Health Fitness and Well-being Flashcards
Define well-being.
Well-being describes a state of physical, mental (emotional) and social health.
Identify a benefit of being physically healthy.
Physically fit people are more likely to fight off illness.
Identify a benefit of being emotionally healthy.
Acts as a distraction to the stresses and tension caused by school/work.
Identify a benefit of being socially healthy.
Meet old friends or make new friends as sport/exercise is a common interest.
Define fitness
Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of the environment.
Identify a positive effect of fitness on your emotional health.
You feel happier and more confident.
Identify a positive effect of fitness on your physical health.
Reduces the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.
Identify a negative effect of fitness on your emotinal health.
Pressure of performance can lead to psychological problems.
Identify a negative effect of fitness on your physical health.
Exercise can be addicting which can lead to overtraining which puts you at risk of sustaining injury.
Identify the two lifestyle choices that can affect your health.
Diet and levels of physical activity.
Identify one effect of an unhealthy diet on your health.
Increase in body weight and fat.
Identify one effect of an inactive lifestyle on your health
Low self-esteem, anxiety and depression.
Identify one effect of a healthy diet on your health.
Reduces stress and risk of disease.
Identify one effect of an active lifestyle on your health.
Lower risk of mental-health conditions.
Identify the four main substances found in cigarettes.
Nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, tobacco.
Identify a potential side effect of tar.
Tar is left behind in lungs which damages cells and can cause block gaseous exchange.
What substance is found in cigarettes make it difficult for people to quit?
Nicotine.
Explain the disadvantages of smoking when participating in physical activity.
During exercise smokers often suffer a shortness of breath and are at risk of heart attacks.
Identify four effects of excessive alcohol consumption.
Lack of co-ordination, health problems, sickness and decreased reaction time.
Explain how a lack of co-ordination can have a negative effect on performance.
A golfer would not be able to strike the golf ball as well as they normally do.
Explain how a decreased reaction time can have a negative effect on performance.
A sprinter would be slower out the blocks after the gun goes off.
Identify a potential long term effect of excessive alcohol consumption.
Liver damage and several different forms of cancer including, throat cancer.
What is the recommended maximum intake of alcohol (units)?
Men= 3-4, Women = 2-3 units.
Define underweight
Weighing less than normal, healthy or required.