Does doing housework help you keep fit?
HOUSEWORK=EXERCISE???
Which burns more calories?
More effective?
More effective?
 Doing housework
 Exercising vigorously
If we are active . . .
Ways to keep active:
List your favorite
activities.
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 Studies show that burning
calories is not limited
walking, running, lifting
weights, and other activities.
 We can burn some calories as
well by doing housework . . .
. . . . .or can we? Let’s read
and find out!
Healthy Housework?
To vacuum or not to
vacuum
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A new study suggests housework is not the quality
form of exercise many people consider it to be. The
report even went as far as saying that those who did
the most housework were usually those most
overweight. The study is called, "Does doing
housework keep you healthy? The contribution of
domestic physical activity to meeting current
recommendations for health". It questions whether
physical activities such as do-it-yourself, gardening
and housework are such good exercise. It
acknowledges that any activity is better than none,
but says, "there is a danger that those undertaking
domestic 'chores' may assume that this activity is
moderate intensity" and wrongly count it as proper
exercise.
Read
more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/1
31021-housework.html
Research findings
Studies show . . .
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A total of 4,563 adults participated in the survey,
which was based on participants' weekly physical
activity. The analysis from this research showed
that people who included housework as part of
their weekly exercise tended to be heavier.
Research leader professor Marie Murphy said:
"Housework is physical activity and any physical
activity should theoretically increase the amount of
calories [burnt]. But we found that housework was
inversely related to leanness, which suggests that
either people are overestimating the amount of
moderate intensity physical activity they do
through housework, or are eating too much to
compensate for the amount of activity undertaken."
Read
more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/1
31021-housework.html
Keeping clean, keeping fit???
Good habits
 "At an individual level there may
be a tendency to overestimate
the level of 'good behavior' we're
doing and this is reflected when
people use food diaries,
pedometers or apps to measure
more objectively what they have
achieved,” Kevin Fenton, the
director of health and wellbeing
at Public Health England,
told The Guardian. “This study
may reflect this.”
How much exercise is needed?
What is your perception
of the figures in this
chart?
Where would doing
housework fall on this
chart?
Keeping clean and keeping lean
Will mopping make us
lean?
 "Domestic physical
activity accounts for a significant
proportion of self-reported daily
moderate to vigorous physical
activity particularly among females
and older adults,” the authors of the
study wrote. "However such activity
is negatively associated with
leanness, suggesting that such
activity may not be sufficient to
provide all of the benefits normally
associated with meeting the physical
activity guidelines."
Deliberate exercise needed
Take time to work out
Various articles have been written about the potential
calorie-burning and weight loss benefits of
household chores, some even noting that cleaning
the bathroom and vacuuming burned more
calories than using the Wii Fit. And there are
certainly benefits to staying active, even if it’s not
strenuous enough to be considered a
workout. CNN reported earlier this year on a study
that pointed to more technology left people with
less housework to do, which may be linked to the
obesity epidemic: “Our ‘world’ no longer
necessitates moderate or intense physical activity,"
Dr. Edward Archer, a research fellow with the
Arnold School of Public Health at the University of
South Carolina in Columbia, told CNN. "Therefore,
women (and men) need to allocate more time to
deliberate exercise to overcome the decrement in
daily activity.”
Mental fitness with housework
Keep our mind sharp,
our weight stable
 Fenton believes that doing household chores,
though linked to unhealthy weight in this
particular study, should not be crossed off the
list as ways to stay at least moderately active.
He cites its potential benefits to mental
health, too. "From an individual perspective,
physical activities such as housework, doing
the shopping and walking to collect children
from school or to post a letter, can have
positive impacts on physical and mental
wellbeing,” he told The Guardian. "People who
are even more active will often see greater
benefits and it is important to recognize
that healthy weight is just one of the potential
outcomes of physical activity."
Hate your housework?
these tasks.
Rate
Task
Your rating
Vacuuming
Ironing
Food shopping
Hanging out the washing
Cooking
Cleaning windows
Doing the dusting
Doing the dishes
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Matching vocabulary
Sentence Scramble
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the Those the were did housework
heaviest who most.
health for recommendations current
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better that is.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/13
1021-housework.html
In Conclusion
 Learned about a recent medical study
 Reflected on your views about housework
 Worked on vocabulary
 For your assignment . . .