Chapter 6: Health Well-being and fitness

State two features that determine a person’s social health and well-being.

• Able to cope with stress

• Friendships and support

• Having value in society

• Need for a healthy lifestyle

• Can control emotions

Suggest one feature of a person's mental well-being.

• Able to cope with stress

• Improved cardiovascular fitness

• Essential human needs are met

• Ability to mix with others

Suggest two features of a person's social well-being.

• Able to cope with stress

• Improved cardiovascular fitness

• Essential human needs are met

• Ability to mix with others

• Can control emotions

Explain the benefits of regular exercise for a person’s mental well-being.

• Provide confidence and high self-esteem

• Find value in society

• Improved diet

• Increase in fitness

Features of mental well-being when participating in physical activity.

• in team activities, feeling supported by the other team-mates

• when participating in physical activities a performer is able to cope with the pressures of an important game

• when playing in a club they will meet others who have similar interests develop greater confidence

• a player`s self-esteem increases when they play well in a game

Define the term fitness.

• Having good physical health

• The ability to run for a long period of time

• The ability to exercise at high intensity

• The ability to cope with the demands of the environment

The World Health Organisations definition of HEALTH.

• Being free from injury or disease.

• A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not simply the absence of disease or infirmity.

• Feeling physically fit.

Describe two possible benefits of joining an extra-curricular club for a performer’s social health and well-being.

• Improve physical fitness

• Develop high self-esteem

• Having value in society and become an important part of the team

• Friendship and support

Suggest two statements explaining the relationship between health and fitness.

• if you are unable to train because of ill health then you will experience a decrease in fitness.

• If you have good health and are able to train you can experience an increase in fitness

• Can control your emotions

• Essential human needs are met when you play sport with friends.

Suggest two statements explaining the relationship between health and fitness.

• exercise and fitness can have positive effects on physical, mental and social health

• Unhealthy but still able to train and keep fit

• If you are ill and are unable to train you can improve your fitness

• Unfit and cannot train means you can increase fitness