Staying hale and hearty through exercising
WORLD Health Day falls every year on April 7 and the World Health Organization (WHO) changes the theme yearly.
The theme for this year is “Ageing and Health: Good Health Adds Life To Years.” This theme is appropriate as evidence indicates that with each passing year, the greatest social transformation is population ageing.
Today, there are more old people than children and more elderly people than ever. Thus, to be an asset to the society, we need to age healthily.
We cannot run away from this phenomenon of ageing. The greatest concern of population ageing is commonly associated with the onset of degenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and overweight, musculoskeletal and joints deterioration and low resistance to infections.
We can have good health (psychological and physiological) but we have to work for it. Good health delays the onset of ageing diseases.
Should we become ill, we do not become overly sick that we become an invalid. Psychological good health is to be mentally and spiritually sound while physiological good health is attained through a healthy lifestyle of exercise and nutrition.
Healthy ageing has been proven to be linked to the early stages of life. Improper nutrition while still in the womb has shown to result in unhealthy and an increased risk of health diseases in adult life.
Good nutrition is not about consuming all categories of food in a diet but the right quality and quantity. It is not what we eat but how, where and when we eat.
The efficient function of a healthy body requires all nutrients to be available. Assimilated nutrients are transported to the working cells. For optimum function of all bodily systems, appropriate specific exercises have to be initiated and sustained throughout life. This scientific individualised exercise programme is specific to the needs and reviewed as per requirement.
It is the hope that with added years to life, we are not only independent but also productive and be an asset to our self, family and community.
This article is written by Fitness Concept’s Fitness Consultant Dr Teoh Heng Teong.
Dr Teoh Heng Teong had been trained as a physical educationist by local and foreign acknowledged authorities in health and fitness in renowned physical education institutions. He was also the National Institute of Sports Malaysia, sport science, director.
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