ILOs

• describe the benefits of exercise for the healthy individual describe the benefits of exercise in particular diseased states. highlight the public health impact of exercise in a population
• understand some common injuries which exercise can cause their mechanism, pathology, treatment and prognosis.

Benefits of Exercise

• What did Hippocrates say over 2000 years ago…
• Define what physical activity is…
• What is exercise?
• Explain what physical fitness is…
• Look at the impact of physical activity on this slide…
• Exercise is so useful… look at all the data and evidence…
• Here’s some examples of the relationship between physical activity and health outcomes…
• Looking at how physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease
• Here’s a graph showing us different risk factors and cardiovascular mortality…
• Another graph showing us how a high proportion of deaths are due to physical inactivity and low fitness…
• Finally, a graph showing us the more exercise you do, the lower your risk of coronary heart disease!
• Raw data showing us the benefits of exercise for cardiovascular disease…
• Here’s the most common cancers in the population...
• Look at the impacts of physical activity on your risk of cancer!
• Look how exercise impacts your blood pressure…