1. Positive and negative impact of lifestyle choices
Learning Objectives
To be able to…
1.1.6
Lifestyle choices in relation to: diet, activity level, work/ rest/sleep balance, and alcohol
1.1.7
Positive and negative impact of lifestyle choices on health, fitness and well-being, e.g. the negative effects of smoking (bronchitis, lung cancer)
1.2.1
A sedentary lifestyle and its consequences: overweight, over fat, obese, increased risk to long-term health.

2. Alcohol
what is the recommended number of units a male and female should consume?

3. Order & guess the amount of units in each drink (largest amount of units first)

4. Order & guess the amount of units in each drink (largest amount of units first)
Pint
Beer
3 units
Can
Beer
2 units
Bottle
Beer
1.7 units
Standard Glass of
Wine
2.1 Units
Alcopop
1.5 units
Single shot
1 unit

5. Immediate effects of alcohol
Impairs motor functions (e.g. walking)
Vomiting
Impairs reaction time and reflexes
Aggression, violence and crime
Impairs reasoning and information processing
Increases confidence and lowers inhibitions – a bad combination!!

6. Long-term effects of alcohol
Death – drinking is blamed for up to 33,000 deaths a year– in the UK alone!
Increased weight
Cancer of the liver and/or bowel
High blood pressure
Heart failure

7. Sedentary Lifestyle A lifestyle where the individual has limited or no physical activity
The problem with modern society is that it is too easy not to exercise or it is difficult to do so because:
Access to a car and public transport
therefore they do not need to walk to and from places
Sedentary jobs where they sit behind a desk all day
Due to fatigue, most sit down when they get home from work, this is made more attractive as entertainment is available via the T.V

8. Research into sedentary lifestyle
Researcher from Loughborough University and the University of Leicester collected data from almost 800,000 people across the world and looked at the link between sitting down and the increase health risk. The research found that there was a greater risk of:
Diabetes
Cardiovascular disease
Increase risk of death from cardiovascular disease
Increased risk of death from any health issue
Research recommends people stand for at least 2 hours a day. Sitting spells should be limited to 30 minutes. There should be an active break, which can be standing for a minute

9. Get Britain Standing Government Initiative
Estimate the time you spend sitting daily
Eating (combination of time spent eating breakfast, lunch and dinner
Commuting
School
Relaxing (watching T.V, online, gaming)

10. Reduced life expectancy
High blood pressure
Due to increased cholesterol
Coronary heart disease
Due to high blood pressure & cholesterol
Overweight
Not using all the calories we eat
Reduced life expectancy
Due to coronary heart disease
Poor posture
Due to loss of muscle tone
Consequences of a sedentary lifestyle
Loss of muscle tone
Due to lack of use if muscles, previous training effects are lost if muscles are not used
Osteoporosis
As a lack of exercise means bone density is not improved

11. Reminder of the objectives of the lesson:
Draw your brain
Draw a big outline of your brain filling a whole page. Then, fill the outline with everything you have learnt during the lesson.
Reminder of the objectives of the lesson:
Identifying negative lifestyle choices and affects
Identify what a sedentary lifestyle is and its consequences