Sedentary Lifestyle and Its Consequences
What a sedentary lifestyle is, the difference between overweight, overfat and obese, and the long-term health risks of too little physical activity, from heart disease to weaker bones.
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The cost of sitting still 🛋️
A **sedentary lifestyle** is one with little or no physical activity: a lot of sitting and very little exercise. Over time this has real effects on the body. In this module you will learn the precise difference between being **overweight**, **overfat** and **obese**, and the long-term health risks that a sedentary lifestyle brings.
The key words 🔑
This board wants you to tell these apart precisely:
Overweight is not overfat ⚖️
The key exam point: overweight is about weight, but overfat is about body fat.
Match each term 🔗
- Overweight
- Overfat
- Obese
- Sedentary
- Weighing more than the recommended weight for your height
- Having more body fat than is healthy
- Being very overfat, with a large excess of body fat
- Living with little or no physical activity
Which is about body fat? 🎯
Which term is specifically about having too much body FAT?
- Overfat
- Overweight
- Underweight
- Sedentary
The long-term risks ✅
Select the TWO long-term health risks of a sedentary lifestyle.
- Coronary heart disease
- Type 2 diabetes
- Improved flexibility
- Stronger, denser bones
What it does to the body ❤️
A sedentary lifestyle raises the risk of serious long-term health problems: **depression**, **coronary heart disease**, **high blood pressure**, **diabetes** and **osteoporosis** (weaker bones). It also leads to a **loss of muscle tone**, **poorer posture**, and a drop in the **components of fitness** such as stamina and strength.
Sedentary living in words 🧱
A lifestyle with little or no physical activity is described as _____. Someone who weighs more than the recommended weight for their height is _____, while someone with too much body fat is _____. Over time this raises the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and _____. Without weight-bearing exercise, bones weaken, raising the risk of _____.
Risk or benefit? 🖍️
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How the risks build up 🪜
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Apply what you know 🧭
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Explain the consequences ✍️
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