ACTIVE RECREATION (FITNESS)
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Fitness should always be taken into account if you are to perform them effectively and
efficiently.
An active lifestyle is increasingly linked to health benefits.
Being physically active can help you achieve a healthy weight and prevent excessive
weight gain.
Fitness walking - effective in promoting metabolic fitness and overall health
The risk of being obese and overweight will bring a lot of health problems to many
individuals.
Health Consequences of Excessive Body Weight
 high blood pressure
• type 2 diabetes
• congestive heart failure
• Obstructive sleep apnea and respiratory problems
• poor female reproductive health (menstrual irregularities)
• psychological disorders
• shortened life expectancy
decreased quality of life
• gallbladder diseases
• stroke
• gout
EATING DISORDERS - are illnesses that involve crucial disturbances in eating behaviors thought
to stem from some environmental pressures.
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Anorexia nervosa - an eating disorder characterized by self-imposed starvation to lose
and maintain very low body weight due to a false/distorted perception of being fat
Bulimia nervosa - an eating disorder characterized by a pattern of binge eating and
purging in an attempt to lose weight and/or maintain low body weight
Binge-eating disorder - an eating disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of
eating excessive amounts of food within a relatively short time
Emotional eating - the consumption of large quantities of food to suppress negative
emotions