12th Class Physical Education Solved Paper - Physical Education-2015 Delhi

  • question_answer
    'Involvement in physical activities for longer period of time with moderate intensity can improve the quality of life.' Justify your answer.

    Answer:

    (i) Exercise helps in healthy growth and development: Exercise is an important part of keeping children healthy. Encouraging healthy lifestyles in children and adolescents is important for when they grow older. Participating in organized sports and games is not only of great fun but is very essential for healthy growth and development.
    (ii) Exercises improve self-esteem: Exercise is necessary for your physical and mental health. Self-esteem can play a great role in how children feel about themselves and also how much they enjoy things or worry about things. Exercise reduces depressive symptoms and improves self-esteem in children.
    (iii) Enhances flexibility: The stiffness of joints decrease due to exercising, in a way improving the flexibility. The elasticity of tendons, ligaments and joint capsules improve due to regular exercise.                                   
    (iv) Lessens stress and tension: Regular exercise has distinctive capability to slow down the depression process by-reducing stress and tension. Actually, regular exercise lessens the levels of body?s stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. The body?s natural painkillers and mood elevators i.e. the endorphins are produced due to regular exercise. These benefits of work out facilitate in delaying the process of ageing.
    (v) Connect with others: Spend time with positive people who enhance your life. A strong support system will buffer you from the negative effects of stress.                  
    (vi) Keep your sense of humor: This includes the ability to laugh at you. The act of laughing helps your body fight stress in a number of ways.


You need to login to perform this action.
You will be redirected in 3 sec spinner