Active Lifestyle

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Stay hydrated.

Whether you’re heading off to spin class, boot camp, or any other exercise, it’s always important to hydrate so you can stay energized and have your best workout

There are many benefits to leading an active lifestyle. From preventing illness and injury to boosting one's mental wellbeing. 🏃

We caught up with some of the Chelsea Pensioners to find out more about what they're doing to stay active this month, including Bowls Club members Mike and Ron.

💬 "I’ve always been involved in sport. I used to be a cricket umpire for 20 years or so. I thought I would give Bowls a go when I got here and I love it; it’s a fantastic sport. It’s very sociable. You learn something new too!" - Mike

💬 "I used to play with my wife as it was something we could both participate in. So, the first thing I asked when I came here was if there was a Bowls Club. Within a week of being here, I was playing Bowls. I'll be 90 this year and it's something you can still do in your older age. The social life is very important too." - Ron

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Weight Management
Both eating patterns and physical activity routines play a critical role in weight management. You gain weight when you consume more calories through eating and drinking than the amount of calories you burn, including those burned during physical activity.

To maintain your weight: Work your way up to 150 minutes a week of moderate physical activity, which could include dancing or yard work. You could achieve the goal of 150 minutes a week with 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.

People vary greatly in how much physical activity they need for weight management. You may need to be more active than others to reach or maintain a healthy weight.

To lose weight and keep it off: You will need a high amount of physical activity unless you also adjust your eating patterns and reduce the amount of calories you’re eating and drinking. Getting to and staying at a healthy weight requires both regular physical activity and healthy eating.

See more information about:

Getting started with weight loss.
Getting started with physical activity.
Improving your eating patterns.

What is physical activity?
WHO defines physical activity as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. Physical activity refers to all movement including during leisure time, for transport to get to and from places, or as part of a person’s work. Both moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity improve health.

Popular ways to be active include walking, cycling, wheeling, sports, active recreation and play, and can be done at any level of skill and for enjoyment by everybody.

Regular physical activity is proven to help prevent and manage noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and several cancers. It also helps prevent hypertension, maintain healthy body weight and can improve mental health, quality of life and well-being.

Nine out of 10 parents think their children are fit when, in reality, only 1 out of 3 children are physically active every day.
The heart is the strongest muscle in the body and is three times more efficient at burning calories than fat. For every pound of muscle gained, the body uses an extra 50 calories per day.
A recent study by the American Association for the Child’s Right to Play found that 80 percent of elementary schools have eliminated recess in an effort to give children more time to study academics to pass tests. An earlier blog post by Dr. Laura Jana delves deeper into the unfortunate repercussions of this trend.
According to the Journal of Pediatrics, the prevalence of obesity among preschool-aged children in the United States who regularly share evening meals with their families, get enough sleep during the week and have limited weekday television time is 40 percent lower than children who are not exposed to any of these routines.
It takes, on average, 1 hour and 43 minutes of walking to burn off a 540-calorie Big Mac. On average, a person would need to walk seven hours to burn off a super-sized coke, fries, and a Big Mac.
One out of every five calories your child consumes comes from liquid. It is recommended that liquids with calories (fruit juice, soda, etc.) should provide no more than 10 percent of daily calories for preschool children. A preschooler drinking one can of soda is consuming over 600 calories, or 40% of his daily recommended calories from one drink.