1. Physical Activity and Health
Unit C –

2. Option Headings C1 – Hypokinetic Disease C2 - Cardiovascular Disease
C3 – Physical Activity and Obesity
C4 – Physical Activity and Type 2 Diabetes
C5 – Physical Activity and Bone Health
C6 – Prescription of exercise for Health
C7 – Exercise and Psychological well-being

3. C1 – Hypokinetic disease
Answer the following:
What is the difference between exercise, sport, and physical fitness?
What is hypokinetic disease?
What are the risk factors of hypokinetic disease?
How have changes in society effected the rate of hypokinetic disease?

4. C2 – Cardiovascular disease
Answer the following:
What is atherosclerosis?
What increases your risk for CVD?
What reduces your risk for CVD?
Does inactivity cause heart disease? (back up your statement with evidence)
How does Ethnicity and Race effect CVD risk

5. C3 – physical activity and Obesity
Answer the following:
How do we define Obese?
How do we measure BMI ?
What are the pro/cons to this measurement?
What risk factors are associated with obesity?
Back up your statements with evidence.

6. C4- Physical Activity and Type 2 Diabetes
Answer the following:
Compare type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
What are symptoms and treatments for each?
What are the risk factors for each?
Is there a cure?

7. C5 – Physical Activity and Bone Health
Answer the following:
How does bone density change over time?
What is the female triad? How does it relate to bone density?
What are the major risk factors for Osteoporosis?
What is the relationship between Bone health and physical fitness?

8. C6 – Prescription of exercise for health
Answer the following:
What are the guidelines for the promotion of good health (think globally and focus on exercise)?
What are some barriers to physical activity?
Suggest how can we address some of these barriers (be specific).

9. C7 – Exercise and psychological well-being
Answer the following:
Define “mood”.
How does exercise effect mood?
What is the relationship between anxiety and depression.
What are strategies for enhancing participation in exercise?
What are some negative effects of regular exercise?