LEARNING ONLINE: SEARCHING AND RESEARCHING UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS by Pilar Reyes https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching Mooc on futurelearn platform en-us 2016-03-19 16:04:52 UTC 2026-01-11 13:08:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://ugc.futurelearn.com/uploads/images/48/22/regular_4822b476-d79e-4019-ad04-5d410bb1d2cd.jpg Final assignment mpilarb2 https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101860253 An information journey


This week you have explored a number of ways in which you can assess, evaluate and critically analyse resources.

In this exercise you can put these skills into practice by finding a number of suitable sources that provide information about a topic over time. This will help you to develop your researching skills and help you to consider how the understanding of a topic can develop.

Taking a topic of your choice, you’ll investigate how the knowledge of that topic has developed over a defined period of time.

]]> 2016-03-19 16:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101860253 How much exercise do we really need for health benefits? mpilarb2 https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101860310 I chose this topic because it is controversial. Almost every year research studies are published with new and sometimes comtradictory or confusing results. I read five articles published in different years of the present century]]> 2016-03-19 16:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101860310 2010 - How Much Exercise Do You Really Need? mpilarb2 https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101860910 In this article the author explained that In a study published in Preventive Medicine in 2006, researchers found that multiple workout sessions as short as 6 minutes apiece could help sedentary adults reach fitness goals similar to those achieved by working out for 30 minutes at a time. 
"There is no question that short amounts of exercise can help you get fit, help you stay fit, and help you maintain your health," says personal fitness coach Susie Shina, author of Sixty Second Circuits. "You can stay fit in increments as short as 4 and 5 minutes at a time."]]> 2016-03-19 16:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101860910 2013 - Physical activity guidelines: How much exercise do you need? mpilarb2 https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861092 Here is a summary of the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. More information is available on the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans website. 
Healthy adults should get a minimum of 2-1/2 hours per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, or a minimum of 1-1/4 hours per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, or a combination of the two. That could mean a brisk walk for 30 minutes a day, five days a week; a high-intensity spinning class one day for 45 minutes, plus a half hour jog another day; or some other combination of moderate and vigorous activity. Doubling the amount of activity (5 hours moderate- or 2-1/2 hours vigorous-intensity aerobic activity) provides even more health benefits. Adults should also aim to do muscle-strengthening activities at least two days a week.]]> 2016-03-19 16:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861092 2005- Some things you should know about exercise mpilarb2 https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861338 Recent U.S. government guidelines say that to lose weight and keep it weight off, you should accumulate at least 60 minutes of exercise a day, says Astorino. But half an hour a day is all you need to reap the health and disease-fighting benefits of exercise. What kind of exercise?  Well, "Everyone has 20 minutes," Atkinson says. "Everyone has 10 minutes to jump rope, and sometimes that's better than 20 minutes of walking or running." 

Indeed, squeezing in two or three bouts of 15 or 20 minutes of activity is just as effective as doing it all at once, says Astorino. Vacuuming the house in the morning, riding bikes in the park with the kids in the afternoon, then taking a brisk walk in the evening can add up to an active day.

]]> 2016-03-19 16:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861338 2000 - Is Walking Enough? mpilarb2 https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861607 Brisk walking gained the status of exercise after a landmark 1989 Cooper Institute study came to a surprising finding: that people who were only moderately fit were significantly less likely to die of heart disease than those who never got off the couch. But a decade after the famous study's release, some researchers argue that we've been sold a bill of goods. The researchers surveyed people who walk for exercise and found that only 26% walked briskly enough to achieve the "moderate intensity level" recommended by the U.S. surgeon general. ]]> 2016-03-19 16:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861607 2016 - How much exercise is optimal for heart health? mpilarb2 https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861796 Just 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day provides health benefits and increases longevity. Exercising for longer periods helps even more, but only up to a point, as the benefits seem to plateau beyond 45 to 60 minutes of moderate exercise a day.
“Unfortunately, most people have blurred the distinction between exercising for health and well-being and exercising for fitness in an athletic, competitive sense,” says Dr. Harvey Simon, associate professor of medicine at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital. “The truth is that if you’re exercising for health, it takes very little effort to see enormous benefits,” he says.
What do we mean by moderate? Exercise intensity levels are very subjective and affected by your current fitness level, but these descriptions will give you a sense of the different levels. Brisk walking is great, but walking at a moderate pace will also reap health rewards.
Moderate | Purposeful, like you have some place to get to | Some effort, breathing more noticeable; you can talk in full sentences]]> 2016-03-19 16:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861796 Conclusions mpilarb2 https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861840 After reading these articles, it is not clear for any reader what to believe about the intensity and duration of physical activity for health benefits.]]> 2016-03-19 16:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mpilarb2/searhingandresearching/wish/101861840