Essays on Healthy Living

It is said that a sound body has a sound mind. The present age of technology and invention tends to prevent the person to move. For a person to be physically active for a lifetime, needs an increase in physical activity, knowledge, and skills since…

Our lifestyles are changing and we are suffering. Children’s lifestyles are becoming more and more sedentary. Many children are suffering from the lack of physical activity on a global scale, around 67% of children are not active to a healthy lifestyle (PHIT America). In the…

Any bodily movements that require energy expenditure produced by skeletal muscles, is known as Physical Activity (PA).[1]Physical activity is generally classified as Low, Moderate and High levels of Physical activity and is measured in METs as follows: Low levels of Physical activity- Less than 3…

Hiking is an exercise, and it is a hobby. It refers to long, focused walks through mountain or country trails. It goes by many different names, be it hillwalking, backpacking, trekking, tramping or bushwalking; all depending on where in the world you are, but hiking…

In the female reproductive system, a woman has one ovary on each side of her uterus, and these ovaries produce both hormones and eggs for fertilization when a woman procreates (Mayo Clinic Staff). Fallopian tubes are “a pair of long, slender tubes on each side…

In Thinking Sex, Gayle Rubin argues that sex is a “vector of oppression” (Rubin 160), namely that sex and desire are not a private entity as it has been transformed and exploited as a public agent in order to repress certain groups of people; sexual…

Running a mile, a day is a good goal for your mental health as well as for your body. There are plenty of benefits if you run few miles a day. While, some researches show the amazing health benefits, when you run a mile for…

 Gayle Rubin is a well-known activist and theorist in sexual and gender politics. In her essay, “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality” from the book Deviations, Gayle Rubin mentions and interrogates multiple topics on the basis of sex. Along…

Sex implies biological characteristics that define humans as female or male. But, the term sex is usually understood as “sexual activity” in general use of various languages. According to World Health Organization (2006), sexual health is defined as a state of physical, emotional, mental and…

With progressive changes in the world, the ascribed definitions and categorization of people in rigid boxes according to their sexual preferences can be seen changing over time and in these changing times the question as to what is acceptable to the society fluctuates. In my…