Year 11 - Physical education
Physical, mental and social health, fitness and wellbeing
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 explain the physical, mental and social benefits of exercise and discuss the relationship between health and fitness.
Key Notes
- Health involves physical, mental and social wellbeing.
- Fitness to meet the demands of the environment
- Engaging in regular exercise can have physical benefits to health and fitness
- Engaging in physical activities helps individuals control their emotions better.
- Social benefits of physical activity include opportunities to socialise and make friends.
Vocabulary To Learn
- health: a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
- fitness: the ability to meet/cope with the demands of the environment
- physical health: all body systems working well, free from illness and injury and ability to carry out everyday tasks
- mental health: can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community
- social health: basic human needs are being met (food, shelter and clothing) and the individual has friendship and support, some value in society, is socially active and has little stress in social circumstances
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Students think that being physically fit means they are automatically healthy.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Health involves physical, mental and social wellbeing. Fitness to meet the demands of the environment.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'health'
a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Students think that being physically fit means they are automatically healthy. Correction: Explain the importance of social and emotional benefits too, particularly for participants such as elderly people.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Consequences of a sedentary lifestyle Study Guide
- Lifestyle choices and diseases Study Guide
- Physical, emotional and social aspects of health Study Guide
- Physical, emotional 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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