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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, mental 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 a large fat content, a body mass index (BMI) of over 30 or over 20% above standard weight for height ratio
• health: a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, 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

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Believing that a sedentary lifestyle only affects physical health through weight gain.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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
• Physical, mental and social health, fitness and wellbeing Study Guide
• Promotion of personal health Study Guide
• Somatotypes Study Guide