Test 1 Flashcards

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substance that protects the body from breakdown. Antioxidants’ actions include binding oxygen and repairing damage to molecules

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Antioxidant

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Agility, Balance, Coordination, Power , Speed, and reaction time

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What Are the Skill-Related Components of Physical Fitness?

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Any physical or psychological event or condition that produces usually negative reactions, are often threatening, unfamiliar, disturbing, or exciting

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Stressor

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The physical and emotional reactions to a stressor

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Stress response

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The physical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response

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Stress

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system of glands and tissues that secretes hormones into the bloodstream to influence metabolism and other processes.

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Endocrine system

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he branch of the nervous system that controls involuntary body processes: digestion, heart rate, breathing, blood pressure. It consists of the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.

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Autonomic nervous system

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reacts to danger or other challenges by accelerating body processes, such as increasing heart rate and breathing rate

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The sympathetic division

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slows the excitatory effect of the sympathetic division, slowing metabolism and restoring energy supplies.

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The parasympathetic division

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The endocrine system and sympathetic nervous system do what when stressed?

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activate hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol

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After the stress is gone, what slows the body down?

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parasympathetic nervous system

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Parasympathetic

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rest and digest

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a state in which your body stabilizes and maintains heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and hormone levels

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Homeostasis

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Find a type of exercise that you enjoy and can fit into your day. Limit caffeine during stressful situations. Drink water

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Exercise and have good nutrition

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Try to go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time each morning. Get 7-9 hours of sleep per night. Only use your bed for sleep; not as a couch, for studying, etc.

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Sleep

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Pause and think about how to respond to a stressor before you do it. Do not immediately respond to text messages, emails, voicemails, or social media comments that stress you out. 24 hours is a reasonable amount of time to respond.

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Manage your behavioral response

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Overall condition of the body or mind. The presence or absence of disease or injury

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Health

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Achieving the highest level of health possible in all nine dimensions

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Wellness

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Condition that increases one’s chances of developing a disease or injury. Some cannot be controlled: age, family history. Some can be controlled: nutrition, exercising, not smoking

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Risk Factor

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The years a person can expect to live without disability or major illness. Quality of life in relation to quantity of life.

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Healthy life expectancy

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disease that develops and continues over a long period of time. Many chronic diseases are preventable and tied to lifestyle choices and personal responsibility.

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Chronic Disease

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conscious behavior that can increase or decrease a person’s risk of disease or injury

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Lifestyle choices

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Chemical compounds in food that are crucial to growth and function, including proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water

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The science of food and how the body uses it in health and disease

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Noun: the food and drink that we consume
Diet
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-Proteins-Fats-Carbohydrates -Water
Macronutrients
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-Vitamins-Minerals
Micronutrients
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Fat = _____ calories per gram
9
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Fat = _____ calories per gram
4
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A food is a ______ protein if it supplies all nine essential amino acids.
complete
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A food is an ______ protein if it does not provide all nine essential amino acids.
incomplete
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How many grams of protein should you eat per day?
Most adults can multiply their body weight (lbs) by 0.36.
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Usually solid at room temperature. Come mostly from animal products. Clog arteries, raise "bad" LDL cholesterol, and are linked to an increased risk of heart disease
Saturated (not healthy)
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Usually liquid at room temperature. Come mostly from plant products. Flow through arteries and veins, reduces "bad" LDL cholesterol, increase "good" HDL cholesterol
Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated
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Aim to get 25-35 grams per day.
Fiber
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The ability to perform moderate to vigorous levels of physical activity without becoming overly tired
Physical Fitness
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To develop a particular fitness component, you must perform exercises designed specifically for that component
Principle of Specificity
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Sympathetic =
fight, flight, or freeze
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During the stress response, heart rate increases, blood vessels constrict, and blood pressure rises. Chronic high blood pressure is a major cause of strokes and heart attacks. People who respond to situations with anger and hostility are more likely to have heart attacks than people with more relaxed personalities.
Cardiovascular disease
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-Proteins-Fats-Carbohydrates -Water-Vitamins-Minerals
Essential Nutrients
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Protein = __ calories per gram
4
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substances needed in small amounts to help promote and regulate chemical processes in the body (need 13)
Vitamins
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micronutrients that support key bodily functions and help us absorb vitamins. Recommend 1500 mg per day; limit of ~2300 mg per day.
minerals
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the ability to provide enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle for all members of the household. Food security includes
Food security
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Any movement carried out by the skeletal muscles that requires energy
Physical Activity
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Movement that is planned or structured, intended specifically to improve or maintain physical fitness
Exercise
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150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week
health benefits
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300 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise
physical fitness
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What Are the Health-Related Components of Fitness?
Cardiorespiratory Endurance, Muscular Strength, Muscular Endurance, Flexibility, Body Composition,
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Principle of Progressive Overload
When the body is stressed by greater-than-normal amounts of exercise, it adapts and fitness improves. If you want to see improvements, you must push yourself beyond what your body is accustomed to. Your body gets used to what you do, so you must progress your workouts to see continued results and increase your fitness
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Principle of Reversibility
"Use it or lose it." The body will adapt to lower levels of physical activity. If someone stops exercising, up to 50% of fitness levels can be lost within two months
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Principle of Individual Differences
Results will vary from person to person. From a physical standpoint, we are not all created equal.