Paper 2 - Health, Fitness And Wellbeing Flashcards

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HEALTH:

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State of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease

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Well-Being

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A Mix of physical, social and mental factors that gives a sense of being comfortable, healthy and happy

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Fitness:

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Ability to meet the demands of the environment

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Sedentary Lifestyle:

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A person’s choice to engage in little/ no physical activity

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Obesity:

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A term used to describe people with a large fat content, cause by an imbalance of calories consumed to energy expenditure.
BMI over 30

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Physical Health and Well Being:

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All body systems working well, free from illness and injury. Ability to carry out everyday tasks. It works in conjunction with social and mental health.

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Mental Health and Well Being:

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A state of well-being in which every individual realises his/her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his/her community. It works in conjunction with physical and social health.

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Social Health and Well-being:

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Basic human needs are being met (food, shelter and clothing). The individual has friendship and support, some value in society, is socially active and has little stress in social circumstances. It works in conjunction with physical and mental health.

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Benefits of Physical Well-being

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  • Avoid obesity
  • Improves heart function
  • Enables you to carry out day to day functions
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Benefits of maintaining mental health:

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  • Reduce stress levels
  • Control your emotions
  • Releases feel-good hormones eg serotonin
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Benefits of maintaining social health:

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  • Provides opportunities to make friends
  • Enables you to co-operate with others
  • Enables you to work collaboratively in a team
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Fitness:

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The ability to meet the demands of the environment

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Benefits of maintaining fitness

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  • Reduces chance of injury

- Lets you improve your level of fitness

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Effects on the body living a sedentary lifestyle:

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  • Increased risk of developing poor sleeping patterns
  • Increased risk of heart disease
  • Increased risk of hypertension (high blood pressure in arteries)
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Calculating BMI:

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Weight (kg)
BMI= ——————————
Height (m) ^2

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Somatotype

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A classification of body type - there are ectomorphs, endomorphs and mesomorphs

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Ectomorph

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A somatotype characterised by being tall and thin with arrow shoulders and narrow hips

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Characteristics and Activities of an Ectomorph

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  • Thin and lean
  • Not much fat/muscle
  • Long arms and legs
  • Long Distance Running
  • High Jump
  • Mo Farah
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Endomorph

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A somatotype characterised by muscular appearance with a pear shaped body and a high content of fat

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Characteristics and Activities of an Endomorph

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  • Pear shaped body
  • High fat content
  • Fat round middle, thighs and upper arms
  • Shot put
  • Sumo Wrestling
  • Joe Kovacs
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Mesomorph

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A somatotype characterised by muscular appearance with wide shoulders and narrow hips

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Characteristics and activities of a Mesomorph

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  • Wedge shape
  • Large muscle content
  • Broad shoulders and thin waist
  • Boxing
  • Sprinting
  • Anthony Joshua
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Balanced Diet

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Eating the right amount of calories depending on how much you exercise, also encompassing the right amount of all of the food groups

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Why is a balanced diet important?

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Unused energy stored as fat

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% of Fat

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25-30%

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% of Carbohydrates

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55-60%

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% of Protein

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15-20%

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7 food groups:

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  • Carbohydrates
  • Proteins
  • Fibre
  • Water
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Fats
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Carbohydrates

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Energy store

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Protein

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Growth and repair

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Fats

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Energy source
Insulation
But lots of sat fat leads to arteries being clogged up

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Proteins

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Growth and repair of muscle

Lack of protein, malnutrition

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Vitamins

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Maintaining the efficient working of body systems

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Minerals

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Inorganic substances which assist the body with many of its functions

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Fibre

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Help you poo, prevent constipation

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Calorie

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A unit which measures heat or energy production in the body, normally expressed as Kcal.

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Factors Affecting Calories Required

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BMI - how fast energy is being used
Gender - men have more muscle mass
Age - younger need more
Height - Larger Skeleton

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Hydration

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Having enough water (water balance) to enable normal functioning of the body

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Benefits of Hydration

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Assist with lubrication
Help Reactions
Maintain body temperature

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Rehydration

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The process of restoring water

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Dehydration

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Excessive loss of body water interrupting the actors of the body

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Dangers of Dehydration

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Body temps increase
Blood thickens
Reaction times decrease