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health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Health- | The overall well-being of your body, your mind, and relationships with other people. |
| Life Expectancy- | The number of years a person is expected to live |
| Quality of Life | the degree of overall satisfaction a person gets from their life |
| Physical Health- | refers to how your body functions |
| Mental Health- | the state of being comfortable with yourself, with others, and your surroundings |
| Social Health | refers to how you get along with others. |
| Continuum- | the gradual stages of health, poor, and ideal health. |
| Wellness- | A state of high-level health |
| Three aspects of overall Health | : social, mental, and physical |
| Two factors that can be used to evaluate overall health: | Lifestyle and physical indicators |
| True or False: Health is just the absence of illness | False |
| Nutrient- | a substance in food that the body needs to regulate bodily functions, promote growth, repair body tissues, and obtain energy. |
| Metabolism- | The chemical process by which the body breaks down food to release energy. |
| Calorie- | Unit for the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down. |
| Carbohydrate- | a nutrient made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that supplies energy. |
| Fiber- | a way of feeling with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling of a situation. |
| Fat- | a nutrient that is made up of carbon, hydrogen,n, and oxygen- supplies energy, forms cells, maintains body temperature, and protects nerves |
| Unsaturated fat- | a fat with at least one unsaturated bond in a place where hydrogen can be added to the molecule. |
| Saturated Fat- | a fat that has all the hydrogen and the carbon atoms it can hold.a fat that has all the hydrogen and the carbon atoms it can hold. |
| Cholesterol- | a waxy fat-like substance that is found only in animal products. |
| Trans fat- | the type of fat produced when manufacturers add hydrogen to the fat molecules in vegetable oil. |
| Protein- | a protein that contains nitrogen as well as carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Needed for growth and repair of body tissue. |
| Amino acids | are small units that are bonded together to form proteins. |
| Vitamin- | A nutrient that is made up of living things. It is required in small amounts and assists chemical reactions in the body. |
| Antioxidant- | a vitamin that helps protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process, as well as certain types of cancer. |
| Mineral- | a nutrient that occurs naturally in rocks or soil needed by the body in small amounts. |
| Anemia- | A condition where the red blood cells dont contain enough hemoglobin. |
| Homeostasis- | The process of maintaining a steady state inside the body |
| Electrolyte- | A dissolved substance that regulates many processes in the cells |
| Dehydration: | a serious reduction in the body's water content |
| Name the three classes of nutrients that supply your body with energy (Macro Nutrients) | Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats |
| Physical Activity- | any movement that requires large muscle groups to work |
| Physical Fitness- | having the energy and strength to participate in physical activities |
| Aerobic Exercise- | Ongoing Physical activity that raises your breathing rate and heart rate. Jumping jacks. |
| Anaerobic Exercise- | Intense physical exercise that lasts a few seconds to a few minutes, develops muscular strength and endurance. An example is weight lifting. |
| Isometric Exercise- | muscles contract but very little body movement occurs |
| Isotonic Exercise- | exersie that allows contracting and relaxing muscles through full range of their joint motion |
| Isokinetic Exercise- | exersie performed with machines |
| a measure of how much body fat a person has compared to muscle and bone | |
| Endorphins | -muscles that block pain from reaching the brain and produce feelings of pleasure |
| Define the five major components of fitness: | Bone strength, cardiovascular system, weight maintenance, balance, and coordination |
| List and Define five types of physical activity | (1) body composition, (2) flexibility, (3) muscular strength, (4) muscular endurance, and (5) cardiorespiratory endurance. |
| Aerobic: | like running, swimming, or going for a brisk walk. ... |
| Strengthening: | such as pushups, lifting weights |
| Flexibility: | stretching |
| Balance: | including yoga, |
| Muscle strength- | weightlifting |
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