Soc23 Lifestyle Choices Flashcards
The Impact of Fitness on Wellbeing
Positives
- 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
The Impact of Fitness on Wellbeing
Negative
- 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
6 areas of lifestyle choices
Diet, activity level, work/rest/sleep balance, recreational drugs, smoking and alcohol
Lifestyle choice
the choices we make about how we live and behave that impact on our health
Eating too little can lead to:
Muscle atrophy
Fatigue
Depression
Dizziness
Eating too much can lead to:
Diabetes
Heart disease
Osteoporosis
Mobility issues
Lifestyle Choices - Diet
Providing the body with right energy and nutrients is crucial to repair and grow our tissues.Having the right balance is important
Although it is not all about calories watch out for the nutrients you need aswell
Lifestyle Choices - Activity Level
Have a huge impact on health and fitness although it depends on your location, cost,facilities and time it all depends if you are physcially active or not.Recording it also maintains activity levels
Lifestyle Choices - Work/Life/Sleep Balance
Exercise helps makes you to sleep better which helps your body to recover,helps you go to bed and have a more deeper and productive sleep .Exercising too late will have the opposite effect as endorphins and serotoninis released.Rest allows your body to recover and adapt.Having a good Work Life Sleep Balance is Crucial as there are many consequences like Stress Anxiety Depression High Blood Pressure
Lifestyle Choices - Recreational Drugs
Illegal and Legal Drugs
Legal- Caffeine,Nicotine and Ethanol
Illegal- Heroin,Cocaine,LSD,Amphetamines,Cannabis and ecstasy
Both if these have many negative impacts although Illegal Drugs are very harmful and not accepted by societu
Lifestyle Choices - Smoking
Smoking is Highly Addictive and in a short time they crave them and have withdrawal symptoms.Nicotine is the active addictive ingredient in it and is a stimulant that raises alertness and nicotine also makes it so that the longer someome smokes for the more addicted they become
Lifestyle Choices - Alcohol
Alcohol is a depressant that slows down reaction time and alters the way you see,hear and move in response to other things.Small amounts make you relaxed and less anxious however large amounts cause changes in your brain and is banned in sports as it impairs your judgement and reaction time and produces a calming effect
Positive Lifestyle Choices
Increase life expectancy
Generate happiness
Promote Confidence and Self Esteem
Maintain older people’s independence
Prevent long-term illnesses such as atherosclerosis or osteoporosis
Improve relationships
Improve memory and concentration
Reduce stress/ prevent depression
Increase educational achievement
Negative Lifestyle Choices
Increase stress
Reduce life expectancy
Result in more falls in older people
Create poor muscle tone and posture
Result in osteoporosis
Lead to Type 2 diabetes
Trigger depression
Result in obesity/being overweight
Lead to coronary heart disease
Increase the likelihood of cancer
Effects of Smoking
Shortness of breath/reduced lung capacity
Heart Disease
Bronchitis and lung disease
- Affect the way your brain works, changing your behaviour and making it harder for you
to think clearly
- Damage your heart and circulatory system causing high blood pressure
- Lead to liver damage
- Cause your pancreas to produce toxic substances
- Increase your risk of developing some cancers including mouth, liver and breast
cancer
- Weakens your immune system, making your body an easier target for disease.
