Title: Physical Activity In Health And Fitness: Present And Future

Abstract:

Health is crucial for all. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Fitness is ability to execute daily functional activities with optimal performance, endurance, and strength with the management of disease, fatigue, and stress and reduced sedentary behavior. However, in the contemporary era with the advent in technology, lifestyle of society has changed drastically. Hood of luxurious lifestyle and competition in the education and work culture has deviated people to put their health secondary to luxuries. In 2016, across the globe, the prevalence of physical inactivity was put at 27.5 %, in adult people. To support further, in June 2018, WHO reported, one in five adults, and four out of five adolescents (11-17 years), do not engage in enough of physical activities. To make it worst, the current pandemic, COVID-19 made society to suffer a lot, due to mental sufferings like depression, anxiety, economic loss and lack of social interactions prevailed in the society, a leading contributor for the lack of physical activity. As per WHO guidelines an individual should be indulged in any kind of moderate intensity exercise at least 150-300 minutes per week.

Biography:

Gaurav Kapoor is a cardiopulmonary physiotherapist by profession and works with one of the private University in India. He holds a Master of Physiotherapy in Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and currently pursuing a Doctoral of Philosophy degree in Physiotherapy at the Department of Physiotherapy, Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University. Gaurav has 11.8 years of experience and almost 6 years of teaching as a Assistant Professor. He has presented abstracts on “Yoga and arterial stiffness” and “Role of Physical Activity in Prevention and Treatment of Non specific low back Pain arising due to prolonged sitting” in the Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University at the Annual conferences in India. He was invited speaker for “Comprehensive Management of Cardiovasular Disease”, Max Hospital, Mohali, India. Gaurav has published various articles related to health and cardiovascular rehabilitation. Gaurav grew up in Punjab province in India and is passionate about controlling the cardiac diseases in society with physical activity and healthy diet