Starter quiz
- If someone is described as 'very social', what does that mean?
- they have good muscular strength
- they are never stressed
- they spend lots of time with other people ✓
- they would be good marathon runners
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- Losing weight is an example of a physical ______ of doing exercise.
- 'benefit' ✓
- Match the long term physical effect of regular training to the correct body system.
- skeletal system⇔increased bone density ✓
- muscular system⇔increased muscular endurance ✓
- cardiovascular system⇔cardiac hypertrophy ✓
- respiratory system⇔capillarisation at the alveoli ✓
- Often straight after people have taken part in physical activity they feel ...
- upset
- scared
- good ✓
- angry
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- What can 'mental health' also be referred as?
- physical health
- emotional health ✓
- social health
- spiritual health
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- Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of the ...
- gym
- tennis court
- running track
- environment ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which is not a type of health?
- emotional
- fitness ✓
- social
- physical
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- Match the correct key word to the definition.
- fitness⇔the ability to meet the demands of the environment ✓
- physical health⇔all body systems working well, free from illness and injury ✓
- emotional health⇔can cope with the normal stresses of life ✓
- social health⇔individual has friendship and support and value in society ✓
- Which are examples of a physical benefit of exercise?
- reduces health risks ✓
- reduces stress and tension
- reduces blood pressure ✓
- reduces loneliness
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- Andy wants to join a netball club to make friends. What type of benefit is this?
- physical
- emotional
- social ✓
- fitness
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- Kobe goes to badminton club because it is fun and he enjoys it. What type of health benefit is this?
- 'emotional' ✓
- Match the impacts of fitness to the types of health it affects.
- positive impact on physical health⇔can improve ability to do every day tasks e.g. carry the shopping. ✓
- negative impact on physical health⇔risk of a sports related injury ✓
- positive impact on emotional health⇔lowers the risk of depression ✓
- negative impact on emotional health⇔can lead to an obsessive interest in body shape ✓
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Key learning points
- Health involves physical, emotional and social wellbeing.
- Fitness is the ability 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.
Common misconception
Students think the only benefits to exercise are physical benefits.
Explain the importance of social and emotional benefits too, particularly for participants such as elderly people.
Keywords
Health - a state of complete physical, emotional, and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Fitness - the ability to meet the demands of the environment
Physical health - all body systems working well, free from illness and injury
Emotional 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