Abstract:

Degenerative diseases are health problems that experience imbalances that cause stimulation or inflammation that has chronic effects. Degenerative diseases arise due to the main contributors such as regulating patterns of activity or health with habits of consuming excessive food, smoking, alcohol, stress, environmental pollution, and lack of physical activity. Symptoms of degenerative diseases based on Health Research data in 2018 show that since the age of 15 is early adulthood. Symptoms obtained by early adulthood are stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. The research method used is qualitative, meaning the problems discussed aim to describe a situation or phenomenon with naturalistic characteristics based on the actual setting. The results showed that physical activity contributes to the prevention of degenerative diseases by studying the creation of cardiac work influenced by the respiratory system (cardiovascular work). Cardiovascular work is trained through the work of the body (if the body), it will make the heart trained to drain blood normally and avoid damage to the respiratory system and body cells and can prevent the occurrence of degenerative diseases. The conclusion in this study is that physical activity in early adulthood as life expectancy if carried out regularly and systematically can provide stimuli for physical, spiritual, and social functional development, especially in anatomical-anthropometric structures and physiological functions so as to prevent the occurrence of degenerative diseases.

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