Sedentary lifestyle is considered one of the main diseases of the 21st century, along with depression and stress that affect many people today, being alarming data. According to WHO, the disease affects at least 1/3 of the adult population. March 10 is considered the National Day for Combating Sedentarism. Let's get to know a little more about sedentary lifestyle and its risks to our health?
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A sedentary lifestyle is known as the father of all evils, physical inactivity or its decrease causes several health problems. diseases considered non-communicable, which lead to obesity, diabetes and heart disease, that is, the person who does not perform activities daily physical activities, or even some days of the week, for just 30 minutes, such as aerobic activities, walking, running, cycling, are considered sedentary.
An interesting factor is that a long time ago, in the times of the caves, the men who lived there needed to be move to hunt their food, hunting and survival activities, the evolution of the species did not predict the sedentary man in the current days. Today we experience times of self-indulgence, modern man experiences a scenario of running, stress, he ends up leaving aside physical exercise, especially at work, where many perform various types of activities sitting, always drive, leaving little time to exercise, in the 20th century, only 10% of the population worked this way. manner.
Today, the picture has reversed only 10% of professions that make people move, the rest, that is, 90% per cent work sitting down. The body was designed to perform physical exercises and not just carry out mechanical and repetitive activities, with this, it causes serious problems such as cardiovascular disease, diseases dermatological, compromise the quality of life, fatigue, daily malaise, the body becomes a burden, loss of libido, bad mood, hormonal imbalance, muscle atrophy, accumulation of fat, and more serious cases can lead to death, reaching 14% of the cases of death in Brazil already registered, the man is getting sick and the social part aggravated by the fact of the great development technological.
According to WHO, people with caloric expenditure of 2.2 kcal per week, may present a situation of sedentary lifestyle. Men are considered more sedentary than women, as in some realities they have a double shift.
Only 16.4 percent of the general population is considered active, that is, it is a very small number compared to the level of population present in Brazil.
Research shows that mainly women with low education or even children of parents with lower education, are present in the factors of sedentary lifestyle, talking about a sedentary lifestyle is talking about society.
Most women in their daily lives have a double shift of work, such as taking care of the house and children, and also working outside, leaving no time for physical activities, this scenario is very common on days current.
Many Brazilians do not have physical or social conditions to practice physical activities on a daily basis, either because of the location in which they are located, or because of the lack of food that enables energy necessary to perform movements, or even illnesses that affect some part of the person's body, the emotional, such as depression, which makes the person not have the slightest desire to get up from the bed.
These cases must be analyzed and treated seriously and especially without judgment, so that there are possibilities for greater attention and commitment in relation to these realities, seeking a better condition of life and especially of health.
As much as Brazil has a scenario of worrying risks, the United States and Russia are shooting ahead when it comes to a sedentary lifestyle.
The good thing is that researches show that we Brazilians managed to reverse this situation with a lot of willpower, changing the tendency of the onset of diseases caused by sedentary lifestyles. The main idea is to build daily physical exercise, getting the body used to the routine, with an adapted body, it becomes more difficult to interrupt the process.
Exercise is most often used to prevent or treat illnesses, and surely you want to use it to prevent them, don't you? Exercise is a great ally for the mind, emotional, spiritual, in other words, for the whole body.
The issue of time is still a justification and even a problem that is very present in most people who do not exercise, the best option is to look for ways for at least the Brazilian population to take 20 minutes out of the day to practice some kind of alternative physical activity, like:
We know that in modern times children are increasingly disconnected from activities and games that involve movements and the work of the mind and increasingly connected to technology, and the food factor is even more aggravating, children and adolescents are increasingly eating bad.
It is important that parents are aware of this scenario and guide the consumption of healthier foods and the practice of physical exercise
At school, it is extremely important to include physical activities in the daily lives of children and adolescents, especially children who are in the development stage and need to expend this energy, between 4 and 8 years old. deity.
The school can promote activities that involve the body and mind and the union of children, these activities in addition to being a great ally to health prove a satisfactory performance in learning the same. The movements can involve stretching, playing with ropes, cones, hula hoops, ball. Who doesn't remember the famous fire? It is necessary to take at least half an hour out of the day to enable the activities and improve the students' tension level, especially on exam days, working on the issue of patience. You saw how physical exercise is a great companion at all times, don't forget to do it!!!
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