Topic 1.2- Consequences of a Sedentary Lifestyle Flashcards
What is the definition of a sedentary lifestyle?
How much exercise should people aim to do a week and a day?
What does overweight mean?
What does obese mean?
What does over fat mean?
Where there is little, irregular or no physical activity.
30 mins five days a weeks.
Weighing more than the idea weight for your height
Weighing significantly more than the ideal weight for your height and having an excess amount of body fat/excessive fat accumulation
Having more than the ideal amount of body fat.
What is osteoporosis?
What happens to risk of CHD if you lead a sedentary lifestyle?
What happens to risk of high blood pressure if you lead a sedentary lifestyle?
What happens to risk of diabetes if you lead a sedentary lifestyle?
What happens to risk of loss of muscle tone and poor posture if you lead a sedentary lifestyle?
A medical condition where the bones become brittle and fragile.
People who sit for more than 8 hours a day or more are more than twice as likely to develop a CV disease.
Eventually high blood pressure can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
Linked to a 91 % increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Sitting down for long periods can give you bad posture, leading to back and neck pain.
What happens to risk of osteoporosis if you lead a sedentary lifestyle?
What can reduce the risk of osteoporosis?
What happens to risk of depression if you lead a sedentary lifestyle?
What does a sedentary lifestyle have on components of fitness?
Scientists think this is partly due to people’s lack of activity.
Weight bearing activities such as running encourage bones to become denser and stronger.
If you don’t do much exercise you are more likely to become depressed (eg lower self esteem due to being overweight).
A negative impact on all eleven components of fitness can reduce your CV fitness, strength, muscular endurance and flexibility.
