importance of physical activity for children of grade 7th to grade 10th and with important key points necessary for them for they age this is a medical school presentation for children it physical activity comes under preventive medicine.

1. AL
ACTIVIT
Y
DONE BY
ROBIN
MATHEW
JOSHINA

2. WHAT IS PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY?
 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY simply means
movement of the body that results in the use of
energy.
 Walking, running, gardening, climbing the
stairs, playing soccer are all examples of being
physically active.
 It is important that everybody is physically
active to prevent obesity and many other
diseases and to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

3.  Most day to day activities can count as
physical activity.
 It is important to maintain a lifestyle with at
least moderate physical activity so that one
can stay healthy and fit.
 Health is a state of complete physical, mental,
emotional and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

5. Benefits of being Physically
Active
 Live Longer & Prevent many Chronic
 Diseases
 Raise Metabolism & Lose Weight more
 Easily
 Reduce Stress, Anxiety, Depression &
 Improve Mood
 Maintains Brain Function in Older
 Adults

6. Dietary Pattern
Obesity
a growing problem
Good
Nutrition
&
Healthy
Body
Weight
Heart
Diseas
es
Cance
r
Strengthen
s Muscles,
Bones &
Joints
Improves
Mood &
Energy
Level

7.  Control Your Weight
 Strengthen Your Bones and Muscles
 Improve Your Mental Health and
Mood
 Increase Your Chances of Living
Longer

8.  Physically Activity makes you stronger. It
helps build your body.
 It increases blood circulation to the brain,
thus making you sharper.
 The energy expenditure in physical activity
also helps in maintaining a proper sleep-
wake cycle as you will start sleeping early
and waking up early.

11. Moderate Intensity
 Walking briskly (3 miles per hour or faster, but
not race-walking)
 Water aerobics
 Bicycling slower than 10 miles per hour
 Tennis (doubles)
 Ballroom dancing
 General gardening

12. Vigorous Intensity
 Race walking, jogging, or running
 Swimming laps
 Tennis (singles)
 Aerobic dancing
 Bicycling 10 miles per hour or faster
 Jumping rope
 Heavy gardening (continuous digging or hoeing)
 Hiking uphill or with a heavy backpack

13.  Some of the diseases that can be prevented
by good physical activity and exercise are:
 Cardiovascular disease
 Diabetes
 Arthritis
 Some types of Cancers