Soc 23 - Lifestyle Choices Flashcards
What is health?
To be in a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.
What is well-being?
The state of being comfortable, healthy or happy
What is physical health?
Good physical health is linked to fitness – being able to perform effectively the physical tasks involved in life as well as sport.
What is emotional health?
Emotional – or mental – health is linked to personal wellbeing – feeling positive about yourself.
What is social health?
Social health also contributes to wellbeing – feeling positive about interactions with other people and the wider world.
What is fitness?
Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of an environment.
What are the positive impacts of Fitness on Wellbeing?
- Help you cope with physical side of life
- Lowers risk of psychological illness
- Helps with body composition
- Less likely to be off of work with sickness - Lowers RHR and BP
- Gives you stronger bones
What are the negative impacts of Fitness on Wellbeing?
- Puts you at risk of sport-related injuries
- Time off to recover can lead to mental illness
- Competitive pressure can lead to mental illness - Early specialisation can reduce opportunities
- Stresses of sport can lead to long-term injury
- Can lead to obsessive interest in body shape
How can a PEP promote health?
Creating a PEP is a life skill which should enable you to plan your fitness requirements for the rest of your life.
A PEP is a training programme designed to improve your personal fitness. This may be associated with any one of the components of fitness and an activity.
For example, if you play football or netball improved cardiovascular fitness is likely to improve your performance in a game situation. If your sport is shot put in athletics you would aim to improve your strength.
A PEP can also include a diet plan as well allowing an individual to plan for a work-rest balance to make sure you recover well before your next training sessio
Some lifestyle choices include….
Diet Activity level Work/sleep/rest ratio Drugs Smoking Alcohol
Whats a depressant?
substance that lowers the level of physiological or nervous activity in the body
What’s a stimulant?
a substance that raises alertness
What’s a sedative?
a drug that has a calming or sleep-inducing effect
What’s a lifestyle choice?
the choices we make about how we live and behave that impact on our health
Whats a high density lipoprotein?
sometimes knows as good cholesterol, removed bad cholesterol from the body
