Year 11 - Physical education
Consequences of a sedentary lifestyle
Health and well-being: reasons for participation
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Unit Summary
This unit will examine the benefits of participating in physical activity and sport on health, fitness and well-being to include physical, emotional/ mental and social factors. It will also explore the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle and implications of ill health.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle and explain how obesity affects physical, emotional and social health.
Key Notes
- A sedentary lifestyle can lead to weight gain, obesity and related health issues like heart disease and diabetes.
- Poor sleep, low self-esteem, and lethargy are common consequences of inactivity.
- Obesity negatively impacts physical performance by limiting stamina, flexibility, agility and speed/power.
- Physically, obesity increases the risk of conditions such as cancer, heart disease and high cholesterol.
- Mentally and socially, obesity can cause depression, loss of confidence, and social isolation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sedentary lifestyle: a lifestyle with irregular or no physical activity
- obesity: people with large fat content, a body mass index (BMI) of over 30 or over 20% weight for height ratio
- health: a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
- body mass index: a measure that uses your height and weight to calculate whether your weight is deemed healthy
- body composition: the percentage of body weight which is fat and nonfat (muscle and bone)
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Believing that a sedentary lifestyle only affects physical health through weight gain.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
A sedentary lifestyle can lead to weight gain, obesity and related health issues like heart disease and diabetes. Poor sleep, low self-esteem, and lethargy are common consequences of inactivity.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'sedentary lifestyle'
a lifestyle with irregular or no physical activity.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Believing that a sedentary lifestyle only affects physical health through weight gain. Correction: A sedentary lifestyle can have a negative impact on social and emotional health too.
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- Physical, emotional and social aspects of health Study Guide
- Physical, emotional and social health, fitness and wellbeing Study Guide
- Physical, mental and social health, fitness and wellbeing Study Guide
- Promotion of personal health Study Guide
- Somatotypes Study Guide
- The consequences of a sedentary lifestyle Study Guide
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