Introduction Weight gain and obesity has been a collective concern (Gruber,2008 ) within University Students due to the lack of encouragement and spur to do exercises. However, doing exercise has been a drift currently as heaps of cool fresh gadgets being innovated for exercising. In addition, the number of gyms in Hong Kong has likewise been growing progressively. These are all indications that exercising is vital in our society. Yet, people living in Hong Kong (Chen, 2004), specifically university students, fail to perform regular exercises. Adding to the point, Hong Kong is deficient in terms of parks and various other leisure activities settings due to its absence of large pieces of land, as Hong Kong itself is a trifling place. Although the government has lately been building vast parks like the West Kowloon Project, nevertheless the government isn’t putting enough footing in boosting its citizens to do more exercise. …show more content…
Moreover, the reason why students are impotent to perform regular exercises. As our target group was university students, henceforth Lingnan University students were directed to this study correspondingly. Results …show more content…
Moreover, Lingnan University can also decrease the number of lessons per week. By doing that, students can have more time and they will also not be lazy from university work. Hence, students can do more exercises or even do other leisure activities. Or at least Lingan University can add exercise as a must for every student, maybe the university can add new category called “Exercise Programme” in which the University would require students to do at least 5 hours of exercise per week and make it as a graduation requirement. In this way all students will do exercises only for the sake of graduating at
Obesity is a preventable medical condition, as a matter of fact, adults who are trying to avoid obesity can participate in a physical activity that involves movement for about 15-30 minutes a day that is all it takes. Physical activities is not only good for adults but for children as well. This essay is to inform adults about their health, the cause of obesity and how it can be prevented. According to, The Burden of Obesity in North Carolina", "no physical activity and unhealthy eating combined are the second leading preventable cause of death",(p.6). In order to avoid stroke, cancer, diabetes and obesity,none has to be physically active and change their eating habits, if they are eating unhealthy.
Young & Stewart (2006) also note that this population is among the least physically active subgroups in the United States. King, Castro,Wilcox, Eyler, Sallis & Brownson (2000) stated “prevalence of regular physical activity in this country is low among women, particularly those who are older and from ethnic minority groups.” If physical activity is not prevalent among this population than risks to chronic conditions can
Physical inactivity is a high risk factor for many chronic diseases. Yet, a large percentage of women of all ages remain less physically inactive in comparison to men. In addition to that, their ability and motivation to exercise decreases with age. In fact, many women reported other barriers related to gender, financial, and social support.
In the article Increasing Walking in College Students Using a Pedometer Intervention: Differences According to Body Mass Index by Erica M. Jackson , PhD; Amy Howton, MFA conducted a study to see if college student where to wear a pedometer for 12 weeks they will increase their physical activity depending where they were in Body Mass Index. The study takes place at public Southeastern University where 326 students enrolled in a health and fitness course and where willing to wear a pedometer five days a week for twelve weeks. The students involved raged in all different ages and ethnic and different body mass index. Some were underweight, normal weight and overweight.
Obesity has been a major problem in America for a long time every since junk food and fast food came into play. Now in America there is 78.6 million obese adults and counting (CDC). Obesity can lead to heart disease, stroke and even type 2 diabetes if worse enough. The estimated obesity medical bill was over 147 billion dollars in United States this shows that when you get obesity that is why you should stay active and eat more healthy foods. Obesity can be prevented by being active and getting enough exercise, eat healthy foods and try to stay away from junk food, finally reduce screen time and find other things to do than watching television.
The dominance of obesity has escalated over the past few decades. Now obesity is the most public health problem in the United States. More than one-third of adults over the age of 20 are overweight (Kirby, 2012). Kirby posted that “ Obesity and sedentary lifestyle are risk factors for a variety of chronic conditions and are leading causes of premature mortality and years of life lost” (p.3).
Many of what students learn in college become part of their core lifestyle choices later on in life. Many students do not take full advantage of their college 's resources when it comes to gaining more physical activity. With today 's new leading initiatives in physical
Besides a coach an athletic trainer is the right hand man to an athlete. As an athletic trainer there are many tasks that keep us going. One is the athletes themselves and all of the requests they come in and demand. From recovering from an injury to preventing a life long injury from reoccurring trainers are always on the move. Prioritizing, viewing a wide variety of injuries, and differing work fields are just a few of the benefits that you get when you are a trainer.
First, I will describe the relationship between exercise and academic performance. Many studies have been conducted to explore this relation, one being a University of Illinois study in which students age 9 to 10 were tested on their endurance by running on a treadmill. After
My persuasion will be about one simple question. WHY….. Why people avoid doing work out. Why? And why we should work out?
INTRODUCTION: Attention Step: According to the article “Exercise Makes You Younger,” “Research shows that physical inactivity can cause premature death as well as chronic disease and disability" (54). Establish Need/Relevance: Nowadays technology and busy work schedules have prevented many people from including exercise into their daily activities. Many people think that it is too time consuming and rather not work
2.1 Assessment What does physical activity mean to you? To me physical activity is doing anything that involves moving the body eg. walking, jumping ,playing sports. I feel that it is very important to be physically active as it helps with your health and stress levels,looks and many more benefits.
Most of the people in the gym had their headphones in and were inside of their own world, oblivious to what was going on in all of the surrounding areas. The majority of the conversations that were going on were most often strictly gym based questions. I heard a few questions that were not just gym based but for the most part I was hearing questions about the weight amounts people should use, or questions of people asking another person to put more weight onto their machines and such things. One specific conversation I heard was two guys talking about the pre-workout and post-workout they drink, the guys were discussing their favorites and why they were their favorites. My favorite part of the conversation was at the end when they both said they
According to the article How Physical Fitness May Promote School Success, children who take part in physical activity absorb and retain new information more effectively than other students who are out of shape. This suggests, that to help students do better in school and in the classroom, they should make physical education mandatory. With physical activity present in a young students daily routine, they tend to have better grades. The article Physical Education Should be a Mandatory Class all Four Years of High School informs the reader that, According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, physical education doesn’t just lower the risk of diseases later in life but also improves focus in the classroom. In other words, P.E doesn’t just lower the risk of obesity and heart failure, it helps students in the classroom which is an even better reason to keep it around because it has multiple
Stance: The Government should develop country parks for housing purpose After investigating on different advantages and disadvantages of the government developing country parks for housing purpose, with reference to the parameters based on the coverage and the effectiveness of the development, the Hong Kong Government should develop country parks for housing purposes. Those parameters should be considered as the development of country parks can benefit a large group of people and the effectiveness can be measured by the ease of development. Parameter 1: Effectiveness