Cristine A.

Mendoza April 26, 2020

10- Mapaglingkod

Social support for youth physical activity

Good Day Everyone! My name is Cristine Mendoza, and before I start my speech I want to ask
you especially youths some questions. As youth how do we do our physical activity? Or what are
these physical activity that we do in our everyday life?, and how this activities makes us develop
in a positive way? Well, physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by
skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. Physical activity encompasses all activities, at
any intensity, performed during any time of day or night. It includes exercise and
incidental activity integrated into daily activity. To motivate you, here some quote” don’t look
for motivation. Find your why, then no excuses will come between you and your Goals”.
There has been some test done with a group of children who do after school physical activity and
their test scores before and after the testing and there was evidence to show that children who were
more active had higher test scores than sedentary children. Only one-third of youth worldwide are
estimated to be sufficiently physically active, whereas sedentary behavior has increased during the
last few decades; today, young people are spending 4–8 HR sedentary per day (Kantomaa, 2016 ).
Inactivity in adolescents can be harming their learning outcomes and task management. So why are
schools and parents not having their children be active if it promotes health and improves brain
activity. Regular physical activity can improve the health and quality of life of Americans of all
ages, regardless of the presence of a chronic disease or disability. Among children and adolescents,
physical activity can lower the risk of Improve cognitive skills, Improve ability to concentrate and
pay attention, Improve bone health and much more.  Physical health is largely determined by our
lifestyle and behavior. Social health this refers to our interactions with other people. Good social
health means we can socialize effectively with other people. Spiritual health relates to a sense of
meaning and purpose in our life. Levels of spiritual health can be influenced by an awareness
and understanding of ourselves. Mental health is the capacity to express our emotions, adapt to a
range of demands and to function properly. A breakdown in one of these aspects can affect
others in a negative way, but a positive impact can improve others. Engaging children and young
people in enjoyable and positive physical activity promotes a social structure needed for
development. In times where the obesity rate in our country is sky rocketing, it is important to
educate the youth of America on physical activity. Focusing effort on awareness and promotion
of exercise is important to the minds of these children. The benefits from weekly exercise is
tremendous.
in conclusion, physical activity is very important as it helps with teaching of healthy lifestyle,
keeps the body active and promotes long life.la of Physical activity too has its advantages as it
can promote various disease, lead to obesity and more susceptible to mental issues such as
depression and dementia. When relating to swimming specifically, Physical Activity can help
better with technique and necessary stretches and eating habits required to more develop on that
skill. Both physical and mental health benefits results from, such activity. Promoting a healthy
lifestyle during adolescence leads to increased self-esteem and confidence which carries over
into adulthood resulting in a happier more content life. Both physical and mental health benefits
results from such activity.
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