Key Terms Flashcards
Physical health and well-being
All body systems work well,free from illness or injury, ability to carry out everyday tasks
Benefits of maintaining physical health
- carry out everyday tasks
- reduces risks of everyday illness
- avoids obesity
- Improves heart function
- improves efficiency of the body systems
Mental health and well being
Everyone can cope with the normal stress of life , can work productively and can make a contribution to his/her community
Mental health benefits
- control emotions better
- realise of good hormones such as serotonin
- helps reduce stress
Social health
Basic human needs are met, individual has friendship,support and value in society , and is socially active and little stress in social circumstances
Benefits of social health
- enables you to cooperate with other people
- opportunities to socialise and make friends
- enables you to work collaboratively in a team
Fitness
Ability to meet/cope with the demands or the environment
Benefits if maintains fitness
- improve levels of fitness
- ensure you are physically able to work
- reduces chance of injury
Qualitative data
Focuses on things, open questions
Quantitive data
Measures things, close answers, graphs
Sedentary lifestyle
A lifestyle with irregular or no physical activity
Disadvantages of a sedentary lifestyle
- don’t sleep well
- tired
- increase of hypertension
- poor self esteem
- increased risk of heart disease,diabetes and weight gain
BMI
Body mass index
Obese
Term to describe people with a large fat content caused by an imbalance of calorie consumed to energy expenditure
classifications of BMI
20< = underweight
20-25 = correct weight
25-30 = overweight
30 + = obese
Effects of obesity
- cause physical, social, mental health
- limit components of fitness, like cardiovascular endurance, agility, speed, power
- affect performance in physical activity and sport
- affect stamina
Mental ill health
- increase risk of depression
- loss of confidence
Social ill health
- increased risk of being unable to socialise
- cannot leave home, less confidence
Physical ill health
- increased risk of cancer
- increased risk of heart disease and heart Attacks
- increase risk of hypertension
- increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes
- High cholesterol
- pressure on joints
Somatotype
A classification of body type
Ectomorph
A somatotype characterised by being tall and thin with narrow shoulders and narrow hips
- High jump
- Long jump
- Tennis
- endurance activities marathon
Endomorph
A somatotype characterised by a pear-shaped body/fatness with wide hips and narrow shoulders
- shot put
- sumo wrestler
Mesomorph
A somatotype characterised by muscular appearance with wide shoulders and narrow hips
- weight lifter , sprinter
Energy expenditure
Amount of energy needed to maintain a healthy weight and match physical activity