Starter quiz
- Losing weight is an example of a physical ______ of doing exercise.
- 'benefit' ✓
- What can 'mental health' also be referred to as?
- physical health
- emotional health ✓
- social health
- spiritual health
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- Which are components of fitness?
- antagonistic muscle pair
- muscular strength ✓
- vitamins
- flexibility ✓
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- What are the three aspects that make up general health?
- mental health ✓
- social health ✓
- ill health
- physical health ✓
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- Someone who has ill health is likely to suffer from ...
- increased bone density
- increased risk of getting a cold ✓
- increased muscle tone
- increased risk of depression ✓
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- Match the keyword to the correct definition
- health⇔a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being ✓
- fitness⇔the ability to meet/cope with the demands of the environment ✓
- physical health⇔all body systems working well, free from illness and injury ✓
- mental health⇔can cope with the normal stresses of life ✓
- social health⇔the individual has friendship, support and some value in society ✓
Exit quiz
- Which is not an example of good health?
- free from disease
- has lots of friends
- has anxiety ✓
- is able to exercise
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- Fiona is free from disease, injury and illness. Which type of health does this affect?
- mental health
- physical health ✓
- social health
- all of them
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- Having good health allows someone to be able to take part in ______ and physical activity to improve their fitness.
- 'exercise' ✓
- Having ill health means someone is less likely to be able to exercise, so their fitness levels will be ...
- excellent
- good
- average
- poor ✓
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- Order the words to make the sentence correct.
- 1⇔If a person has ...
- 2⇔... good health ...
- 3⇔... they are more likely to ...
- 4⇔... take part in physical activity, ...
- 5⇔... therefore, their health improves even more ...
- 6⇔... and their fitness also improves, ...
- 7⇔... allowing them to be more capable to do more exercise.
- Ciara has a mental health illness but still manages to train. What will happen to her fitness?
- it will increase ✓
- it will decrease a lot
- it will stay the same
- it will decrease a little
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Key learning points
- Health involves physical, mental and social well–being.
- Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of the environment.
- Being fit does not automatically mean you are healthy. Conversely, a person can be healthy without being considered fit.
Common misconception
Thinking that being physically fit means someone is automatically healthy.
Explain that just because someone appears physically fit, it doesn't mean they have good emotional or social health.
Keywords
Health - a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, 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/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