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Health: Physical Health and well-being Social Health and well-being Mental Health and well-being
State of complete mental, physical and social • Relates to the bodies systems and how well • Relates to basic human needs being • Relates to a persons emotions
wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease. they are working. met (food, shelter) as well as being able and state of mind.
Exercising positively affects physical health and to socially interact with others in Exercise positively affects mental
Fitness: well-being as it can: society. health and well-being as it can:
Ability to meet the demands of the environment • Improve your heart function Exercise positively affects social health and • Reduce stress / tension levels.
Improvements in fitness will: • Improve the efficiency of cardiorespiratory and well-being as it can: • Release feel-good hormones in
• Improve your ability to cope with the musculoskeletal systems • Provide opportunities to socialise and the body such as serotonin.
demands of your daily environment • Reduce the risk of illness e.g. diabetes make friends • Enable a person to control their
• Reduce the chances of you suffering injuries • Help to prevent obesity • Encourages co-operation and team emotions and work productively.
• Make it easier for you to complete physical • Enable you to carry out everyday tasks without work
work getting tired
• Make you feel more content / happy

Well-being:
A mix of physical, social and mental factors that Diet,
gives a sense of being comfortable, healthy and Obesity:
happy. A term used to describe
Somatotypes, people with a large fat

Sedentary Lifestyle: content, caused by an
A person’s choice to engage in little or no physical Health and imbalance of calories
activity. consumed to energy
Consequences of choosing a sedentary lifestyle are: Fitness expenditure. BMI of over 30.
• Weight Gain / become obese
• Suffering from heart disease
• Suffering from diabetes Effects of obesity on social
• Suffering from poor sleep / insomnia Effects of obesity on Physical Effects of obesity on Mental Health:
• Suffering from poor self-esteem / confidence Health: Health: • Inability to socialise
• Feeling tired and lethargic • Contributes to cancer • Can lead to depression • Make people feel
• Having a lack of friends • Causes heart disease / heart • Cause a loss of confidence uncomfortable is social
attacks • Make an individual feel like they situations.
• Causes high blood pressure cannot contribute to society
• Can cause diabetes
• Causes cholesterol levels to rise

Effects of obesity on Fitness:
• Limits a persons cardio-vascular endurance / stamina therefore making it difficult for them to take part in
DRUGS & • physical activities for a long period of time.
Limits a persons flexibility making it difficult for performers to use a full range of movement at a joint when
THE LAW • performing a skill e.g. lunging forward for the shuttle in badminton.
Limits a persons agility making it difficult for them to change direction quickly.
• Limits a persons speed / power making it hard to react quickly enough or produce any forceful movement.