Health and wellbeing Flashcards
physical health ?
being well in body and free from injury/disease
mental wellbeing?
feeling well in the mind with positive outlook and sense of your own value
social wellbeing?
positive sense of involvement with family, friends and others in the community
fitness?
abaility to cope with demands of environments
how to manitain healthy lifestyle?
- living healthy active lifestyle
- eat baalnced diet
- avoid habits that reduce fitness
wellbeing ?
refers to feeling/mental state of being contented, happy , properous and healthy
active healthy lifestyle benefits?
- efficient heart
- increase blood flow
- reduce bp
- reduce stress
- reduce diabtetes
- increase good cholesterol
- promotes feeling of wellbeing
- promotes beter social life
consequeunces of sedentary lifesyle?
- high bp
- increase risk of strokes
- risk of heart attacks
- increased likelihood of injury
- more likely of respiratory/lung disease
- obesity
- poor posture
condition/prevention from sedentary lifestyle?
OSTEOPEROSIS: thin bones
prevention : weight bearing excercise
POOR MUSCLE TONE/POSTURE
IMPACTS FITNESS
MACRO NUTRIENTS/MICRO NUTRIENTS?
MACRO : carbs, fats, proteins
MICRO: vitamins,minerals,water,fibre
what are carbs, how much of daily inatke is needed and fuction
- 55%
- fruits/bread/starchy foods
- main source of fuel
what are fats and function
-oils,butter, red meat
- source and store of energy
what are proteins, how much of daily inatke is needed and fuction
low fat meat,diary,beans,eggs,fish
-15%
-growth/repair
WATER : function
-transport nurtients to cells
-move waste products out of body
- mainatin body temp
WHO definitoon of ‘health’?
a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, not simply the basence of disease or infirmity