SPORTS , HEALTH AND FITNESS - INDEED IMPORTANT TO LEAD A HEALTHY LIFE!! BY KEERTHI PRIYA.M

SPORTS might be any physical work, mainly done to maintain a healthy fit body!!! HEALTH is a state of being completely free from any kind of illness, mentally, physically and socially!! FITNESS means the condition of being physically fit and healthy!! 

These are the common definitions, meanings and our thoughts on it on a sudden hear!! Yet have we ever thought of being following it in our daily lives? No, only a few of them follow it!! However, being healthy depends upon our food habits too because our food contains certain minerals, fats which in excess can harm us!! 

Sports are mainly of 2 types, indoor and outdoor. Cricket, Football, Hockey, Kabbaddi, Kho-Kho are a few outdoor games which are basically played outside especially in courts and grounds!!Chess, Carrom, Snake and Ladder are a few indoor games which are basically played indoor either in homes, under trees especially in the olden times... Let us discuss a few benefits of sports which indeed helps us in keeping ourselves healthy... 

It helps in:-

• Reducing obesity(a common problem found nowadays)
• Growth of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons 
• Improved Sleep 
• Mental health benefits
• Improved social and personal skills

Between having so many benefits we find only a few participating in sports!! It is said that only 6 out of 10 children participate in it and 40% of Australian children do not take part in it!! So, we should start bringing up new opportunities, facilities and encourage everyone especially from their young age to be sportaholic!!

Fitness means basically exercising!!Involving in activities like exercising, walking, yoga, jogging helps us in keeping us fit...

Few of the benefits of fitness and exercising are:-

• Exercise controls weight
• It combats health conditions and diseases
• It improves mood and boosts confidence, self-esteem
• Boosts energy
• Promotes better sleep
• Exercise can be fun and social

So doing exercise, playing sports are indeed helpful but we should not pressure ourselves while doing it and also wear certain safety equipment if in need... Food habits also matter, eating healthy food, having a good balanced diet, staying away from junk foods, oily foods are a few habits leading to a good lifestyle!! In this busy lifestyle, a good health is hard to be maintained yet, with sports, exercises, healthy food menu it can be achieved!!

In the olden times, our ancestors would do physical work in the fields and were healthy but we are not doing so and found to be unhealthy suffering from various diseases!! 

Overall being healthy finds us to reach a path of peace and free from all diseases, and away from this stress which is found commonly among everyone in this 21st Century!!

"Being SICK Finds Us To Realize The Value Of Being Healthy!!"

"Health is absolute to know the value of self and self-care!!"

"Self Care is a lifestyle of prioritizing ourselves!!"