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  1. Physical activity

    Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. Physical activity encompasses all activities, at any intensity, performed during the 24 hour day. It includes exercise and incidental activity integrated into our daily activity. This integrated activity may not be planned, structured, repetitive or purposeful for the improvement of fitness, and may include activities such as walking to the local shop, cleaning, working, active transport etc.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of physical activity in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of physical activity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of physical activity in a Sentence

  1. Stephen Daniels:

    For preschoolers, many public health organizations suggest about 3 hours of physical activity at any level.

  2. Rebecca Puhl:

    We certainly have created a society that facilitates obesity, with an emphasis on fast and highly processed foods and a lack of physical activity, and we're ignoring all the other pieces of the puzzle such as genetics, environment, biology, agriculture, prices of food, food deserts and accessibility. Read More.

  3. Yian Gu:

    The Results add to the evidence that more physical activity is linked to larger brain volume in older people.

  4. Kathy Cameron:

    Physical activity is one of the prime ways that we can prevent falls, exercise programs that improve balance and strengthen muscles are going to enhance our gait so that we can walk better and have better balance.

  5. Jeremy Walsh:

    We know that the behaviors of physical activity, sleep and screen time can independently impact the cognitive health of a child. However, these behaviors are never considered in combination, we really had an opportunity here to look at how meeting each of these guidelines and meeting all of the guidelines relate to cognition in a large sample of American children.


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