Lifestyle choices Flashcards
What’s the governments guidelines for daily calorie intake
2500 calories for men
2000 calories for women
Questions to think about for your diet
Do you eat enough
Do you consume more calories than you use
Do you eat too much of one food type
Do you have a healthy balanced diet
Negative effects of poor dirty choices Include
Anorexia
Obesity
Diseases causes by lack of nutrients
How is anorexia a negative effect of poor dietary choices
An eating disorder dues to poor emotional health where a person keeps body weight as low as possibly
Impacts persons ability to achieve sustained involvement in physical activity - little energy, too tired and weak
Fitness and performance levels will deteriorate
How is obesity a negative effect of poor dietary choices
Impact a persons ability to move
Lead to joint and heart issues
How is diseases causes by a lack of nutrients a negative effect of poor dietary choices
Rickets (lack vitamin D) weak bones
Scurvy (lack vitamin C) tiredness
Osteoporosis (lack of calcium) weak bones
What is lifestyle choices involve to remain healthy
Diet
Activity level
Work/rest/sleep balance
What do the government recommend for children for exercise
An hour a day
For work to sleep to rest how much time should you spend on each
8 hours each
But suggest teenagers should have 8 - 10 hours of sleep a night
What can lack of sleep cause
Tiredness
Lack of concentration
Irritability
List some negative effects of alcohol
Heart failure
Increased blood pressure
Increase weight
Liver disease/cancer
List some negative effects of smoking
Strokes Bronchitis Heart disease Blood clots Emphysema Lung cancer
Alcohols negative effects on performance
Slower reaction time
Less mobile - excess weight
Loss of concentration
Loss of coordination
Smoking negative effects on performance
Causes breathlessness
Reduced oxygen carrying capacity
