Physical Activity and Health: Preventing Heart Disorders

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Physical activity is effective in the prevention or improvement of health related
condition
Health conditions are getting worse day by day in North America. From the research it was
found that heart related diseases are increasing among the people of North America. It is
observed according to the American heart association that 99 million people above the age 20
have the issue of high cholesterol (Johns, Langley & Lewis, 2017). The increase of
cholesterol in body causes major risk for heart attacks and strokes. Research says that these
conditions can be improved by staying physically active and practising such activities daily.
Physical activities prevent certain diseases like heart disorders, depression and many more. In
this essay the health condition that will be considered are heart disorders. To control the level
of elevated cholesterol in the body, rich nutrition diet should be followed to avoid the chances
of calories (Reis, et. al, 2016).
In North America the heart diseases have increased due to the modern lifestyle in which
people eat unhealthy food and are less active (Malik, Blake & Suggs, 2014). The outcome of
this is getting overweight or obese. This causes many health consequences and increases the
risk of heart diseases (Robinson, Webster, Palmer & Persad, 2018).
Heart diseases also affect the body of an individual (Johns, Langley & Lewis, 2017). The
cardiovascular disease causes plaques in the blood vessels or heart. These blockages in the
blood vessels make the transmission of blood to various parts difficult Thus this blockage can
lead to heart attacks and can cause death (Poitras, Get. al, 2016). It is observed that the heart
disorder also causes fatigue, weakness, chest pain and short of breath disorder. Heart diseases
have long term affect on the body as it causes change in skin colour by making it pale (Reis,
et. al, 2016). It also causes swelling in legs and dark areas around the eyes. These issues can
be reduced by daily exercising or breathing activities (Poitras, Get. al, 2016).

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The risk factors that are associated with heart diseases are high blood pressure, high blood
cholesterol, and diabetes, smoking habits, being overweight or obese, being physically
inactive, and having a family history of early heart disease or unhealthy diet (Robinson,
Webster, Palmer & Persad, 2018). These factors increase the chances of heart disease. Thus,
these risk factors can still be controlled or reduced by changing the lifestyle. The controllable
risk factors are stop smoking and taking part in physical activities regularly. Making change
in lifestyle is a proven method to prevent heart diseases. Healthy lifestyle will improve the
health conditions in one or the other way. Thus, some of the changes that can be made in
lifestyle are quit smoking and improve the cholesterol level (Hopkinsmedicine, 2017).
Regular exercises help in controlling the cholesterol and blood pressure. It is said that an
individual who don't exercise have higher rates of death and heart diseases as compared with
those who participate in moderate extent of physical activity. Heart disease can be eliminated
by spending more amount of time in leisure activities so that chances of having heart disease
reduce. It is suggested that an individual should exercise 30 minutes every day to remain fit
and maintain all the parameters (Hopkinsmedicine, 2017).
Physical activities are beneficial in many ways as it reduces the risk of heart attacks, manages
the weight so that issues of overweight and obesity is eliminated. Physical activities help in
managing the blood cholesterol level of a person. It is found that it not only prevents heart
illness but lower the risk of diabetes and cancer. Physical activities build up stronger bones
and boost up the power by making them active. From number of studies it was found that
heart disorders occur due to stress and depression (Hills, Dengel & Lubans, 2015). Thus,
physical activities help in overcoming the issue of depression and stress. Physical activity
eliminates the risk for cardiovascular disease and improves the health status of an individual.
Some of the benefits of physical activities that improve the health conditions are discussed
below. It helps in balancing the heart rate and blood pressure by reducing the chances of