BENEFITS of physical activity
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For the middle-aged adult, exercise can reduce the risk of various health problems. Choose two at-risk health issues that regular physical exercise and activity can help prevent and manage. Discuss the prevalence of each of these health problems in society today. Describe measures that you would take as a nurse to assist clients with health promotion measures to incorporate exercise and physical activity into their lives. Include the kind of activities you would recommend, the amount of exercise, and the approach you would use to gain cooperation from the client. Support your response with evidence-based literature
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Regular exercise can help in reducing various at-risk health problems like stroke and hypertension among the middle-aged adult. Physical activity helps in strengthening heart muscles, improves blood flow and increases the hearts’ functionalities thus reducing the risks of stroke. Treatment of patients with stroke is also manageable with the physical activity where therapists recommend appropriate long-term suitable exercises during the post-stroke rehabilitation. The same case applies to the reduction of hypertension whereby the body fat is reduced through exercises since it increases the risks of high…
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