Physical Activity and Exercise as a Basic Preventive Measure (Primary Prevention, Prevention after Renal Transplantation)

Abstract

Movement is an inseparable part of one's life, and has been a basic everyday activity through the history of mankind. However, a lack of physical activity and availability of food have resulted in a variety of serious health impairments. The 20th century has witnessed a steep rise of mortality from cardiovascular disease, increase in the prevalence of type-2 diabetes mellitus, malignant diseases, and dramatic increase in body weight initially in industrialized nations followed, in the last two decades of the last century, by the populations of third-world countries with all inherent consequences of this phenomenon. Preventive programmes involving physical activity have also been on the list of top priorities of various materials issued by the World Health Organization. Physical activity is one of the simplest non-pharmacological tools in the prevention of a plethora of diseases. The simplest physical activity, even for therapeutic purposes, is walking. We can walk any time, virtually anywhere, so walking is also the least expensive therapeutic option.

Using Self-Management and Social Media to Increase Steps in Sedentary College Students

“…The cost-effectiveness in combination with the ability to compete with other reinforcers indicates the potential application of the current intervention to larger scales. Adherence to physical activity is a primary prevention strategy in limiting the onset of various diseases and disorders (e.g., stroke, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes; Adámková, Belohoubek, Adámek, Juhanáková, & Pirk, 2015). Future research should evaluate the effectiveness of the current intervention as a universal strategy to prevent inactivity in college students.…”

Análisis de la formación universitaria en España de los profesionales sanitarios y del deporte para la prescripción de ejercicio físico en el ámbito de la salud.

“…La presencia de ejercicio físico está asociado a un menor número de enfermedades físicas, comorbilidades y mortalidad, consiguiendo una mayor calidad de vida relacionada con la salud (Pedrero-Chamizo et al, 2015). En el año 1996 la revista American College of Sport Medicine Issued, ya recomendó la práctica de ejercicio físico durante al menos 30 minutos todos los días (Adámková et al, 2015) En cuanto a la falta de ejercicio, en el año 2009, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), señaló que 3,2 millones de personas mueren en el mundo por inactividad física, siendo el cuarto factor de riesgo de mortalidad en la población mundial con un 6%, seguido por el sobrepeso y la obesidad con un 5% (World Health Organization, 2009). En 2011-2012 en España, el 40% de la población adulta y el 12% de la población infantil se declaró sedentaria tras la encuesta nacional de salud (ENS) (Gobierno de España, 2014).…”