Key term
CCEA AS-Level Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry 7210
Components of Fitness
Training Methods
Fitness Testing
Topic overviewPurpose, protocol, validity and reliability of testsChoosing tests: maximal, sub-maximal and technologyTests of aerobic enduranceTests of strength, muscular endurance and powerSpeed, agility, flexibility, balance, co-ordination and reaction testsSupervising, recording and evaluating test results
Fitness Programmes and Exercise Sessions
Topic overviewAssessing a client and designing a programmeHeart rate training zones and the Karvonen methodResistance loads, work to recovery ratios and the Borg scalePlanning and leading circuits, exercise to music and spinningInstructing, motivating and observing participantsEvaluating a session or programme
Safety and Risk Assessment in Training
The Active Leisure Industry
Lifestyle and Health
Nutrition for Health and Exercise
Enhancing Fitness
Safety in the Active Leisure Industry
Barriers to Participation
Health of the Nation
- 5 subtopics
- 15 things to know
- AS 2
What Health of the Nation covers
Health of the Nation is examined in Unit AS 2, The Active Leisure Industry: Health, Fitness and Lifestyle. It covers lifestyle factors and life expectancy, the impact of lifestyle disease on society, exercise referral, 5 A Day, smoking bans and healthy schools, alcohol, weight management and current initiatives and comparing health across European countries.
Where it is assessed
AS 2
The Active Leisure Industry: Health, Fitness and Lifestyle — a written examination.
Check the CCEA specification ↗The 5 subtopics
Each one has its own page. CCEA AS Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry students sit this topic in the first year.
- Lifestyle factors and life expectancyLife expectancy and healthy life expectancy, how inactivity, smoking, diet, alcohol, stress and sleep affect it, deprivation in the UK and why lifestyle diseases matter more now.Open →
- The impact of lifestyle disease on societyThe cost of lifestyle disease to the health service and the economy, prevention against treatment, an ageing population, families, health inequality, childhood obesity and measuring national health.Open →
- Exercise referral, 5 A Day, smoking bans and healthy schoolsGP exercise referral and Northern Ireland's Physical Activity Referral Scheme, 5 A Day, the smoking ban, healthy schools, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, health taxes and evaluating initiatives.Open →
- Alcohol, weight management and current initiativesThe UK alcohol guidelines, minimum unit pricing, reducing alcohol harm, weight management programmes, food labelling, health campaigns, changing behaviour and a whole-system approach to obesity.Open →
- Comparing health across European countriesHow UK health compares in Europe, the North Karelia Project, Scandinavian activity levels, the Mediterranean diet, Nutri-Score, cycling policy in the Netherlands, legislation, the EU and the World Health Organization.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What is healthy life expectancy, and how does deprivation affect life expectancy in the UK?
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How do unhealthy lifestyles affect society as a whole?
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What is a GP exercise referral scheme?
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What are the UK alcohol guidelines?
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How does the health of the UK compare with other European countries?
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How do lifestyle diseases affect the NHS and Health and Social Care services?
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What is the Physical Activity Referral Scheme in Northern Ireland?
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What is minimum unit pricing for alcohol?
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Why are comparisons between European countries useful?
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What is life expectancy?
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How do unhealthy lifestyles affect the economy?
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of exercise referral schemes?
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What initiatives aim to reduce alcohol harm?
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What was the North Karelia Project?
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Commonly confused
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Life expectancy vs Healthy life expectancy
Life expectancy: the average total span of years a person can anticipate from birth. Healthy life expectancy: the average span of years a person can anticipate spending free of serious illness.
Exercise referral scheme vs Weight management programme
Exercise referral scheme: a doctor sending a patient with a condition to supervised physical activity. Weight management programme: a course combining diet, activity and behaviour change to reduce body mass.
Soft Drinks Industry Levy vs Minimum unit pricing
Soft Drinks Industry Levy: a tax on manufacturers of beverages high in added sugar. Minimum unit pricing: a legal lower limit on the charge per 10 ml of pure alcohol sold.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What is life expectancy?
Model answer
Life expectancy is the average number of years a person can expect to live, based on current death rates. Life expectancy is a key measure of a nation's health.
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How do lifestyle factors affect an individual's life expectancy?
Model answer
Unhealthy habits such as smoking, poor diet, inactivity and heavy drinking raise the risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Heart disease, cancer and diabetes all shorten life expectancy.
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How does physical inactivity affect life expectancy?
Model answer
Inactivity raises the risk of heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and some cancers. Regular activity is linked to a longer, healthier life.
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How does smoking affect life expectancy?
Model answer
Smoking damages the lungs, heart and blood vessels and causes many cancers. Long-term smokers lose on average about ten years of life.
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How does diet affect life expectancy?
Model answer
A diet high in saturated fat, salt and sugar raises the risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes. A balanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables lowers that risk.
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How does excessive alcohol affect life expectancy?
Model answer
Heavy drinking damages the liver and heart and raises the risk of several cancers. Alcohol also contributes to accidents and violence.
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Health of the Nation revision questions
- Is Health of the Nation examined at AS in CCEA Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry?
- Yes. It sits in AS 2, which you take in the first year, so it is on the AS paper as well as counting towards the full A level.
- What does Health of the Nation cover in CCEA AS-Level Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry?
- 5 subtopics: lifestyle factors and life expectancy, the impact of lifestyle disease on society, exercise referral, 5 a day, smoking bans and healthy schools, alcohol, weight management and current initiatives and comparing health across european countries. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Health of the Nation organised?
- By the CCEA 7210 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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