1. Assignment 2: Understanding the effects of lifestyle factors on health and fitness

2. Lifestyle Factors covered
Physical Activity
Smoking
Alcohol
Drugs
Stress
Diet
Personal Hygiene

3. Grading Criteria
To achieve a pass, you must:
To achieve a merit, you must:
To achieve a distinction, you must:
P4: describe the lifestyle factors
that can affect health
P5: provide lifestyle improvement
strategies that can have a
positive effect on health
M3: explain the effects of identified lifestyle factors on health and fitness, when applying for public service and long-term employment
M4 explain lifestyle improvement
strategies to justify their
positive effect on health.
D2: evaluate the effects of identified lifestyle factors on
health and fitness, when applying for public service and long-term employment.

4. 4 Points to cover on each section
Tell me what the issue is - definition.
Tell me why this is bad for your health.
Tell me why the public services would not want you to do this and how it would affect your application or employment – provide examples.
Provide some advise and strategies to quit and justify a positive effect on health.

5. Example
Why would a public service not want an employee to smoke?
What advice would you give to quit and stay off smoking