Soc22-Physical,emotional, And Social Health Fitness And Wellbeing

Question 1

What are the impacts of Physical Activity on Physical Health?

Answer 1

• Cardiovascular fitness: it improves the cardiovascualr system and reduces resting blood pressure. It decreases your resting heart rate and reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
• Body Composition: it helps with weight control,it reduces the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
• Muscular strength and endurance: it can help to improve general fitness and health. Weight bearing exercises including walking can strengthen muscles and bones.
• Other health benefits: people who do more exercise are able to fight off illnesses more easily,big and small ones like a cold or a heart attack.

Question 2

What are the impacts of Physcial Activity on Emotional health?

Answer 2

• Relieves stress and tension: it can create a distraction from problems of daily life.
• Feeling good: when we exercise our brains produce endorphins which help our body feel good-they are natural.
• For aesthetic appreciation:people watch it as it nice to look at so if the like it they may relieve stress and be happy. Playing sports will make you look good also.
• For an emotional challenge- doing a marathon or climbing a mountain for example is a big challenge and will make you feel proud
• Increasing self-esteem and confidence: it provides a physical challenge and overcoming it gives you a sense of achievemnt and makes you feel proud
• For enjoyment: people do sports because they enjoy it and its fun

Question 3

What are the Impacts of Physcial Activity On Social Health?

Answer 3

• Co-operation: many sports are played in teams and working in groups helps to improve teamwork and co-operation,which is necessary in everyday life.
• Developing friendships and mixing socially: it means you get involved with lots of sports and ou get to meet new people and be with many people which you will make friends with.
• Gaining a good attitude to competing: when you are competing against other teams you get the sense of competition and the wanting to win and you give respect to your oponent and learn important life skills.

Question 4

What are the impacts of Fitness on Well-Being?

Answer 4

Positive effects:
Helps you cope with the physical side of life
Lower risk of physiological illness
Lowers risk of eating problems
Can help weight control
Negative effects:
Puts you at risk of sport related injury
Time off to recover from injury can lead to physiological problems
Competition pressure can lead to physiological problems