Unit 2 Part 2

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Healthy lifestyle Practices

Getting regular exercise Eating a balanced, nutritious diet Engaging in proper sleep habits Drinking plenty of water Managing stress Avoiding substance abuse Getting an annual checkup

What kind of culture are we in?

Media-saturated

Is there a sure-fire way to know exactly how healthy we are?

No

Is there such a thing as a perfect body?

No

What have become epidemics in the U.S.?

Overeating and obesity

What does research show on the teenage girls?

They are increasingly exposed to unhealthy body images, which correlates to a sharp rise in eating disorders

Cardio-respiratory

a form of activity that engages the heart and lungs to take in, transport, and deliver oxygen to muscles

The most effective way to gain balance is to

adjust your consumption of at and activity level

If you replace ___________ with __________, you may actually gain weight, since muscle tissue weighs more than fat

body fat and muscle tissue

Body composition is pretty much what you do with the ________ you get as a result of __________

body type and genetics

Many of the people whose bodies we idealize struggle with ________________ problems and ______________

body-image and eating disorders

(fat-cells) These cells expand (or shrink) to accommodate _____ storage

calorie

The scan does not assess how much is _____ and how much is _______________.

fat and lean mass

If you want to change your body composition, you should

focus on replacing fat cells with muscle tissue, not the numbers on the scale

As you grow older, you will look and feel younger because of the

heathly choices you make today

While some aspects are based on ______, body composition is largely a result of _______

heredity and lifestyle

Making healthy choices not only improves your life,

it can actually extend it

American teens are bombarded with _________________________ from TV, magazines, websites, and newspapers- all of which are fill with advertising, not research. This can leave you ______________ and __________________

mixed nutritional information uninformed and confused

You will need to input some _______________ to get an idea of your overall cardio-respiratory fitness, muscular fitness and flexibility in comparison to national standards and norms for teens your age and gender

personal data

Reduce the chance of this happening to you through

regular physical activity; a healthy, balanced diet; and regular visits to the doctor

If you start a workout program and your total body weight doesn't change much,

that doesn't mean it's not working

Body composition refers to

the amount of at, muscle, bone, and other vital parts in your body

If you choose a health-conscious, active lifestyle as a teenager, you are much more likely

to become a health-conscious, active adult

Calories

unit of energy obtained from food(3,500 kilocalories of food energy = 1 pound of body weight)

Even though there isn't a sure-fire way to know exactly how healthy we are

we can get a sense for our health by assessing aspects of our lifestyles and bodies

Is it extremely important to maintain a healthy body composition for health and weight management?

yes

Self-assessment is a great tool, and

you can do it in the privacy of your own home.

In order to increase or decreases body-fat percentage

you need to create the right balance between the calories you consume and the calories you burn

if you consume more calories than you burn,

your body stores that excess energy in fat cells, causing fat cells to expand until the energy is burned

After about age __, changes in body fat are due to changes in _________ size, not number.

16 fat-cell

Between ___% and __% of the body's weight is made up of ________

60 and 75 water

The human brain is about __% water, and bones are between __% and __% water

85 10 15

________________ have to work very hard to keep their bodies in the "right" shape

Celebrities

_________ exercise is a very effective way to decrease body fat, but you must include _________ training in your fitness program to maintain or gain muscle mass and tone

Aerobic and strength

_________________ and other technology make people look different in magazines than they do in real life

Airbrushing


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