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Healthy Living - Coggle Diagram
Healthy Living
Physical Activity
Some places are capable of promoting this activities but others can´t
Safe and developped communities have more access to parks, gym, etc. which contributes to physycal activity.
ex. Safe routes to school
Low income communities face extra challenges to being physically active
Significantly fewer sports areas, parks, greenways and bikepaths
Heavy traffic
High crime rates
Unleashed dogs
no streetlighting
no sidewalks
Although schools offer physical education and activities only 3.5% of schools provide daily physical education and in nearly 1/4 of schools physical education isn't required
Reduces risk of certain sicknesses
Healthy Diet
Unhealthy diets have become the normal
What lower income or minority groups face
Lack of supermarkets to provide healthy food
These areas have more fast food/unhealthy restaurants than any other
What everyone faces
almost all food advertising is for unhealthy ones.
Portion sizes have increased which means people eat more without even realizing it
every store had a stand with junk food at the check out
Where you live and what surrounds you has a great impact in how healthy you life is.
by: Priscila Acedo