1.2.1 Healthy Mind and Body
Optimum Weight
A person's most favourable weight can be considered for a general healthy lifestyle or more specifically fo a chosen sport.
Top athletes will monitor their weight and body composition to give them the best advantage for competing.
For the average person you can look at your body composition simply by looking at your BMI and comparing it to the optimum weight on a chart.
Factors that affect optimum weight:
-Gender
-Height
-Bone Structure
-Muscle Girth
Weight related conditions
There are a number of definitions that you need to know for the exam which are related to weight.
Anorexic - pertaining to anorexia - a prolonged eating disorder due to the loss of appetite.
Underweight - weighing less than normal, healthy or required.
Overweight - having weight in excess of normal (not harmful unless accompanied by overfatness).
Overfat - having body fat in excess of normal.
Obese - a term used to describe people who are very overfat.
Somatotypes
Endomorph
Mesomorph
Ectomorph
A person's most favourable weight can be considered for a general healthy lifestyle or more specifically fo a chosen sport.
Top athletes will monitor their weight and body composition to give them the best advantage for competing.
For the average person you can look at your body composition simply by looking at your BMI and comparing it to the optimum weight on a chart.
Factors that affect optimum weight:
-Gender
-Height
-Bone Structure
-Muscle Girth
Weight related conditions
There are a number of definitions that you need to know for the exam which are related to weight.
Anorexic - pertaining to anorexia - a prolonged eating disorder due to the loss of appetite.
Underweight - weighing less than normal, healthy or required.
Overweight - having weight in excess of normal (not harmful unless accompanied by overfatness).
Overfat - having body fat in excess of normal.
Obese - a term used to describe people who are very overfat.
Somatotypes
Endomorph
Mesomorph
Ectomorph
Have a look at this video on Somatotypes for some more information.
Try to remember:
EnDOmorph= Likes DOnuts
EcTomorh=Tall and Thin
MesoMorph= Muscles
Drugs in Sport
Performance Enhancing Drugs
All Drugs Should Not Be Permitted
Anabolic Steroids
Diuretics
Stimulants
Narcotic Analgesics
Beta Blockers
Peptide Hormones
EnDOmorph= Likes DOnuts
EcTomorh=Tall and Thin
MesoMorph= Muscles
Drugs in Sport
Performance Enhancing Drugs
All Drugs Should Not Be Permitted
Anabolic Steroids
Diuretics
Stimulants
Narcotic Analgesics
Beta Blockers
Peptide Hormones