As mentioned toward the end of this reading, the information provided in this paper must be presented to those who are sedentary as soon as possible. Specifically through media-based mediums, the dissemination of this information would undoubtedly spark an interest in sedentary U.S. citizens who are currently sedentary. Because technological advances have increased and have become more popular in our country, people nowadays will believe anything they see on television or on their smartphones. Furthermore, if “Sedentary Death Syndrome” and its consequences were posted online or advertised on nightly news channels, people may begin to question their current lifestyle practices.
I believe the biggest problem with Americans who are sedentary is that they are totally unaware of where to begin to become “healthy” or limit their risk factors for chronic disease. Something that really caught my interest in this paper was the idea of increasing primary prevention methods of chronic disease. Exercise professionals, in this realm of study, must now make it more apparent that the benefits of exercising are not only related to fitness gains but also beneficial to the reduction in chronic diseases such as CHD, type 2 diabetes, obesity, etc. I think that if sedentary people realized that all it took was 30 min. a day of moderate physical activity to induce a noticeable (30%) reduction in the onset of these chronic conditions, then that would trigger a motivational response to increase daily PA. I liked how the authors of this paper delimited the guidelines or suggestions for PA to specific populations of people (seniors, adults, etc.) However, I am not sure how stuff like this would be implemented or passed effectively. For example, who is going to allow for senior citizens to utilize exercise equipment without paying a cost?
Regarding the statistical section of the paper, the data is unbelievable. It is almost hard to comprehend the amount of disease that exists within...