1.1 Physical Activity

• Physical Activity; refers to any body movement that occurs by contraction of skeletal muscles and that produces substantial increases in the body's energy consumption relative to being at rest.
• Different Types of Physical Activities:

  1. Everyday Physical Activities
  2. Recreational Physical Activities
  3. Sports and Exercise
• Physical Activity Pyramid; a visual guide that helps people to know what daily activities and sports they can do to have a healthy lifestyle, what activities to do on a daily basis, and which can have a weekly or less frequency.
• Park Nicollet Medical Foundation; an American Foundation in defense of a healthier life, they created the Physical Activity Pyramid
• Physical Activity Pyramid (Top to Bottom):

  • Sedentary Lifestyle: Cut Down
  • Strength and Flexibility: 2-3 Times a Week
  • Aerobic Exercise and Recreational Activities: 3-5 Times a Week
  • Lifestyle Physical Activity: Everyday
• Benefits of Physical Activity:

  • it allows them to keep weight under control
  • it manages to significantly improve what is the skeletal and muscular system of the child
  • it is achieved that the little one improves aspects such as coordination, strength, flexibility, and balance
  • it is also a way that children who do not know how to control their energy can have it "regulated"
  • it also teaches you a healthy habit that will be great for your entire life