background into exercise science

Question 1

what is exercise?

Answer 1

activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness

Question 2

what is physical activity?

Answer 2

any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles resulting in energy expenditure above resting

Question 3

what does it mean to be healthy?

Answer 3

a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 4

what is an obesogenic environment?

Answer 4

an environment that causes obesity-cars, fast food, poor walk ways and lack opportunities to exercise in local area

Question 5

what 4 aspects that determine the 5 components

Answer 5

Diet, physical activity, smocking/alcohol and stress management

Question 6

what are the 5 components

Answer 6

Morphologic component, Muscular component, cardiorespiratory component, motor component and metabolic component

Question 7

what do the 5 components lead to?

Answer 7

physical fitness

Question 8

how much does physical inactivity cost the NHS?

Answer 8

£1 billion

Question 9

how many times a day and for how many minutes is it recommended for people between 5-17 to exercise?

Answer 9

60 mins

3 days a week

Question 10

how is BMI calculated?

Answer 10

Weight/height

Question 11

out of 4 people how many people don’t follow the WHO national guidelines for exercise?

Answer 11

1 out of 4