Unit 6: Health & Well-being

Question 1

In 1948 the World Health Organisation (WHO) defined ‘health’ as:?

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental & social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 2

What is included in ‘Total Fitness’?

Answer 2

Physical fitness
Mental & emotional fitness
Medical fitness
Nutritional fitness
Social fitness

Question 3

What is a non-controlled factor that affect health & well-being?

Answer 3

• Genetics
• Age
• Gender

Question 4

What is a controlled factor (lifestyle) that affect health & well-being?

Answer 4

• Activity levels
• Diet
• Smoking
• Alcohol & drugs

Question 5

What are the environmental factors that strongly influence the likelihood of an individual leading a healthy or unhealthy lifestyle?

Answer 5

• Income & social status
• Education
• Physical environment
• Social support network
• Health Services

Question 6

What risks increases are there from adopting a poor lifestyle?

Answer 6

• Cancer
• Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
• Depression & anxiety
• Type 2 diabetes
• Obesity
• Osteoarthritis
• Stroke
• Osteoporosis
• Respiratory conditions I.e COPD

Question 7

Personal activity is defined by the WHO as?

Answer 7

Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure

Question 8

Physical inactivity has been identified as what number leading risk factor for global mortality, correlated with an estimated 3.2 million deaths per year according to WHO 2017?

Answer 8

Fourth leading

Question 9

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) categories physical activity levels in the following way:

Answer 9

Inactive: less than 30 minutes per week
Fairly active: 30-149 minutes per week
Active: at least 150 minutes per week

Question 10

Sports England’s most recent ‘active lives’ survey found English population is still below par in their physical activity levels. What are they?

Answer 10

Inactive : 25.6% - 11.5 million
Fairly active: 13.8% - 6.2 million
Active: 60.6% - 27.1 million

Question 11

What are some of the heth benefits of physical activity?

Answer 11

• reducing risk of premature death by 20-30%
• reducing risk of developing CHD, stroke, diseases and certain cancers by 50%
• improving functional capacity
• reducing risk of back pain
• increasing independence in older people
• Increasing bone density & reducing risk of osteoporosis
• improvung psychological wellbeing
• reducing risk of stress, anxiety & clinical depression
• reducing symptoms of depression & anxiety
• reducing risk of falls in older adults
• improving weight loss & weight maintenance
• improving quality of life & general wellbeing