Trevor Inman

English 111

Prof. Jessica Williams

November 2, 2023

Annotated Bibliography

Bonanni, Roberts, et al. “Physical Exercise and Health: A Focus on its Protective Role in

Neurodegenerative Diseases.” Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, vol.

7, no. 2, 2022, pp. 38.

The significance of this source is that exercise plays an important part in keeping us healthy and
it protects us against many diseases. Exercise can prevent and help keep us protected from many
diseases such as musculoskeletal, metabolic, cardiovascular, and even neurodegenerative
diseases. Exercise has been proven to help our brain health and it keeps learning and memory
processes in good condition. Neurotrophins support the structural and functional plasticity of the
brain and they also help with the growth and development of new neurons and synapses.
Exercise helps improve the production of these neurotrophins providing a defense against
age-related cognitive decline. Overall exercise is one of the most effective ways to counteract
nervous system disorders called neurodegenerative disease.

Carta, Mauro G., et al. “Active Elderly and health-can Moderate Exercise Improve Health and

Wellbeing in Older Adults? Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.” Trials, vol. 22,

no. 1, 2021, pp. 331.

The purpose of this article is to provide the benefits of exercise to older adults and how it
improves their health and life. Age causes chronic diseases to start affecting a person's life and
health, but physical activity and exercise can prove beneficial to these older adults. Exercise can
help stop the decline in health, and motor functions, and it can help prevent falls as well. This
study shows that exercise can indeed improve life even in older adults and seniors. Exercise can
keep older adults from declining and it can slow down the loss of their functions. Overall
exercise can help benefit anyone's life not just older adults and it is a great way to stay healthy
and prevent diseases.
Murphy, Marie H., et al. “The Effects of Continuous Compared to Accumulated Exercise on

Health: A Meta-Analytic Review.” Sports Medicine, vol. 49, no. 10, 2019, pp.

1585-1607.

The significance and purpose of this article are to discuss and compare continuous exercise and
accumulated exercise and to prove which one provides more benefits towards health. This article
is an experiment that shows whether or not continuous or accumulated exercise has more health
benefits in adults. They completed many tests and experiments and all of these studies show that
there is no difference between continuous and accumulated exercise. They both have the same
effects on fitness, blood pressure, lipids, insulin, and glucose. Even though there is no extremely
beneficial health difference between the two types of exercise, weight loss is proven to be
greater with an exercise split throughout the day.

Raine, Lauren B., et al. “Sympathetic Nervous System and Exercise Affects Cognition in Youth

(SNEACY): Study Protocol for a Randomized Crossover Trial.” Trials, vo. 22, no. 1, pp.

154.

The significance of this article is to show the effects of exercise on youth and children mainly on
their cognition functions. Most children today are extremely unfit and inactive and more than 50
percent of children are not meeting the goal of an hour of exercise a day. An inactive childhood
can result in many health problems throughout life such as dying earlier and chronic diseases.
Physical activity and exercise have many benefits for children during their childhoods, it helps
their brain function, cognition, and scholastic achievement. The study that this article discusses
called SNEACY will help us research and learn about how exercise really impacts the nervous
system and cognition in children and youth.

Thyfault, John P., and Bergouginan Audrey. “Exercise and Metabolic Health: Beyond Skeletal

Muscle.” Diabetologia, vol. 63, no. 8, 2020, pp. 1464-1474.

The purpose of this source is to show you that exercise not only helps you stay in shape but can
be a shield against metabolic diseases and can help treat them. Exercise can lower your risk of
metabolic complications with obesity, especially non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2
diabetes. It has been proven that exercise can combat and treat these metabolic diseases better
than some pharmaceutical drugs. Exercise helps the body with systematic metabolic health in
different tissues and organs such as the skeletal muscle, liver, adipose tissue, pancreas, and
endothelium and cardiovascular systems. These different tissues become adapted by exercise and
play a crucial role in preventing these metabolic diseases.