Physical Factors

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  • Physical Factors
    • Diet
      • What a person eats and drinks
      • Food gives us chemicals for growth and repair
      • Food gives us energy - measured in kilocalories
        • Amount of calories you should intake depends on how many you burn.
      • Need a balanced diet that includes all of necessary food components.
    • Dietary problems
      • Poor quality diet = a diet that lacks in one or more of the necessary food components.
      • E.g Scurvy = lack of vitamin C
      • Physical
        • Good diet enables growth.
        • Poor diet leads to disease.
      • Intellectual
        • Slow intellectual development
      • Emotional
        • Low self-esteem
      • Social
        • Reduced social contact.
    • Balanced diet
      • Carbohydrate
        • Energy
      • Fibre/ NSP
        • Digestion
      • Fats
        • Energy and insulation
      • Cholesterols
        • Fats that circulate in the blood
      • Proteins
        • Growth and repair
      • Minerals
        • Build body tissue
      • Vitamins
        • Helps cells to function and grow
      • Water
        • base for blood and lubricates joints
    • Disease (separate mind map)
    • Physical activity
      • Important in Infancy, childhood and adolesence
      • If affected by disease it can affect muscle and bone growth
      • Helps control weight
      • Adolescence and adults are usually less active so need to do more physical activity.
      • Exercise helps to maintain stamina, speed, strength and flexibility.
      • Physical
        • Increased stamina, speed, strength and flexability
      • Intellectual
        • Better concentration after exercise
      • Emotional
        • More content
        • less chance of depression
      • Social
        • Enables friendships (clubs)
  • Carbohydrate
    • Energy

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