Unit 2 Part 2
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