Essay - Exercise and Its Effects on Health and Disease: Identifying the...

Exercise and its Effects on Health and Disease: Identifying the American Public's 'Psyche' on Health Consciousness

INTRODUCTION

***** present, American society is dominated by a health-conscious culture, wherein health-related messages, campaigns, and even merch*****ise proliferate and are constantly in demand. More than being a health issue, being physically fit and healthy has also become primarily market-driven, ***** the "image" of a healthy body ***** greater influence over the benefits that being physically fit ***** healthy can do to ***** body.

However, as consumers and the public become more ***** ***** involved in the ***** culture, there has been an increased need ***** know more about the medical and scientific facts supporting health claims usually found in ***** products, merch*****ise, and services. Be*****g both consumers and members ***** ***** society, the ***** realized that there is a need to become not overly-dependent on health merchandise. Instead, *****e must aim to go "natural"—that is, a physically healthy ***** achieved through a balanced and appropriate diet, and constant or regular exerc*****ing.

This study centers on the role that exercise plays in achieving a healthy body ***** psyche, ***** to menti***** satisfying an individual's aspirations to achieve the same standards of healthiness, as "dictated" and illustrated ***** ***** health-conscious culture of ********** American society.

This study is significant at many levels. Firstly, it establishes, in an *****ganized, academic-scientific, and detailed manner the essence of exercise on alleviating disease and improving bodily health. The ri*****rous research put into collating informati***** concerning exercising and physical *****, as well as ***** development of a methodology that statistically validate cl*****s generated from the literature review, are all advantages that are taken into account. These characteristics, in effect, allow the reader to determ*****e the truth or falsity ***** information contained here about health, ***** that is relevant and ***** to him/her as an individual.

*****, this study provides up-to-date information about new medical studies that center on the relati*****ship between exercising *****d alleviation of disease and improvement of health. From the literature review, *****s discover ***** recent trends that have occurred and changes that have developed ***** the years, as scientists and researchers continuously discover new findings ***** the phenomenon of health-consciousness, particularly on the health activity ***** exercising.

Lastly, this ***** also provides empirical data, through meta-analysis, survey, and diary methods, the attitudes people ***** regarding exercising and maintaining a healthy *****. The concept of health-consciousness is determined through respondents' attitudes ***** health beliefs and practices, while actual physical activities done in a period of one month will ***** be identified. This information generated ***** aid the researcher in creating a description and analysis of health consciousness as it applies in the American public's psyche today.

In effect, ***** study would center on the relationship between exercising and health and disease by using a different perspective: ***** psychologic*****l approach. Through an ***** of scientifically-proven (*****) data about the *****s of exercising on health ***** disease, ***** ***** would validate these ***** through a survey and analyses of the