The Benefits of Physical Activity Quiz

Physical activity is any voluntary bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.

Physical activity encompasses all activities, at any intensity, performed during any time of day or night.

Exercise is planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful for the improvement of fitness, while incidental activity is integrated into daily routine and may not be planned or structured.

<p>Lack of physical activity is associated with a range of negative health outcomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Whole-of-school programmes, active transport, active urban design, healthcare, public education and mass media, sport for all, workplaces, and community-wide programs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical activity is defined as any voluntary bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical activity encompasses all activities, at any intensity, performed during any time of day or night.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Examples of incidental activity integrated into daily routine include walking to the local shop, cleaning, working, and active transport.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lack of physical activity is associated with a range of negative health outcomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some investments that work to increase population-level physical activity include whole-of-school programmes, active transport, active urban design, healthcare, public education and mass media, sport for all, workplaces, and community-wide programs.</p> Signup and view all the answers