Aerobic Exercise Impact

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The Impact of Exercise on Children
The impact exercise makes in a child's life can be substantial. Besides being more physically fit and healthy, there is a positive relationship between exercising and academic achievement. Exercise improves coordination, focus, and behavior. It has been determined that when children exercise they have improved coordination and focus.
There are three elements of fitness endurance, strength, and flexibility. Endurance is increased through cardio or aerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise gets your heart rate elevated increasing your breathing and blood flow. strength simply how strong someone is. The last element of fitness is flexibility. Flexibility is how well your muscles and joints move and range of motion.
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Exercise creates strong bones and muscle. "Current evidence suggests that the best strategy for strong bones by the end of childhood may be either high-impact exercise with a moderate or greater calcium intake or a combination of moderate-impact exercise and adequate calcium during growth."(Welch and Connie). Children who do not get an opportunity for physical activity especially during school learn the sedentary lifestyle which will lead to obesity, being obese increases your risk factors for diseases. Some of the most common diseases caused by obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease just to name a few. It's unfortunate that children are being diagnosed with these diseases when they are preventable. An example of a preventable disease starting during childhood would be osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is when bones become fragile and brittle increasing the chance of fractures and breaks. A study says "peak bone mineral accrual occurs during early puberty and peak bone mass is achieved in young adulthood" (Binkovitz, Sparke, Henwood). The benefits of exercise in association with diseases could go on and on. Another important factor of exercise is the impact that has on the brain. Just thirty minutes of aerobic exercise changes the brain. Benefits were seen 15 minutes after exercise ended. Exercise improves brain function down to the cellular level which improves one's ability to learn, memorize and have better