sedentry lifestyle

A sedentary lifestyle is a mode of living in which a person, an adult or child, does not engage in sufficient physical activity or exercise for what is generally considered healthy living. The term is often used to describe a lifestyle among many people in highly developed countries that does not afford them opportunities for physical activity. This type of living has been heavily influenced by the propagation of passive forms of entertainment, such as television, video games, and computer use.
Sedntary lifestyle have indicated a variety of negative impacts on a person’s life . Most common among them is increased weight gain and obesity . Lack of exercise can also have a negative impact on a person’s immune system, which can create the possibility for even more negative health consequences.
Children should have at least thirty minutes per day of exercise outside of school time Television, computers, and video games consume more and more of outside playtime. Watching television is more strongly associated with obesity than other sedentary behaviors. This is because (1) watching television reduces energy expenditure by limiting time that children spend doing physical activities, (2) watching television leads to increased energy intake because it tends to lead to snacking – especially with the inundation of junk food enticements, and (3) watching television has even less energy expenditure associated with it than other sedentary behaviors such as reading and writing.
In order to live, we must eat. Somewhere in our history, we stopped eating to live and started living to eat. This obsession with food has led to not only obesity in adults, but a rising obesity in children. This has lead to poor eating habits for children.Children have access to all types of food. There are snack vending machines, soda machines, and fast food restaurant counters in school cafeterias. At one time, kids took their lunches to school, but now most kids buy their lunch. It’s fast and easy, and they can eat virtually anything they want. The majority of food in malls is non-nutritious such as burgers, fries and soda.
But it’s not just about what we eat – in fact, it’s more about what we drink. Drinking one soda per day increases the childhood obesity risk by sixty percent! Kids usually come home from school and are looking for a snack. They just naturally reach for whatever is available to snack on. While doing homework or watching TV, they mindlessly overeat, consuming a lot of calories in a short period of time. Maybe even skipping supper because they have filled up on high sugar snacks. Changing eating habits requires changing how you look at food. To save yourselves from the dangers of obesity, don’t go for convenience; make time to eat the right foods. Purchase and prepare healthy snacks. Cut up an apple with a little peanut butter. Have bananas onhand for a quick snack. Have healthy snacks available for those times when we all naturally snack. Get rid of high sugar content foods. A high sugar diet is a high fat diet and the main cause of obesity in children.
After a long day at school, many children may not want to participate in after-school activities because they feel tired. But in the "couch-potato" era, where both children and adults spend hours and hours each day in front of the television or computers, exercise is a must. Children to take time from their busy schedule to run outside with friends or play an unorganized sport -- which can help to develop coordination and creativity while also helping to develop the muscle groups. Running and tumbling on a soft surface such as grass or a mat are great activities for young children. Climbing trees or monkey bars is also good exercise.
When children are young, it is an excellent time for them to become active and exposed to as many different activities as possible. The more fun exercise is for the child, the better the activity. It is especially wise to expose children to activities where they will have fun playing with other children. Exposing children to many different activities during school can help them grow into healthy, active adults. We children are the future—and understanding our natural yearning for physical activity will help us to lead a lifetime of happy and healthy living. If we joyfully learn how to include healthy exercise from the early stages of our development, we will be have a healthy and safe adulthood and living.
Among the many benefits are physical fitness, confidence and stronger self-esteem, more energy, better memory, and simply a good feeling about ourselves—and they are easy to achieve.
Exercise Improves Physical Health
Long-term health benefits of exercise are:
• A stronger immune system! The body’s ability to fight disease is improved. Children are less prone to colds, allergies, and diseases, including cancer.
• A reduction of type 2 diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity and improving carbohydrate metabolism.
• A lower blood pressure and an improvement of the child’s cholesterol profile.
• A strengthening of the entire cardiovascular system, including the heart and lungs.
• Children are less likely to become overweight and will have better control of their body fat.
• Children develop stronger bone structure and muscle structure.
• Exercise increases the blood flow to all body tissues, including the brain. Greater blood flow transports more oxygen and nutrients to the body’s cells.
• Increased blood flow promotes the body’s transportation of the byproducts of metabolism and toxins back from the cells for elimination, recycling, or further use elsewhere. Children who exercise feel fitter and more energized because of their body’s ability to detoxify.
• Active children breathe better and sweat more. Breathing and sweating are great ways to detoxify the body and help it keep itself “clean.”
• Children increase their over-all fitness through exercise(1).
• Exercise enhances the brain’s metabolism. Studies show that active children have improved memory as a result of better brain function.
• Active children have the ability to concentrate much better, even at the end of a long school day.
• Studies report that exercise decreases anxiety, reduces depression, and improves mood and outlook in children. In addition, their quality of sleep is improved.
Perhaps most importantly, physical activity develops children’s self-esteem and confidence. Their ability to overcome challenging situations improves and they simply enjoy a better, sunnier outlook on life. In addition, children can develop further social skills such as leadership and empathy.