Physical Activity Effects: What Causes A Sedentary Lifestyle

Physical Inactivity Effects Have you ever think about what causes a sedentary lifestyle? A sedentary lifestyle is caused because people are too lazy and they ignore the effects it has on their life especially on their body. Physical inactivity had caused a several variety of effects in the population worldwide. Some of the effects have a little impact on people, but others have a really extreme effect such as death. I have no doubt that people that don’t practice exercise and don’t have a good nutrition have a higher risk of numerous diseases, they can have mental health disorders, and they decrease the chances of living longer. In effect that people don’t do exercise, they increase the possibilities to develop some diseases like heart attacks, …show more content…
Depression can occur when people do not do daily physical activity because their body has more difficulty releasing chemicals called endorphins. These endorphins interact with the receptors in your brain that reduce your perception of pain. So when people do not have these chemicals tend to be sadder, reduce sleep, and decrease self-esteem. Stress can affect the brain, the body and people are more likely to suffer from stress when they do not have active exercise because they have more tension and they feel more confused.. When people don’t have an active life they tend to have some changes in their bodies and their minds, sometimes gaining weight, looking more tired, or feeling confused. All these changes at some point affect people confidence because most of the people tend to care about what the society says so if a woman gains weight, she starts looking a little fat so she starts losing her confidence because she isn’t happy anymore with her aspect. So it is an example of how inactivity can affect …show more content…
The lack of exercise can affect the brain because inactivity can change the shape of some neurons in ways that have a great effect in the brain so this will have an effect on the other parts of the body as well. When people don’t do exercise they can suffer from low bone density, which can turn into a case of osteoporosis. Also, if people never exercise and stretch their joints they will have a high risk of developing arthritis. By the other hand inactivity makes your metabolism slow down causing muscle loss. All people know that every year a high percentage of people with cancer end dying. People that don’t are actively physically are more prone to develop cancer so this diseases really short the years of life of a person. Some of the types that inactivity has influence on it are breast cancer, and colon cancer. Being physically inactive can change the levels of some hormone. One example is when a woman has a higher amount of estrogen and the breast cells are exposed to extra estrogen over time, the risk of developing breast cancer is