The importance of encouraging a healthy lifestyle at the earliest age possible is so important in todays society. Teaching and promoting a daily dose of exercise and good nutrition should be held just as important as all other pieces of curriculum a child is taught. Children exhibit the different types of exercise components through play for example: Playing on the monkey bars (strength), Playing tiggy (endurance) and tying shoelaces (flexibility).
Through a good range of different games children already begin the stages of good fitness development and the benefits of a variety of different exercises are endless.
Some benefits a child gains from being active includes:
Through a good range of different games children already begin the stages of good fitness development and the benefits of a variety of different exercises are endless.
Some benefits a child gains from being active includes:
- Improving overall fitness
- improve skeletal and muscular development
- improve different developmental skills like fine motor skills, cognitive and locomotor skills
- Reduce the risk weight related illness
- Reduce the risk of child obesity
- Calms and releases built up energy
- Helps them learn
- Helps social development
- Gives confidence
- Constantly teaches new skills Overall out of all these benefits of exercise for children the most important is the element of fun. If we strive to develop a love of exercise from an early age we can set ourselves up for a healthier future.
Healthy Diet
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- _Good nutrition is vital in a childs development. Children should be provided with a healthy diet from an early age as children need important nutrients for proper growth and a good start in life.
There are a variety of benefits of a good diet including: - Good Growth and height development
- Disease prevention
- Increases immunity
- Important for mental focus and concentration at school
- Oral Health
- Bone health
- Good habits form leading into adulthood
Tips for healthy eating can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bd7H5Pe0PA
Cute cartoon on bad eating can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKj1xgWHZo&feature=related
Physiological Differences in Children Vs. Adults
There are many physiological differences between children and adults which dramatically changes the effects exercise has on their bodies. The physiological differences include
Skin
Thermoregulation
Heart Rate
Blood Pressure
Respiratory system
There are many other physiological differences that affect exercise including their musculoskeletal structure, energy systems, anearobic and aerobic capacity.
This medical report provides a indepth analysis of the differences and can be found here:
http://www.emsworld.com/article/10322897/beyond-the-basics-pediatric-assessment
Skin
Thermoregulation
Heart Rate
Blood Pressure
Respiratory system
There are many other physiological differences that affect exercise including their musculoskeletal structure, energy systems, anearobic and aerobic capacity.
This medical report provides a indepth analysis of the differences and can be found here:
http://www.emsworld.com/article/10322897/beyond-the-basics-pediatric-assessment