Mapeh Unit 4 (Active Recreation)

• Sedentary Lifestyle is a mode of living in which a person, an adult or child, does not engage in or has insufficient physical activity or exercise as opposed to healthy living.
• Sitting Disease has been coined by the scientific community and is commonly used when referring to metabolic syndrome or ill effects of an overly sedentary lifestyle
• Health Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle are Increased Weight, Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Certain Types Of Cancer
• Cause of Sedentary Lifestyle is Passive Forms of Entertainment
• HELP Philosophy is a constant reminder for you to move forward and be active
• HELP means Health, Everyone, Lifetime, and Personal
• Health is who believe in the benefits of healthy lifestyle are more likely to engage in healthy behavior
• Everyone can have a healthy lifestyle
• Lifetime is when longer healthy lifestyles are practiced, the greater this lifelong benefits
• Personal is when no two people are exactly the same. Your personal needs are the basis of your lifestyle change
• Recreation is when your body becomes either physically active or less physically active (passive) which will require you to burn extra calories. Activities that you participate in voluntarily during your free time.
• Kinds of Active Recreation are Indoor Recreational Activities and Outdoor Recreational Activities
• Indoor Recreational Activities are done within the premises of your comfort zone, at home, or in a building
• Outdoor Recreational Activities are done in a natural or open space outside the confines of a buildings, usually large land area that is close to nature.