Parks and physical health Flashcards

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Individual health/wellness is holistic

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Multiple dimensions comprise our overall health/wellness

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Recreation/leisure can

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influence multiple dimensions
 Be influenced by multiple dimensions

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The various dimensions of our health are influenced by

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personal and environmental factors

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4
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Ecosystem analogy

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The health of everything in the
ecosystem is linked together
 Microsystem: Our immediate surroundings
 Exosystem: Institutions beyond our immediate
surroundings
 Macrosystem: Larger culture we exist in
PHYSICAL HEALTH

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PHYSICAL HEALTH

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The dimension of health dealing with our physical self
Interactions with other dimensions?
 Higher stress lowers physical wellbeing
 Lower income individuals have lower physical wellbeing
 Physical activity improves emotional health outcomes

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Physical health is a

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product of multiple systems:
Microsystem: Our immediate surroundings
 Our physical activity choices are influenced by our peers
Exosystem: Institutions beyond immediate surroundings
 School curriculum does/does not include PE
Macrosystem: Larger cultural we exist in
 Society may/may not value physical fitness

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US public parks

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US has 100,000+ public parks
 Small “pocket parks”
 Community parks
 Sports complexes
 Natural resource areas
~70% of US residents live within walking distance
~70% of US residents utilize public parks

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