke
• Can help to reduce the risk of developing diabetes and help in its control
for those people who have diabetes
• Can help to lose weight and help in the maintenance of a healthy weight
• Can lower the risk of osteoporosis
• Can help improve posture, flexibility and balance
• Can help to improve cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength
• Can help to improve your 'good' cholesterol levels
Emotional Effects • Can help to relieve stress
• Can help you to relax
• Can help to improve your mood, self-esteem and confidence
• Can help you to meet new friends
• Can help you to have FUN
How much do I need to do?
The recommended guidelines for physical activity and health are:
Children: should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate activity on 5 or more days per week.
Adults and Older People: to remain healthy it is recommended that a person accumulates up to 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on 5 or more days per week.
To help with losing weight and to prevent overweight and obesity it may be necessary for a person to accumulate between 45-60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on 5 or more days per week.
For those who have lost weight, it may be necessary for a person to accumulate between 60-90 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on 5 or more days per week to avoid regaining weight
Moderate Intensity: activity means that when you are active you are beginning to breathe more heavily than normal, feel warmer and your heart rate goes up. You can be moderately active doing a range of activities. Biking, swimming, gardening, dancing, housework and brisk walking are just some examples.
Accumulate: physical activity does not need to be very hard to improve your health and the target times of 30 – 60 minutes can be reached by building physical activities into your daily routine in small periods of at least 10 to 15 minutes each throughout the day. As you become
fitter you can build up these small periods of time so that you are
Where can I get further information and advice around Physical Activity?
NHS Choices – www.nhs.uk/livewell
Change4Life – www.nhs.uk/Change4Life
Cheshire & Warrington Sports Partnership - www.getactiveincheshire-warrington.org
www.leisureandplay.blogspot.com
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