wellness indicator activity

Review the dimensions of wellness indicators (table 1.1, pg 5) and determine your personal status for each dimension.

Identify what factors may affect your rating of the relative presence of each dimension (i.e., where you fall on the indicator continuum) and how these affect your current habits

C H A P T E R
1
Making Healthy Lifestyle
Choices:
Physical Activity & Nutrition
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Learning Outcomes – Chapter 1
• Explore the dimensions of wellness
• Compare the level of activity for individuals in
different age categories
• Define terms: health, wellness, & physical
activity, exercise, aerobic, muscular, flexibility,
and neuromotor exercise training
• Distinguish between physical activity versus
exercise or exercise training
• Discuss the impact of sleep and stress on health
Factors in Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Your Choices = Your Life
• Healthy choices are part of life
• How and why you choose certain lifestyles will
have an impact on your life
• You face healthy choices every day:
– Work
– School
– Home
– Eating at home or in restaurant
– Activity habit(s)
Dimensions of Wellness Indicators
Health Initiatives: 40+ Years Old
• Healthy People Initiative : Preventive strategies to improve health by
promoting healthier lifestyles
• Current HP 2020 – Health People 2020
[http://healthypeople.gov/2020/]
Physical Activity Recommendations
➢ US Surgeon General’s Report:
Physical Activity & Health, 1996
➢ A passport to good health for all Americans
Take-Home Message:
√ If you cannot find time for physical activity,
You WILL find time for disease!!
➢ Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (2008)
➢ Refer to pgs. 5&6
➢ Both of these documents are uploaded as
Supplemental Materials in Week 1 Blackboard
%’age of Americans Engaging in
Moderate Activity + Strength Training
& Those Inactive in Leisure Time
Physical Activity vs. Exercise
Physical
Activity
Activities of Daily Living
Household Chores
Gardening/Yardwork
Occupational Activity
Exercise
Fitness Training
Sport-Specific Training
Physical Activity – Defined:
• Physical Activity [PA]
– ANY bodily movement
– Energy expenditure
• Pedometers & motion detectors
• Calorimetry
• Leisure time questionnaires
– Classes of PA:
• Low < 150 mins/wk • Moderate =150 - 300 mins/wk • High > 300 mins/wk
WHAT’s the Difference:
Physical Activity versus Exercise [Training]
Physical Activity
Exercise [Training]
– spontaneous
– unplanned
– independent of
intensity
– energy
expenditure
– no specific
purpose
– structured
– planned
– dependent upon
intensity
– energy expenditure
– specific to improve
component(s) of
Physical Fitness
Fitness & Physical Activity:
Dose Response and Risk for CVD
Physical Activity & Fitness Terminology
• Exercise
• Physical Fitness
– Subclass of PA
– Calories expended
– Construct of exercise:
• Planned
• Structured
• Repetitive
movement
• Purposeful
• Maintain or
improve Physical
Fitness
– Set of attributes
possessed or
achieved to perform
physical activity;
– Comprised of:
• Skill-related
– Mostly related to
improving sport
or motor skills
performance
• Health-related
Health & Skill Related Fitness
Diet and Nutrition:
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015
%’age of Americans Classified as
Obese
Sleep & Stress:
A Sensitive Relationship
Vicious Cycle:
Sleep & Stress
Influence of Sleep Deprivation
Sleep Duration Recommendations
Across the Lifeway
EVERYONE Has Had This Stress??
Tools to Manage Stress