Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity
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Mental Health Benefits of Physical
ActivityTaylor Hachey & Alie Ross
November 13, 2013
Outline3 QuestionsWhat is depression?Defining ‘exercise’ and ‘physical activity’Activity!Benefits of physical activityWhy do nurses promote physical activity?
To start…1. What do you do to improve your physical
health?
…2. What do you do to improve your
emotional/mental/social health?
…3. … Are they the same?
Symptoms of Depressiondepressed mood for most of the daydecreased interest in daily activitiessignificant weight loss OR increase or decrease in appetite inability to sleep OR sleeping too much low energy feeling worthless or guiltybeing overly excitable or feeling “in a fog”decreased ability to concentrate thoughts of death*must be present every day for 2 weeks
How do we define depression?
categoriesmildmoderatesevere
affects 121 million people globallygreatest reduction in overall health of all chronic
diseases
What is ‘exercise’ anyway?
recommended amount: 60-90 minutes per day
o moderate vs. vigorouso weight-bearing activities
Examples of Physical Activities
Interactive Activity
Benefits of Physical Activityimproved moodbetter sleep (quality and amount)improved body image improved self-esteemmaintain thinking, learning, and judgment skillssocial support network
Why is promoting physical activity important?
promotion of mental healthbroad impactprevents illnessfinancial savings
Referenceshttp://www.research.utoronto.ca/can-exercise-be
at-depression/http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/he
alth/http://www.csep.ca/CMFiles/Guidelines/CSEP_PAG
uidelines_youth_en.pdf