Soc:1 The relationship between Health and Fitness

Question 1

Health

Answer 1

Health is the state of complete emotional/psychological,physical and social well-being.

Question 2

Exercise

Answer 2

Is any activity that needs physical effort. Usually when you say ‘exercise’ you mean the sort of activity you do to keep yourself fit and healthy, or to improve your condition. However, activities like doing housework or walking to school are still forms of exercise, because they require physical effort.

Question 3

Fitness

Answer 3

To be able to meet the demands of an environment- so for a sportsperson,it means being in the right emotional/psychological and physical shape to be able to do what your sport requires of you.

Question 4

Performance

Answer 4

It is the action or process of doing something, but the term is also used to described how you do something or how well you do it.

Question 5

Sedentary lifestyle

Answer 5

A sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle in which you do not partake in much physical exercise so therefore you become less fit.

Question 6

Hypo-kinetic diseases

Answer 6

Health problems caused by lack of exercise and a sedentary lifestyle have increased. Such conditions are called hypo kinetic diseases and include heart disease,high blood pressure and back pain, these diseases can be relieved by exercising.