Health
the capacity to lead a satisfying life, fulfill ambitions and accommodate to change
what are the 6 dimensions of health?
Physical Social Mental Environmental Spiritual Emotional
How do you achieve health and wellness?
it’s not one single event, it’s an ongoing process, making healthy choices (good nutrition) are important guidelines to consider
reactive (curative) approach to health
only worrying about your health when you’re sick, not trying to be healthy when in the absence of disease
proactive approach to health
adopting lifestyle habits that, in the long run, will enable you to lead a healthy lifestyle
Wellness
the combination of health and happiness
What are the positive influences your family can have on your health and wellness?
What are the negative influences your family can have on your health and wellness?
parents that make their children compete for reasons other than physical, mental, social or spiritual benefits of activity
-can cause their children to withdraw prematurely from participating in PA
What are the positive influences of media on our health and wellness?
Media messages can be motivational, ex. sports create role models for children that can motivate them to do physical activity
What are the negative influences media can have on our health and wellness?
media can encourage unhealthy choices
Ex. Ideal body images for men and women has distorted the real meaning and/or interpretation of what an actual healthy body looks like
-distorted the idea of what it means to be an accomplished performer
Ex. it makes people believe that you only achieve something if you’re beating your competition, if you’re the toughest or gaining million dollar contracts
peer/ social influences on health and wellness
- it’s important to 1.choose friends wisely and 2. Resist negative peer pressure
cultural influences on health and wellness
-health is labelled differently in different cultures
Ex. North Americans tend to think about disease in scientific ways. Disease is more likely to be understood as a biological, neurological, or emotional imbalance or deficiency.
-Western medicine deals mostly with treating organs and systems in isolation from the person’s mind/environment
-a more holistic approach is emerging
Why study sport and physical activity?
1) the amount of people participating in sports is slowly diminishing throughout the years according to statistic’s Canada 2010 general social survey
2) connecting to other “spheres” of society (family, media, politics, religion, education)
3) importance to every day life
what is sport culture?
what is a fan vs a fanatic?
Fan: Passive admirers or true devotees to the culture surrounding their chosen entertainment. Can be individual or a group of like-minded people who have a common set of beliefs and values and who have chosen to cheer on a specific sport or contest
Fanatic: have difficulty dissociating from the experience, often traced to a self-esteem problem or a social-emotional disorder; the sport becomes an obsession for them and they believe that they can change the outcome of the game
how are kinesiology and physical education related?
what is ‘kinesiology’?
In 1993, the American Academy of Physical Education officially endorsed the term ‘kinesiology’ to represent the academic study of human movement in undergraduate degrees now governed in the USA by the National Academy of Kinesiology
what is the social-cultural approach?
Includes:
a humanist perspective
a social science perspective
a curiosity-based research perspective.
Characterized by ‘productive discomfort’
what are the 4 main sources of nutrients?
define the term “nutrition”
Science of food
Helps teach about healthy diet that contains adequate amounts of all essential nutrients
what are micronutrients?
vitamins and minerals
what are macronutrients?
Proteins, fats and carbohydrates
Provide energy: calories
what is a kilocalorie (Calorie)
the amount of energy that is required to raise 1 kg of water 1 degree Celsius
1 gram of carbohydrate provides __ calories of energy
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