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Introduction
KNOWING
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
World Health Organization (WHO) defines
physical activity as any bodily movement
produced by skeletal muscles that requires
energy expenditure - including activities
undertaken while working, playing,
carrying out household chores, travelling,
and engaging in recreational pursuits.
The term physical activity should not
be confused with exercise. Exercise
is a subcategory of physical activity,
undertaken with a specific objective such
as the improvement of fitness, health or
physical performance. Exercise is more
structured, and with repetitive movements,
which improves or maintains one or
more components of physical fitness
(e.g. cardiovascular endurance, muscular
strength, balance, flexibility).
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