CH4: Physical Fitness

Question 1

WAYS PHYSICAL FITNESS HELPS (5)

Answer 1

1. Prevents diseases
2. Improves quality of life
3. Improves psychological health
4. Improves ability to meet physical work demands & do leisure activities
5. Ensures healthier blood cholesterol levels
6. Lower blood pressure
7. Less depression
8. Healthier brain
9. Improves immune system

Question 2

TYPES OF PHYSICAL FITNESS (4)

Answer 2

CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS
Running, jogging, swimming

MUSCULAR STRENGTH
Weight training

MUSCULAR ENDURANCE
Weight training

FLEXIBILITY
Stretching

Question 3

CORONARY HEART DISEASE CAUSES (5)

Answer 3

1. Can develop because of unhealthy lifestyle (inactive)
2. Develops because of fatty deposits on walls of blood vessels
3. Fatty deposits can develop into blood clots
4. restrict how much blood & oxygen can get to heart
5. more difficult for heart to help provide body’s increasing need for energy
6. can lead to heart attack or stroke

Question 4

COMBAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (5)

Answer 4

1. Physical exercise
   a. aerobic exercise
   b. muscle exercise
2. slow down build-up of fatty deposits in blood vessels
   a. by improving high blood pressure, poor blood lipid profile and obesity.

Question 5

RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE (2)

Answer 5

1. Develops because bacteria repeatedly infects throat

2. Damages heart valves

Question 6

DIABETES (2)

Answer 6

TYPE 1
Pancreas doesn’t release insulin to regulate blood glucose levels

TYPE 2
Cells become resistant to insulin

Question 7

OSTEOPOROSIS (3)

Answer 7

1. When blood calcium levels are low more calcium is released into blood from bones weakening bones
2. Bones lose mass
3. Easy to break

Question 8

COMBAT OSTEOPOROSIS (5)

Answer 8

1. Treatment only slows down bone loss
2. Intake of calcium to maintain bone growth & lessen bone loss
3. Drink milk
4. Eat enough calories to meet daily energy needs
5. Avoid smoking
6. Forces on bones thicken them (weight training exercises)