Aging And Fitness FVS

Four health benefits of being physically active are it reduces your risk for heart disease, it reduces your risk of type 2 diabetes, it strengthens your bones and muscles, and it improves your mental health and mood. Physical activity can help you live longer because of these benefits. It reduces your risk of getting some common life threatening diseases.

As you age, your bones shrink in size and density. One consequence is that you might become shorter. Gradual loss of density weakens your bones and makes them more susceptible to fracture. Muscles, tendons and joints generally lose some strength and flexibility as you age. Exercise can help build up your muscles and bones to slow down this process.

Regular exercise can improve your mood, mental health, body image, and quality of sleep. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* The benefits that adults receive from regular exercise include reduced stress, increased self-esteem, improved mood, and improved sleep quality.

False

We could go bike riding because we have a lot of bike trails. We could take the dog for a walk because we have a dog. We could go hiking or kayaking because we have a lot of forests and rivers. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* The types of activities a family incorporates into their everyday life should meet the interests of the family members. If a family is interested in competitive sports, they may play games like dodgeball, kickball, or tag. If a family is more interested in performing arts, they may want to choreograph their own hip-hop dance routines, act out plays, or take ballroom dance lessons.

B. Unstructured play time teaches kids to win and lose gracefully.

They could go hiking in the woods. They could walk around a zoo. They could play a game in which they have to race to find as many of a certain type of leaf in their yard, so they have to run around and look for them. The loser has to do 50 crunches. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* Jesse and Caleb could walk around the neighborhood looking for bugs to create a bug collection. They could also find nature paths to hike and bird-watch. Jesse and Caleb could also plant and care for their own garden.

Kids ages 2 to 5 usually just do simple movements like running, jumping, or wiggling, but kids ages 6 to 7 can learn more complex games with guidelines and they can do more dangerous, complex motions like riding a bike or swimming. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* The main differences between the types of exercise in the two categories are the complexity of the movements needed to participate in the exercise and the complexity of the rules. The exercises for children 2 to 5 are relatively simple with repetitious movements and few rules. The activities for children 6 to 7 require more complex movements and have more complex rules to follow.

A. endurance exercises

B. puberty

Kids ages 2 to 5 usually just do simple movements like running, jumping, or wiggling, but kids ages 6 to 7 can learn more complex games with guidelines like soccer, and they can do more dangerous, complex motions like riding a bike or swimming. *Responses will vary. A sample response follows:* Exercises in which children ages 2 to 5 can participate include walking, running, climbing, jumping, dancing, swimming, playing catch, tumbling, and riding tricycles. Exercises in which children ages 6 to 7 can participate include T-ball, softball, baseball, soccer, gymnastics, tennis, golf, martial arts, and track and field.

Infancy, toddler-hood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood. The stages of life should be placed in the following order: infancy, toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early Adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood.

False

C. early childhood

D. all of the above

True