The world is changing with the advancement of technology. People in our society, including teenagers, adults, and elders addicted to computers, television, cell phones, videogames, and cars. This addiction is making them sedentary. Going back in history, the human body is made for hunting, farming, and household work but the advancement of technology is making us sedentary. The sedentary lifestyle is leading increase in chronic health conditions and higher all-cause mortality. Human body is reacting to this change in nature, by being less immune to numerous chronic health conditions.
Over the past several decades, numerous studies including observational and experimental, have examined and shown that physical activity significantly decreases morbidity and mortality. Moderate to vigorous physical activity helps in improving the cardiorespiratory fitness of a person which in turn helps in decreasing the risk of chronic health conditions including, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type-2 diabetes, and cancer. Also numerous studies have shown that, physical activity or cardiorespiratory fitness reduces morbidity and mortality independent of body weight. India, which is known as the capital of diabetes includes a large cohort of people with diabetes, having a normal BMI. Low physical activity or cardiorespiratory fitness could be the major reason for the cause diabetes in this cohort. Physical activity prevent weight gain or help in controlling weight by increasing the energy expenditure.
Although most studies have shown that physical activity prevent morbidity and mortality independent of weight, the range of benefits vary for among various groups stratified according to age, sex, race and BMI. Also, different dose of physical ...
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...en and elastin. Studies have shown that exercise prevents changes in collagen and elastin which leads to stiffness. Exercise also prevent accumulation of advanced glycation end-product which increases with age and is known to cause stiffness.
There is strong evidence that exercise result in collateral growths of artery in the cardiac muscles. The mechanism behind this is attributed to stem cells similar to angiogenesis. Population with atherosclerosis or other similar damages to the vessels can benefit from exercise as it lead to increase in collateral growths.
Last but not the least mechanism, which helps in prevention and cure of CVD, are microRNAs. Different microRNAs have different mechanism and consequences. MicroRNAs 21 leads to increase in fibrosis. MicroRNAs 29 helps in promoting angiogenesis. MicroRNAs 126 is involved in improving ventricular compliance.
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Kerr (2012) states that there are 3 main types of exercise which are aerobic, strength/resistance training and flexibility exercises. Aerobic exercises will help keep the heart, lungs and muscles healthy, and when paired with a healthy diet will aid in weight loss. Appropriate resistance training will help to improve strength, posture and balance as well as causing the participant’s body to look more toned. Also the build up of muscle will aid with weight loss as at rest muscle burns more calories than inactive tissue. These exercises should be done two or three times a week. Flexibility exercises are important because if a muscle isn’t stretched then overtime it will shorten and become less elastic. Therefore joint mobility will decrease and the likelihood of injuries to muscl...
Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death in the United States. It is responsible for one in four deaths every year, about 600,000 mortalities. This disease affects men and women, as well as every ethnic group. Coronary artery disease is the most common cardiovascular disease, representing approximately 400,000 deaths per year of the aforementioned 600,000 total deaths from cardiovascular diseases as a whole. In 2010 alone, coronary artery disease cost the United States $108.9 billion for health care services, medication, and lost productivity. These chilling statistics, published every year by the American Medical Association, demonstrate the immediate need for new and innovative ways to prevent, detect, and treat coronary heart disease. This paper will explore the molecular biology behind the disease while explaining the current treatments and prevention that are available today, why they work and what can be done to improve them.
Asare and Danquah and Graham brought up some interesting points concerning the relationship between sedentary behavior and mental health. Asare and Danquah discovered that technological advances have reduced the participation in physical activities. Most teens would rather use their computers or watch television than go outside or be active. Screen devices have become addictive but also are being used more often for schoolwork, as Graham states. The demanding lifestyle of today’s high school and college students is another cause for high sedentary behavior. Books and assignments have been put online, where students are reliant on computers to do their schoolwork. This also puts more pressure on the students, leaving them with little time to be
In combination all of these treatment options can be used to minimize death and risk from cardiovascular disease. In order to stop its rise, fundamental changes have to be made in the Western way of life, so that secondary prevention methods and surgeries do not become a necessity. There is a long road ahead, but it is a path that must be paved if any sweeping changes are to occur.
The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures are indicators used by more than 90% of national healthcare plans to assess quality of care on important health issues (National Committee for Quality Assurance [NCQA], 2016)). This paper will focus on the HEDIS measure of physical activity in older adults. This paper will assert the importance of physical activity to the national healthcare landscape, and will investigate the guidelines and research that influence this measure. Lastly, the significance and effectiveness of this measure in primary care will be discussed.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a group of disorders or diseases that involves the heart and blood vessels, or both. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death amongst individuals living the United States. Some diseases associated with CVD consist of: coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease and pulmonary embolism (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
...revention through awareness and education is achieved via the work of government initiatives such as the National Diabetes Services Scheme and health campaigns including Measure Up. The NDSS also works to improve the self-management of diabetes. Physiotherapists also have a role in the management of diabetes through implementing exercise programs. An evidence-based approach was used to create the proposed exercise program that aimed to manage the high blood glucose levels associated with insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes (Sigal et al., 2007). It utilized both aerobic and resistance training in accordance with current knowledge of the most effective dosages for the population group. Physiotherapists must work alongside other healthcare professionals such as dietitians and general practitioners to provide optimal support and management for patients with diabetes.
This descriptive epidemiological review article provides data on physical activity and exercise training in the United States. This analysis will identify the description of the health outcome on descriptive data terms of the article such as person, place, and time. First, the person's (test subjects) used are characterized according to the standard variables and demographics including age, gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and education. The article used participants ages 6 - +75 measuring their physical activity and exercise training based on their age.
“Television viewing is a major sedentary behavior and there is an increasing trend toward all types of sedentary behaviors...As the population ages, sedentary behaviors will become more prevalent, especially watching television, and this poses an additional burden on the increased health problems related to aging.”
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1996). Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
It is important to be physically active and have healthy nutritional choices because it helps with efficient circulation, your body's digestive system, and bodily strength. If individuals do not account for fitness and healthy lifestyle choices in their routine of daily life, there could be possible consequences that arise, such as the possibility of obesity or high blood pressure. Maintaining fitness, and fitness in general, is an vital part of achieving a healthy life. Although this is the case, over the years, society has manipulated it and caused people to believe that if they are not fit, then they are not
With technology becoming a bigger factor in everyday life, diseases and other health issues that used to be less prevalent are now becoming epidemics (Rowan). For example, obesity, which is a condition in which a person is very fat or overweight. Obesity is caused by not getting a proper diet and exercise. Technology is causing this to become an epidemic in children, because children need at least sixty minutes of physical exercise a day and when they are watching TV, on the computer, or playing video games, they are not physically active (Loop). Also, when children are less active and on electronics, they are more likely to eat food that is not healthy for them, such as high calorie junk foods (Martin).
"Physical Activity and Public Health." Scholar Commons of South Carolina. American Heart Association, 2007. Web. 03 Apr. 2014.
Technology has make our life more productive in many different ways. One of the greatest invention is Apple’s products. It leads an evolution of tablet devices. IPad or IPhone can act as a textbook, laptop, navigation, camera, notebook, gaming devices and more. It combines all the other devices into one which allows to manage our time effectively. “This is not a simple proposition, since our devices have become more closely coupled to our sense of our bodies and increasingly feel like extension of our minds” said Sherry Turkle. They are becoming part of ourselves. Perhaps some people are saying technology causes laziness because we are relying more on a devices instead of doing stuff by our self, but technology are intended to make our lives easier. We are still doing the same thing but in a more effectively way. Human race are moving on, we cannot stay in an era where people are still using paper map to find out the way, sending letter through the post office. If there is a natural selection in Human Evolution, there is also can be a natural selection in human’s behaviors, inefficient behaviors are being eliminating.