Soc 23 - The Consequences Of A Sedentary Lifestyle Flashcards
Whats a sedentary lifestyle?
Where there is little, irregular or no exercise.
Health
State of physical, social and emotional wellbeing.
Overweight
More weight than is considered healthy.
Overfat
Too high a proportion of their body composition is fat.
Obese
Extremely overweight.
Depression
Persistent feeling of sadness or loss of interest in life.
Coronary heart disease
Fatty deposits that clog the heart, more risk if you sit down all day and do nothing.
High blood pressure
The force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as your heart pumps, if your blood presure rise s and stays high, it can damage your body in many ways.
Diabetes
A condition where the amount of glucose is your blood is too high, because your body cant regulate the blood levels correctly
Osteoporosis
Bones become fragile and brittle, due to a lack of activity
Sedentary lifestyle.
A lifstyle that lacks physical activity.