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Health Benefits of Physical Exercise for Children and Adolescents
| Trevor Archer* | |
| Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| Corresponding Author : | Trevor Archer Department of Psychology University of Gothenburg Box 500, SE 403 50 Gothenburg, Sweden Tel: +46 31-786 0000 E-mail: trevor.archer@psy.gu.se |
| Received January 06, 2014; Accepted March 24, 2014; Published March 28, 2014 | |
| Citation: Archer T (2014) Health Benefits of Physical Exercise for Children and Adolescents. J Nov Physiother 4:203 doi: 10.4172/2165-7025.1000203 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Archer T. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Several manifestations of physical exercise providing health benefits for children and adolescents are evident in healthy and functional muscles and bones, increased strength and endurance, angiogenesis and neurogenesis, the reduced risk for chronic disease such as overweight and diabetes, improved self-esteem and psychological well-being, and finally higher levels of subjective and psychological well-being as well as reduced stress, anxiety and depression. Since obesity and being overweight impacts adversely on happiness, psychological well-being and several important positive personal attributes, most physical activity interventions, if properly designed and maintained appear to promise a satisfying degree of improvement. Physical exercise influences cognitive, emotional, learning and neurophysiological domains, both directly and indirect, thereby rendering it essential that this noninvasive, nonpharmacological intervention ought to form a part of children’s and adolescents’ long-term health programs.
