Unit 2 : Physical activity, Sport and Society Flashcards
Enablers
Influences that encourage and facilitate physical activity
Barriers
Influences that discourage, prohibit or prevent physical activity
Influences
Things that influence physical activity
Why are influences are important?
To enable the government to develop strategies to promote physical activity
Enabler examples
Parents Social Media Friends Role models Experience Facilities Age Gender Culture Socioeconomic background
Barrier examples
Parents Social Media Friends Experience Facilities/location Age Gender Culture Socioeconomic background
Physical activity
Physical activity is any bodily movement that requiring the skeletal muscles and expend significant energy
Domains of physical activity
Household tasks/gardening,
Occupational tasks
Leisure time
Active transport
Four dimensions of physical activity
Frequency - how often
Intensity - how much effort required
Time - time spent doing the activity
Type - what exercise it is
Structured activity
Refers to activity that is planned
Incidental activity
Is unstructured activity accumulated throughout the course of the day
Incidental activities subcategory
Household chores/gardening
Active transport
Occupational activity
Play
Structured activity subcategory
Exercise
Recreation and leisure
Organised sport
Inactivity
Physical inactivity is defined as people undertaking ‘insufficient’ physical activity to achieve measurable health outcomes
Sedentary Behaviour
Sedentary behaviour is defined as the amount of time per day spent sitting or lying down (except sleeping) or engaged in non-active activities