NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Muscle Tone, Breast Cancer, Tai Chi
11 Apr 2016
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Nutrition and physical activity: friday april 1st, 2016. Physical activity decreases risk for many chronic conditions. Improves stress, anxiety, can promote better mental health. Helps maintain mom"s fitness, muscle tone, helps control weight gain. Only 22% of canadian adults are physically active. Only 21-40% of canadian kids get the proper amount of physical activity. These activities have the greatest effect on your cardiovascular health. Activities that make you breath harder and your heart beat faster. Do at least 10 minutes in one session. Exercises to improve strength, improve muscle and bone health. Doing strength exercises 2 days per week is recommended. Includes weight training, but yoga, pilates, push-ups, etc. also help build strength. People stick to a physical activity program when. They start slowly and work their way up. They have a variety of activities they enjoy. Longer, frequent and intense activities require more energy. Males generally need more because of body size.
