1.2 The consequences of a sedentary lifestyle

Question 1

Define the term ‘sedentary lifestyle’

Answer 1

Where there is little or not physical activity

Question 2

What are the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle?

Answer 2

Issues to do with weight
Depression
Coronary heart disease (CHD)
High blood pressure
Diabetes
Increased risk of osteoporosis
Loss of muscle tone and poor posture

Question 3

Define the term overweight

Answer 3

Having more weight than is considered healthy by medical professionals

Question 4

Define the term obese

Answer 4

A person who is extremely overweight

Question 5

Define the term overfat

Answer 5

Having to much body composition as fat

Question 6

How do you measure body composition?

Answer 6

BMI

Question 7

How do you calculate BMI

Answer 7

weight / (height x height)

Question 8

If someone is overweight does this mean they are unhealthy?

Answer 8

No. A person may have a large proportion of their body that is muscle making them heavier.

Question 9

If a person is overfat does this mean they are unhealthy?

Answer 9

Yes.

Question 10

What are the negative health consequences to being overfat?

Answer 10

An increased risk of
CHD
Type 2 diabetes
High blood pressure
Poor posture

Question 11

What is depression?

Answer 11

A persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest

Question 12

How does a sedentary lifestyle lead to depression?

Answer 12

Doing exercise can help reduce the chance of depression and if you are depressed can help improve this

Question 13

How does a sedentary lifestyle lead to CHD?

Answer 13

Build up of fat deposits which can clog the heart.

Question 14

How does a sedentary lifestyle lead to high blood pressure?

Answer 14

Exercise helps to reduce blood pressure by making the walls of the arteries more stretching. Not exercising has the opposite effect, increasing blood pressure.

Question 15

How does a sedentary lifestyle lead to type 2 diabetes?

Answer 15

People who exercise are less likely to develop type 23 diabetes as they do not have excess stores of glycogen.

Question 16

What is diabetes?

Answer 16

A condition where the amount of glucose in your blood is too high because your body can’t regulate it.

Question 17

What is type 1 diabetes?

Answer 17

The pancreas does not produce insulin

Question 18

What is type 2 diabetes?

Answer 18

The body’s cells do not react to insulin or the pancreas does not produce enough

Question 19

How does a sedentary lifestyle result in an increased risk of osteoporosis?

Answer 19

Osteoporosis is prevent by doing weight bearing exercises. A person who is sedentary does not do weight bearing exercise, therefore increasing the risk of osteoporosis.

Question 20

What is osteoporosis?

Answer 20

A condition where the bones become brittle and more likely to break.

Question 21

How does a sedentary lifestyle result in loss of muscle tone and poor posture?

Answer 21

When you are standing or moving you have to use your abdominal muscles to keep upright. This helps with good posture. A sedentary person does not do this enough to have this impact.