Lesson 1 – Physical Education
What is Lifestyle?
It is an individual lives
It includes the typical pattern of an individual’s behavior, such as their everyday routine at
home, school, and the workplace, as well as their eating habits, rest, and exercise.
Aspects of Lifestyle - Food, Physical Activity, and Eating habits.
Variables in lifestyle
Nutrition, Body Weight, Physical Activity, Health Habits
Risks Factors in Lifestyle Variables
Hypertension/ High blood pressure
Overweight & Obesity
Excess body fat
High level of stress
Lack of exercise and sedentary lifestyle
Unhealthy dietary practices
Alcohol consumption
Health Risks of being Overweight or Obese
Type 2 diabetes, High blood pressure, High Cholesterol, Heart Disease and Stroke,
Gallbladder Disease, Sleep Apnea, Osteoarthritis, Fatty Liver Disease and Cancer
Common Signs of Malnutrition
Unplanned weight loss, Loss of appetite, with lack of interest in food and drink, inability to
focus and concentrate, feeling tired all the time, even when sedentary, a general feeling of
being weaker than usual, getting sick often and taking a longer time to recover
Non-Communicable Diseases
these are diseases that shorten your lifestyle because of unhealthy lifestyle; Not
transmitted from one person to another “CHRONIC DISEASES”
Four Main Types of Non – Communicable Diseases
Cardiovascular diseases (enlargement of the heart and hypertension)
Cancer
Chronic respiratory diseases (chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma)
Diabetes
Weight Management
is the process of adopting long term lifestyle modification to maintain a healthy body
weight.
basis of a person’s age, sex, and height. Methods of weight management include eating a
healthy diet and increasing physical activity levels
Formula of Weight Management
WEIGHT GAIN = Energy consumed is greater than energy expended; more food intake but less
physical exertion
WEIGHT LOSS = Energy consumed is less than energy expended; more physical exertion but
less food intake
WEIGHT MAINTENANCE = Energy consumed equals energy expended; physical exertion is the
same with food intake
What
Severely underweight - BMI less than 16.5kg/m^2 is
Underweight - BMI under / below 18.5 kg/m^2 BMI /
Normal weight - BMI greater than or equal to 18.6 to 24.9 kg/m^2 Body
Overweight - BMI greater than or equal to 25 to 29.9 kg/m^2 Mass
Obesity - BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m^2
Obesity class I - BMI 30 to 34.9 kg/m^2
Obesity class II - BMI 35 to 39.9 kg/m^2
Obesity class III - BMI greater than or equal to 40 kg/m^2 (also referred to as
severe, extreme, or massive obesity)
Index?
It is a measure of body fat based on your weight in relation to your height
It is more of an indicator than a direct measurement of a person’s total body fat.
As the BMI score increases, so does the person’s total body fat
Classifications of BMI
Formula for computing BMI
Factors Affecting BMI
Genetic Factor
Psychological Factor
Economic Factor
Lifestyle Factor