9.5 Diet and fitness

Sayed isn't fit. He cannot walk for a long time, less blood is able reach his muscles. He gets a sharp pain in his leg when he tries to run. Why do you think this is happening to him?

• He is too young

• He has plaque in his arteries

• He is diet is deficient in vitamin C

• He is not wearing his training suit

What is plaque?

• It is a skin infection

• It is a brain dysfunction

• It is a mixture of fats, cholesterol and blood cells.

• Losing hair

Where is plaque formed?

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Heart

High blood pressure caused by plaque formed in arteries can negatively affect the following:

• Heart

• Hair

• Brain

• Eyes

• Kidneys

When plaque break away from an artery wall and stick to platelets forming a blood clot, which can block an artery supplying blood to the heart causing.....................

When plaque break away from an artery wall and stick to platelets forming a blood clot, which can block an artery supplying blood to the brain causing.....................

Face droops to one side, they cannot hold hands in air and their speech are harder to understand, those are symptoms for..........................

• Heart attack

• Anemia

• Brain stroke

• Scurvy

What happens to our heart rate when we exercise?

• Heart rate increases

• Heart rate decreases

• Heart rate stays the same

To avoid plaque, what we should decrease in our daily diet?

• Fruits and vegetables

• Sweets and sugary drinks

• Fish and chicken

A ...........................circulatory system can leave you short of energy.

• poor

• rich