Health Benefits of Physical Activity
Performing yoga, playing badminton, and participating in recreational dance are considered _____-intensity activities.
What is moderate?
True or false: all older adults should avoid activity.
What is false.
BMI varies with ___ and ___.
Characteristics include mass media, multiple settings, high visibility, and plan for sustainability.
What are community-wide campaigns?
Focus on changing physical activity behavior through developing social networks that support behavior change.
What are social support interventions?
Adults need at least ___ minutes of moderate-intensity activity each week. (For every 10 minutes needed, perform 1 squat.)
What is 150? (15 squats should be performed)
150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity is equivalent to ___ minutes a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity.
What is 75?
Children and adolescents should be active for at least __ minutes per day. (Hold a wall sit for this many seconds)
What is 60? (Hold a wall sit for 60 seconds)
True or false: community-wide campaigns are single events, short-term interventions, and small-scale endeavors.
What is false?
What is physical education (PE)?
Obesity is defined as a body mass index, or BMI, of ____ or greater.
What is 30.0?
Muscle strengthening can occur with one set (or series) of ___ to ___ repetitions. (Perform a set of sit-ups within this range.)
What is 8,12? (8 to 12 sit-ups)
True or false: younger children respond better to obesity treatment than adolescents and adults.
What is true?
Low-cost intervention option to promote overall daily physical activity in some settings; should be used in conjunction with other physical activity interventions.
What is point-of decision?
The number of intervention components/characteristics of individually-adapted health behavior change interventions.
What is 12?
Tobacco use, diet, drug and alcohol use, and sexual behavior.
Older adults should perform activities that maintain or increase muscular strength for a minimum of __ days each week. (Correct answer should be counted out with push-ups.)
What is 2? (2 push-ups)
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children older than 2 years should watch no more than __ hours of television.
What is 2?
A group of individuals or organizations that work together on a common task or goal.
What is a partnership?
True or false: social support interventions should not apply to diverse settings and populations.
What is false?
Most important risk of physical activity.
What is musculoskeletal injury?
____-strengthening activities for children include playing games such as tug-of-war, doing calisthenics such as push-ups, or doing resistance exercises.
What is Muscle?
This location is the most encompassing setting to encourage and provide physical activity for children.
What is school?
The Wheeling Walks campaign was directed towards sedentary and irregularly active adults, aged __ to __ years. (Minimum age/answer should be counted out with jumping jacks)
What is 50, 65? (50 jumping jacks)
More than __ percent of students do not meet daily recommendations for physical activity. (For every 5 percent perform 1 lunge on each leg.)
What is 60? (Perform 12 lunges on each leg)