B1:FITNESS, BP AND HEART DISEASE
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- Created on: 02-04-16 19:15
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- Fitness and Blood Pressure
- Fitness
- Measured in different ways
- Strength
- Agility
- Speed
- Stamina
- A good indication of cardiovascul-ar efficiency.
- Flexibility
- A measure of how well you can perform physical tasks
- Cardiovascular efficiency: how well the heart can pump blood and supply tissues with oxygen.
- Measured in different ways
- Blood pressure
- Can be controlled by eating a balanced diet and doing regular exercise
- Causes dizziness and leads to fainting if its too low. Also poor circulation
- UNIT: mmHg
- Can cause blood vessels to burst when too high
- Caused by the contractions of the heart
- Two readings are taken for BP
- Systolic pressure: Blood pressure when the heart contracts. This is when BP is at its highest
- Diastolic pressure: Blood pressure when heart relaxes. This is when BP is at its lowest
- Two readings are taken for BP
- Fitness
- Blood pressure
- Can be controlled by eating a balanced diet and doing regular exercise
- Causes dizziness and leads to fainting if its too low. Also poor circulation
- UNIT: mmHg
- Can cause blood vessels to burst when too high
- Caused by the contractions of the heart
- Two readings are taken for BP
- Systolic pressure: Blood pressure when the heart contracts. This is when BP is at its highest
- Diastolic pressure: Blood pressure when heart relaxes. This is when BP is at its lowest
- Two readings are taken for BP
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