Vocabulary
Researchers suggest child athletes develop these skills along with mental skills.
What are motor skills?
This percentage of Americans reports getting no physical activity at all.
What is 40%?
In this two team game players attempt to score points by shooting a ball in a basket.
What is basket-ball?
In Paragraph C the main idea states this.
what is "playing sports can help people achieve fitness goals related to weight loss, muscle development and fat reduction because of the physical activity involved."?
These team sports are noted to make you happier and healthier because of the physical activity involved.
What are basketball and water polo?
This adjective is often used when describing mental skills.
what is "cognitive"
Inactivity, associated with more than 9 million cases of cardiovascular diseases in 2001, is estimated to have a direct medical cost of nearly this much money.
how much is 24 billion dollars?
Also known as ping-pong this is an indoor version of an outdoor sport that you can play in your house.
What is table tennis?
In Paragraph D the main idea states this.
What is "playing sports contributes to mental health, helping to prevent depression and increase self-esteem and body image."?
Being physically active as a child leads to this.
What is being physically active as an adult?
This idiom is used to describe a person who sits on the couch all day.
What is a "couch potato"?
Researchers followed this many middle-aged women for six years, surveying their diet and activity habits.
Who are 50,000 middle age women?
This sport uses heavy balls to knock over pins.
What is bowling?
Paragraph G begins the section "The Cost of Inactivity" and it states this.
What is "If sports, exercise and regular physical activity benefit the body, a sedentary lifestyle does the opposite, increasing the chances of becoming overweight and developing a number of chronic diseases."?
Fencing may help ward off cognitive decline due to this which is associated with the sport.
What is complex thinking?
This term is used to describe a person's sense of self worth.
What is self-esteem?
For every two hours the women spent watching television each day, women in the study had this much higher risk of becoming obese.
What is 23%?
In this team game players try to land a ball on their opponents side of the net while keeping the ball in the air on their side.
What is Volleyball?
The conclusion in paragraph J states this.
What is "In sum, a morning jog or a brisk lunchtime walk brings many health benefits – but these may not entirely make up for a day spent in front of the computer or an evening in front of the television set."
People who play volleyball benefit from this while also gaining increased flexibility.
What is hand eye coordination?
a motion sensor that measure a person's physical activity is called this.
What is an accelerometer?
Getting people to become more active could cut yearly medical costs by this much money.
What is 70 billion dollars?
This sport based on European sword fighting uses three types of swords. The epee, the saber, and most commonly, the foil.
What is fencing?
The main thesis in the first paragraph states this.
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What is "playing sports contributes to muscle development, coordination, cardiovascular health and numerous other benefits associated with disease prevention. It is clear that physical activity can help ward off chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, hypertension, obesity, depression and osteoporosis."
because of the heavy lifting in bowling the sport has been shown to prevent this in women.
What is osteoporosis?