PREMATURE DEATH HIGH- LEVEL WELLNESS TREATMENT Neutral point (No obvious illness or wellness) Signs Awareness Illness / Wellness continuum Uit : Robbins et al., 1991 Symptoms Illness Education Growth TOTAL WELLNESS CONTINUUM SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Components of Fitness Cardiovascular stamina Constitution Muscular stamina Flexibility Muscular strength

Exercise is medicine Coronary heart disease Depression Hypertension Obesity Osteoporosis Stroke Diabetes (Type I) Diabetes (Type II) Breast, cervical, ovarian cancer Back Pain Colon Cancer Congestive heart failure Rheumatoid Arthritis Helps prevent Helps treat RECOMMENDED AGES (yrs) (Booth and Tseng. Med Sci Sports Ex, 1995)

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1. Mental wellness ● Vitality improves ● Self-esteem improves ● Stress resistance is enhanced ● Concentration improves ● Memory improves ● Ability to distinguish ● Anxiety levels are lowered ● Depression is reduced ● Despondency is reduced ● Emotional wellness improves ● Social wellness improves Benefits of exercise:

2.Prevention and treatment of organic disorders ● Neurological disorders: ● Stroke ● Systemic sclerosis ● Attention deficiency syndrome ● Parkinsonism ● Cardiovascular diseases: ● Prevention of arteriosclerosis ● Hypertension ● Functional reserve of heart improves ● Respiratory diseases ● Asthma ● Chronic obstructive airway disease

Disordes of the digestive tract –Constipation –Irritable bowel syndrome Endocrinological disorders –Diabetes Types I and II –Obesity Musculoskeletal diseases –Osteoarthrosis. –Rheumatoid arthritis. –Back pathology. –Fibromyalgia. –Muscular dystrophy 3. Intellectual functioning Concentration Memory Ability to distinguish improves

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