Fitness Or Health💪🏽

Question 1

What is fitness?

Answer 1

Ability to do physical activity

Question 2

What is good health?

Answer 2

Being free from disease such as those caused by bacteria and viruses

Question 3

How can fitness levels be measured?

Answer 3

• stamina
• strength
• flexibility
• agility
• speed
• cardiovascular efficiency

Question 4

What are the risk of getting a heart disease ?

Answer 4

• you smoke
• have high blood pressure
• eat too much saturated fat
• eat too much salt

Question 5

What are the two measures of blood pressure?

Answer 5

• systolic pressure- maximum blood pressure the heart produces (1st number)
• diastolic pressure - the blood pressure between heart beats (2nd number)

E.i 120/80mmHg

Question 6

What happens to your blood pressure during exercising ?

Answer 6

•Your systolic pressure increase but then decrease after you have finished

Question 7

What can increase blood pressure ?

Answer 7

• smoking
• eating too much salt
• being overweight
• stress
• drinking too much alcohol
• eating a lot of saturated fat

Question 8

What can decrease blood pressure?

Answer 8

• regular exercise

* eating a balanced diet

Question 9

What can high blood pressure cause?

140/90mmHg is an example of a high blood pressure

Answer 9

• heart attack
• stroke (if small blood vessels burst in the brain)
• kidney damage (if small blood vessels burst in the kidneys)

Question 10

What does a tobacco smoke contain which is harmful?

Answer 10

• carbon monoxide
It combines with haemoglobin which decreases the carrying capacity of oxygen in the blood and prevents the red blood cells carrying as much oxygen. The heart will beat faster to compensate which strains the heart

• nicotine increases heart rate

Question 11

What does high level of saturated fat causes?

Answer 11

• liver makes cholesterol from saturated fat.
• cholesterol is carried in the blood and deposited in the artery walls.
• arteries become narrow and blood flow is restricted:
• blood pressure increases to force the blood through the narrower gap

Question 12

What can Cholesterol deposits may lead to?

Answer 12

• a blood clot ( thrombosis)
• a thrombosis in the coronary artery causes a heart attack

• a thrombosis in the artery supplying the brain causes a stroke

Question 13

What can low blood pressure lead to?

Answer 13

• dizziness
• fainting
• poor circulation in areas such as fingers and toes
• organ failure