L10 - Why we do/don't exercise

Question 1

What are the key terms of why do/don’t exercise? (Biddle and Mutrie, 2008)

Answer 1

• physical activity - movement of the body, results in energy expenditure and increased physical fitness
• active living - a lifestyle choice, integrate physical activity into everyday routines
• exercise - planned, structure and repetitive bodily movements where objective is to maintain physical fitness
• sport - rule governed, structured, competitive involving gross motor movements

Question 2

Most of us are not active enough to get the full benefits of PA, what did WHO state on the matter?

Answer 2

31% of adults worldwide are insufficiently active, 3.2 million deaths per year are due to insufficient PA, it’s the 4th leading risk factor for global mortality

Question 3

What are the 4 environments required to understand physical activity (Biddle et al, 2008)

Answer 3

Policy, Environment, interpersonal, individual

Question 4

What are the 5 components of Bauman et al’s (2012) adapted ecological model of the determinants of PA?

Answer 4

Individual - interpersonal - environment - regional/national policy - global

Gets more relevant to older individuals as move along ->

Question 5

Discuss the ‘individual’ component of Bauman’s model (2012)

Answer 5

A biopsychosocial interaction exists between individual factors

Psychosocial factors (demographics, attitudes, self-efficacy) biological factors (e.g. Genetics, evolutionary, physiology)

Question 6

Discuss the ‘interpersonal’ component of Bauman’s (2012) model?

Answer 6

• social support from those around us is a consistent interpersonal factor
• “aid and assistance exchanged through social relationships and interpersonal transactions”
• Wills and shiner (2002) stated 5 key interpersonal components

Question 7

What are the 5 key interpersonal components (Wills and Shiner, 2002)

Answer 7

• instrumental support - tangible and practical assistance
• emotional support - expression of encouragement, empathy, caring
• validation - comparing one self with others to gauge progress and confirm one’s thoughts, feelings and experiences are normal
• informational support - giving directions, advice or suggestions about how to exercise
• companionship support - availability of people to exercise with

Question 8

Discuss the ‘environment’ component of Bauman’s (2012) model?

Answer 8

• our built environment can help/hinder active lifestyles
• for all round health benefits: exercising outdoors > exercising indoors
• “green exercise” increases PA levels with lower levels of perceived exertion, increases stress reduction, mood and self esteem and perceived health (Gladwell et al, 2013)

Question 9

Discuss the “policy” component of Bauman’s model (2012)?

Answer 9

NICE (see image)

Strategy, policy and commissioning for PA -> local or national
National -> national campaign for children/young people, physically active travel, exercise referral schemes