Description
-Assignments must be written according to the following guidelines: (a) Times New Roman font, (b) 12 points font size, (c) double line spacing, (d) page numbers in the upper right corner
-Read the questions attentively; write your answers in sentence format (no point-form).
-Your answer to each question is restricted to a maximum of 500 words.
Question 1: Aysha is a 25-year-old overweight and sedentary female who knows very little about physical activity but feels compelled to try to “get fit” for the specific purpose of losing 20 pounds. She lives alone in a downtown apartment. A close friend urges her to take up running, an activity Aysha has never engaged in before. Reluctantly, not aware of possible alternative activities, she decides to start running by herself three mornings a week, not setting any type of process goals for herself. Ten weeks into her running regimen, Aysha’s weight has not changed and she feels her fitness has barely improved. At this juncture, Aysha is deflated and seriously contemplating abandoning her running regimen and physical activity in general. Using the main tenets of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Basic Needs Theory (BNT),
explain how you would, as a physical activity specialist, work with Aysha in helping her create for herself a needs-supportive motivational climate, enabling her to have a healthier relationship with exercise where her three basic psychological needs are satisfied.
Question #2: Food deserts are defined as geographical areas within which affordable and nutritious foods are difficult to obtain. Examples of urban and rural food deserts were provided in class, demonstrating how some areas are much more susceptible than others to be categorised as food deserts.
Critically analyze the food desert problem in the Canadian North (especially in isolated, difficult to access Indigenous communities).
Argue for two concrete and feasible strategies you believe could help curb the food desert problem in the Canadian North.