Doctors: Practicing running for 5 to 10 minutes a day reduces the risk of death
Doctors specializing in the fields of nutrition and physical activity revealed that running for a period ranging between 5 to 10 minutes a day and at slow speeds of less than 9 kilometers per hour is associated with a significant decrease in the risk of death from all causes, stressing that physical activity is a preventive and therapeutic factor against the dangers of disease. Obesity.
Professor Hashem Adnan Al-Kilani, a professor at the Department of Movement Sciences and Sports Training at the University of Jordan, confirmed during the “My Ninth Health” conference, which was recently organized by the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah, that regular physical exercise can reduce the risk of diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure by half. It can also help in recovery, pointing out that when we exercise our muscles, we also exercise and improve our brain, so physical exercises are a variety of planned, organized and repetitive physical activities, which are performed with the aim of improving or maintaining one or more components of physical fitness.
Al-Kilani explained that the brain needs energy, which is glucose and oxygen. Which brings him back to activity, which provides a better quality of life and free from diseases, pointing out that the brain controls the tone of our muscles, coordination, reactions and motor activity.
He stated that the practice of physical activity increases blood flow to the brain, which leads to 7 positive results: improving depression, improving creativity, improving neurotransmission, improving attention, improving memory, improving communication, and improving motor coordination.
For her part, the head of the Friends of Arthritis Patients Association, Dr. Wahida Abdel Aziz, confirmed that the association launched many activities that promote sports activity through a program that included many physical activities. Awareness health leaflets, and free medical examinations for participants.
Wahida Abdul Aziz appreciated the support of the wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, President of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, to the association and her highness’ permanent directives on the need to organize campaigns and programs aimed at educating community members on ways to prevent this disease, stressing the association’s keenness on its solidarity and support for the owners of this disease. Disease, which supports the efforts of the Emirate of Sharjah to promote a healthy lifestyle as a daily practice to prevent arthritis and other chronic diseases.
The participants in the conference emphasized the importance of reshaping food systems to improve nutrition and health in the Eastern Mediterranean region, and to develop a model system for feeding the elderly, noting that sport contributes greatly to weight loss, while physical inactivity has many dangers, stressing the importance of proper body as a basis. for fitness.
Participating physicians explained the importance of a healthy lifestyle in preventing all types of cancer, while warning of the negative impact of tobacco on the incidence of chronic diseases.
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