PIKO TILES
(A combination of Piko(Traditional Filipino Games) and Piano
Tiles(Mobile Games)
Introduction
The World Health Organization defined Physical Activity as
any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires
energy expenditure. The term “physical activity” should not be
mistaken with “exercise”. Exercise, is a subcategory of physical
activity that is planned, structured, repetitive, and aims to
improve or maintain one components of physical fitness. Beyond
exercise, any other physical activity that is done during leisure
time, for transport to get to and from places, or as part of a
person’s work, has a health benefit. Further, both moderate and
vigorous-intensity physical activity improve health.
There are four types of physical activity, such as; aerobic,
muscle- strengthening, bone-strengthening, and stretching.
Aerobic activity moves your large muscles, such as those in
your
arms
and
legs.
Running,
swimming,
walking,
bicycling,
dancing, and doing jumping jacks are examples of aerobic activity.
It is also called endurance activity.
Aerobic activity makes your heart beat faster than usual. You
also breathe harder during this type of activity. Overtime, regular
aerobic activity makes your heart and lungs stronger and able to
work better.
Muscle-strengthening activities improve the strength, power,
and endurance of your muscles. Doing push-ups and sit-ups, lifting
weights, climbing stairs, and digging in the garden are examples
of muscle-strengthening.
Bone-strengthening activities, your feet, legs, arms support
your body’s weight, and your muscles push against your bones. This
helps make your bones strong. Running, walking, jumping rope, and
lifting weights are examples of bone strengthening activities.
Stretching helps improve your flexibility and your ability to
fully move your joints. Touching your toes, doing side stretches,
and doing yoga exercises are examples of stretching.
The benefits that we will acquire in physical activity are,
it strengthens the heart, it helps keep arteries and veins clear,
it strengthens the lungs, it reduces blood sugar levels, it
controls weight, it strengthens bones, it helps prevent cancer, it
regulates
blood
pressure,
it
improves
energy
levels,
and
it
enhances emotional well-being.
World
Health
Organization(WHO)
recommends
children
and
adolescents aged 5-17 years should do at least 60 minutes of
moderate to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily. Adults
aged 18-64 years should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-
intensity physical activity throughout the week, or do at least 75
minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity throughout the
week, or an equivalent combination of moderate and vigorousintensity activity. Adults aged 65 years and above should do at
least
150
minutes
of
moderate-intensity
physical
activity
throughout the week, or at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity
physical
activity
throughout
the
week,
or
an
equivalent
combination of moderate and vigorous-intensity activity.
Regular
physical
activity
of
moderate-intensity
such
as
walking, cycling, or doing sports has significant benefits for
health. At all ages, the benefits of being physically active
outweigh
potential
harm,
for
example
through
accidents.
Some
physical activity is better than doing none. By becoming more
active throughout the day in relatively simple ways, people can
quite easily achieve the recommend activity levels. One of this is
engaging into Traditional games.
On the other hand, traditional Filipino games or called
indigenous games in the Philippines or Laro ng Lahi, are games
commonly played by children, usually using native materials or
instruments. In the Philippines, due to limited resources of toys
for Filipino children, they usually invent games without the need
of anything but players themselves. Their games’ complexity arises
from their flexibility to think and act.
Through
the
advancement
of
technology,
many
games
were
created and developed such as mobile games are the most popular
entertainments in modern societies and through this had affected
the lives of young generations. A mobile game is a game played on
a feature phone, smartphone or tablet, smartwatch, PDA, portable
media player or graphing calculator.
Mobile games target a variety of people in different ages.
The addiction to mobile games affects various dimensions of health
and increases physical problems, anxiety and depression, while
decreasing social functioning disorder.
I have come up with a game that combines the concept of
physical activity, traditional game and video game, through the
ranging population of physically inactive individuals.