Relationship of Physical Health and Affective and Cognitive Development

What is the Impact
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I can relate my childhood and adolescent health choices with my physical and psychosocial wellbeing state as I transitioned into adulthood. For instance, I chose to engage in physical activities in my childhood and adolescent years to attain more significant fat-free fat and lower body fat, thus maintain a healthy body weight into adulthood. I also engaged in school-based physical activities, including sports and physical education, to improve development and motor skills, self-efficacy, and overall competency feelings and enhance social interactions (Kohl & Cook, 2013). These choices are significantly shaped by psychosocial health into adulthood.
The capacity to focus attention is enhanced amongst children who engage in physical activities, which improves physical health. Operational memory and cognitive flexibility, the intensity, and regularity of physical activities in children aged thirteen to fourteen positively impact their inclination to focus on a specific task (Bidzan-Bluma & Lipowska, 2018). This shows that children with good physical health have higher operational memory and cognitive flexibility. Accordingly, poor effective development can weaken the body’s immune system, thus leading to illness’s physical manifestations. This leads t...