Health & Wellbeing Flashcards
What is the negative definition of health and wellbeing?
The absence of physical illness, disease and mental distress
What is the positive definition of health and wellbeing?
The achievement and maintenance of physical fitness and mental stability
What is the holistic view of health and wellbeing?
The result of a combination of physical, intellectual, emotional and social factors
What factors can affect health?
- exercise and diet
- substance misuse
- unprotected sex
- genetically inherited diseases
- preventing illness and risk management
- personal hygiene
- economic factors
- social factors
- environmental factors
How can exercise affect health?
- joints, bones and muscles
- circulatory system
- respiratory system
- weight
- wellbeing
How can exercise affect joints, muscles and bones?
- flexibility
- mobility
- strength and stamina
- bone growth
How can exercise affect the circulatory system?
- changes blood pressure, makes body need to meet demand, so can cope in the future
- hypertension due to a lack of exercise
- heart disease when there’s a buildup on artery walls
How can exercise affect the respiratory system?
- vigorous exercise improves lung function
* lack of exercise leads to loss of lung volume
How can exercise help control weight?
- exercise uses energy - otherwise the food is stored as fat
- obese - at risk of heart disease, hypertension
- diabetes - too much sugar in blood, do not produce enough insulin, can damage eyes, nerves and kidneys
How does exercise differ in the different life stages?
Infancy & Childhood - active during play
Adolescence - require stress exercise to improve bone growth
Adulthood - work and family reduce exercise
Later adulthood - reduce in strength and mobility increases risk
How can exercise affect intellectual development?
- improve concentration
* learn skills and rules of games
How can exercise affect emotional wellbeing?
- enjoyable
- improved self esteem
- feeling content
- sense of achievement
- improved body image
How can exercise affect social wellbeing?
Wider social circle
What are the two groups of chemicals found in food?
- macro - large (g)
* micro - small (mg)
What are the macronutrients?
- protein
- carbohydrates
- fat
What does protein help with?
- growth of muscle
- tissue repair
- secondary source of energy
What do carbohydrates do?
Release energy
What are the types of carbohydrates?
- starch - slow releasing energy
* sugar - fast releasing energy
What does fat help with?
- insulation
* protects body from knocks
What are high biological value proteins (HBVs)?
- from animal sources - meat, fish, dairy
- complete
- contain full dose of essential amino acids
What are low biological value proteins (LBVs)?
- from vegetable sources - beans, nuts, seeds
* incomplete, missing one or more essential amino acids
What are complimentary proteins?
When two LBV proteins are eaten together to provide better quality proteins
What are the micronutrients?
- vitamins
* minerals
Are some vitamins water soluble?
Yes - they are more sensitive to cooking so are lost more quickly, need to be eaten every day
Which vitamins are water soluble?
B and C
Which vitamins are fat soluble?
A, D, E and K - can be stored in the body
What are some minerals needed by the body?
- calcium - from dairy, strong bones
* iron - development of haemoglobin
What does vitamin B do?
Releases energy and maintains nerve endings
What does vitamin C do?
Fight disease
What can obesity lead to?
- type 2 diabetes
- heart disease
- high cholesterol
- strained joints
How does diet affect health during infancy?
- from birth - breast milk containing components needed to enable growth
- weaned off milk only to some solid foods aswell
How does diet affect health during childhood?
- only like narrow range of foods
- growing so need nutrients
- obesity in childhood means it’s harder to control weight later on
How does diet affect health during adolescence?
- continue to grow so need a protein rich diet
- need more of each component
- after puberty girls need more iron than boys
- worry about body image = inadequate diet
How does diet affect health during adulthood?
- less active so food energy requirements decrease but people eat the same so gain weight
- pregnant women need extra vitamins and minerals but not fats and carbs
- overweight adults - less mobile, require less energy
- diets are not the best way to lose weight
How does diet affect health during later adulthood?
- have smaller appetites
- less elastic stomachs mean less food intake
- become less active so do not lose a lot of weight
- mobility problems - gain weight
What are some substances that are misused?
- tobacco
- alcohol
- solvents
- illegal drugs
- legal drugs
What affect does tobacco have on health?
- illnesses like bronchitis
- cancer - mouth, throat, lung
- increase risk of stillborns
- wrinkled skin
- increase risk of hypertension
- addiction
What is binge drinking?
- when someone drinks more than recommended on a particular occasion
- after heavy drinking shouldn’t drink for 48 hours
What are the ways that alcohol can be misused?
- binge drinking
* alcoholism
What is alcoholism?
- addiction to alcohol
- typically concealed
- causes drunkenness - more likely to have an accident
- can damage liver long term
What effects can alcoholism have on health?
- cirrhosis - liver damage
- mouth and throat cancer
- damage to nerve cells
- addiction
What effects can solvent misuse have on health?
- cause dizziness when breathed in, leading to accidents
* cause death by stopping heart, liver disease and lung damage
What are some solvents that can misused?
- cigarette lighter fuel
- glues
- aerosols
What effects can illegal drugs have on health?
- cannabis - risk factor for cancers
- ecstasy - brain damage
- cocaine - depression
What illegal drugs are there?
- ecstasy
- cannabis
- heroine
- cocaine
What effects can legal drug misuse have on health?
- prescription drugs - people become addicted without realising
- long term can cause kidney failure
Substance misuse in infancy and childhood?
- rare
* effects of having parents who misuse substances can be severe - neglect and physical abuse
Substance misuse in adolescence?
- many drink alcohol
- common to try smoking and illegal drugs
- peer pressure
Substance misuse in adulthood?
- misuse from adolescence continued
- might be addicted
- some reduce their misuse
Substance misuse in later adulthood?
- more likely to become ill
- more risk of misusing substances
- feeling anxious about not having the drug
What are some STIs that can affect health?
- HIV
- gonorrhoea
- chlamydia
- herpes
- genital warts
Symptoms of HIV?
- virus
- at first fever like symptoms
- after 10 years - AIDS which damages immune system and can cause cancer, pneumonia and eventually death
Symptoms of Gonorrhoea?
- bacteria
- not present at first
- pain when urinating
- discharge from penis/vagina, pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility in women
Symptoms of herpes?
- virus
- often without symptoms
- blisters or sores in genital area
Symptoms of chlamydia?
- bacteria
- often without symptoms
- later pelvic inflammatory disease, possible infertility in women
Symptoms of genital warts?
- virus
- symptoms not present at first
- warts appear later and can itch
Treatment for HIV?
- no cure
* antiretroviral drugs control infection, preventing AIDS
Treatment for gonorrhoea?
• antibiotic drugs cure infection
Treatment for chlamydia?
• antibiotic drugs cure the infection
Treatment for herpes?
- no cure for infection
* antiviral drugs reduce symptoms
Treatment for genital warts?
- no cure
- immunisation can prevent infection
- warts can be removed
Which genetic disorders can affect health?
- Down’s syndrome
- Huntington’s disease
- PKU
- colour blindness
- haemophilia
What are the main features of Down’s syndrome?
- reduced intelligence
- small mouth with tongue that may stick out
- flat back of head
- palm may only have one crease on it
- eyes that slant upwards and outwards
What are the main features of Huntington’s disease?
- nerve cell death
- lack of emotions
- difficulty concentrating