Exercise in Adolescence


Exercise is an important part of keeping adolescents healthy. Encouraging healthy lifestyles in children and adolescents is important for when they grow older. Lifestyles that are learned in childhood are more likely to stay with the child into adulthood. The best way to promote healthy lifestyles is for the whole family to become involved. A daily exercise program is a fun way to share physical activity with family and friends while helping to establish good heart-healthy habits. Adolescents need at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity on most days for maintenance of good health and fitness and for healthy weight during growth. Parents should limit children's screen time (TV, video, and computers) to approximate 1 hour daily and should encourage activities that require more movement than these sitting activities. 

 Some Activities like Pleasure walking, Climbing stairs, Dancing and home exercise for at least 30 minutes a day can be more helpful for regular fitness. Regular aerobic physical activity increases a child's capacity for exercise. It also plays a role in the prevention of heart diseases and type 2 diabetes. Aerobic activities are continuous activities that cause the heart rate and breathing rate to increase. Aerobic exercise can also help to lower blood pressure. Also, to drink several glasses of water or other fluid with no added sugar after the physical activity is completed. These activities includes running, swimming, cycling, roller skating, gymnastics, soccer, playing on the playground etc. 

 For adolescents, daily exercise may help prevent conditions like obesity, high blood pressure, and abnormal cholesterol levels, as well as poor lifestyle habits that lead to heart attack and stroke later in life.Exercise on a regular basis is part of a healthy lifestyle. But some adolescents can exercise too much. If your adolescent begins losing weight and falls below expected growth patterns, or if exercise interferes with other normal activities including school, you should talk with your adolescent's health care provider.

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