Introduction
Scientific studies have revealed that people who are actively involved in physical exercise have lower chances of suffering from some of the common forms of physical limitations associated with lack of exercise. Physical exercise is a comprehensive intervention strategy that is aimed at minimizing functional limitations that result in diseases. Physical activity helps in fighting health problems such as obesity, kidney problems, coronary diseases, and many other chronic diseases. An individual’s lifestyle in terms of physical exercise defines some of the limitations he or she would face in life.
When a comprehensive physical exercise program is carried out for potential victims of functional limitations, the intervention plan may play a significant role in addressing this common health care concern. The main advantage of physical exercise is lowering the risk of suffering from diseases and regulating fat in the body. This paper will support the claim that regular exercise prolongs and improves the quality of human life.
How regular exercises prolongs and improves quality of life
Lowering the risk of suffering from diseases
Since one of the leading causes of colorectal cancer is the behavioral pattern that one assumes in his or her lifestyle, integration of an intervention plan such as physical exercise as part of comprehensive health care is necessary to reverse the trend. According to Reimers, Guido and Reimers (2012), who are lecturers at the Technische University of Dortmund, “physical activity reduces many major mortality risk factors including arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease, stroke, and cancer” (Reimers, Guido and Reimers 108). The authors argue that physical exercise is known to be one of the factors that may help in suppressing most of life style diseases.
For instance, since most of old people rarely engage in physical exercise, colorectal cancer is very common among the elderly. Therefore, behavioral factors can be addressed if the affected person is willing to embrace continuous physical exercise. Proposed and developed by Dr. Nola Pender, health promotion model is critical in facilitating achievement of high and desirable levels of well-being through physical exercise (Sweeting 38).
In relation to interventional plan for reducing colorectal cancer, the health promotion model comprises of regulated physical exercise to ensure that the activity of the body functions at optimal level. The underlying goals are assisting the patients change behavior through physical exercise as part for fighting colorectal cancer and offering alternatives which patients may exploit to pursue ideal health.
Regulation of fats in the body
Good physical exercise has the potential of regulating fats in the body, thus reducing instances of obesity. Obesity is a health concern which is characterized by excessive accumulation of body fat that negatively affects the health of a person. In the US, “a body mass index exceeding 30 kg/m2 is considered obese” (Sweeting 36). Obesity is considered as the key cause of other health disorders such as heart diseases, cancers and diabetes among others. In a research done by Schuna, Johnson, and Tudor-Locke (2013), it was established that cases of obesity have significantly increased. This is a health disorder that is caused by consumption of a high fat diet.
The authors noted that “adults reporting compliance with physical activity guidelines (≥ 150 minutes/week of MVPA) accumulated more objectively measured physical activity and similar amounts of sedentary time relative to those reporting not achieving guidelines” (Schuna, Johnson, and Tudor-Locke 415). Obesity arises when the weight of an individual increases to the point above a body mass index of approximately 28 (Pribis, Burtnack, McKenzie, and Thayer 1080).
When an individual consumes food that has a higher amount of fat, then he or she is likely to gain weight. Obesity does not arise from higher percentage of calories consumed from fat but to an increase in total calories related to the high caloric content of fat when compared to the other micronutrients. Obesity is considered as the key cause of other health disorders such as heart diseases, cancers and diabetes among others. Since physical exercise aids in burning the excess fats that are associated with obesity, it is has the potential of keeping the body healthy through balancing the amount of fat that is stored in the body.
According to Zaccagni, Barbieri, and Gualdi-Russ (2014), physical exercise is significant in balancing the body composition to ensure that excessive fats are eliminated from the body in a continuous process. In an experiment which was carried out among Italian university students, the authors established that physical exercise reduces case of obesity by 70% since it keeps the activities of the body at optimal performance level. In a rejoinder, Pribis, Burtnack, McKenzie, and Thayer (2010) observed in a similar experiment among college students that physical exercise is important in balancing the body mass index since elimination of excess fats translates into physical fitness. The authors established “a significant decline in the average fitness levels measured as an estimation of VO (2max) for male and female students” (Pribis, Burtnack, McKenzie, and Thayer 1081). This is an indication that lack of physical exercise among college students in a threat towards possibility of being obese.
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