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6. What is fitness?

  • Being attractive
  • The ability to do physical activity
  • Freedom from disease

7. How is the risk of heart disease increased?

  • High salt intake and high level of saturated fat in the diet
  • Drinking too much water
  • Smoking

8. What do plaques also make?

  • Blood clots or thrombosis
  • Food

9. How can smoking increase blood pressure?

  • Carbon monoxide combines with haemoglobin therefore it isn't combing with oxygen, so less oxygen is carried
  • Smoking makes you stressed therefore blood pressure increases

10. What is heart disease caused by?

  • Restricted blood flow to the heart muscle
  • Not drinking enough

11. What can low blood pressure cause?

  • Dizziness, fainting and poor circulation
  • Blood vessels to burst
  • Damage to the brain

12. What can high blood pressure cause?

  • Blood vessels to burst, damage to the brain (a stroke), and damage to kidneys
  • Dizziness and tiredness
  • Sickness

13. What can plaques cause?

  • A jam
  • Narrowing of the arterties
  • A build up

14. What is systolic pressure?

  • The highest measurement, the pressure when the heart beats, pushing blood through the arteries
  • The lowest measurement, when the heart rests between beats

15. How can your general level of fitness be measured?

  • Cardiovascular efficiency
  • How much food you can eat
  • How long you sleep for

16. What is blood pressure measured in?

  • mm (millimeters)
  • l (liters)
  • mmHg (millimeters of mercury)
  • cm (centimeters)