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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
Nutrition for Health and Exercise
- 5 subtopics
- 15 things to know
- AS 2
What Nutrition for Health and Exercise covers
Nutrition for Health and Exercise is examined in Unit AS 2, The Active Leisure Industry: Health, Fitness and Lifestyle. It covers nutrients, their sources and functions, A balanced diet and hydration, energy balance, BMI and body composition, diet, health and food handling and nutrition strategies for weight change and different sports.
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.
- Nutrients, their sources and functionsThe seven components of a healthy diet, carbohydrate, fat and protein, energy per gram, vitamins A, B, C and D, calcium, iron, fibre, water and sodium.Open →
- A balanced diet and hydrationA balanced diet and the Eatwell Guide, athletes' diets, hydration and dehydration, sweat loss and rehydration calculations, isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic drinks and hyponatraemia.Open →
- Energy balance, BMI and body compositionEnergy intake and expenditure, daily energy and deficit calculations, BMI and its categories and limits, body composition, waist fat and waist-to-height ratio, and weight management in sport.Open →
- Diet, health and food handlingSaturated fat, salt and sugar and ill health, bone health, nutritional value and empty calories, processed foods, cooking methods, the four Cs, cross-contamination, and use-by and best-before dates.Open →
- Nutrition strategies for weight change and different sportsSafe weight loss, crash diets, gaining muscle, protein and carbohydrate calculations, making weight, carbohydrate loading, eating during and after endurance events, and heat, cold and altitude.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Why is iron important to an endurance athlete?
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What is the function of fibre?
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A player weighs 70.0 kg before training and 68.8 kg after, having drunk 0.5 litres. Estimate the sweat loss.
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After losing 1.2 kg of body mass in training, how much fluid should a player drink to rehydrate?
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What is the difference between isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic drinks?
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A student eats 2,300 kcal a day but uses 2,800 kcal. What is the energy balance, and what will happen to body weight?
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How much carbohydrate is eaten when carbohydrate loading?
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How is a diet high in saturated fat linked to ill health?
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Why does energy intake compared with energy expenditure decide weight change?
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Explain how too much salt is linked to ill health.
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What is a safe rate of weight loss, and how is it achieved?
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What makes up a person's total daily energy expenditure?
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How is too much sugar linked to ill health?
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Justify combining diet with exercise, rather than dieting alone, for weight loss.
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Macronutrients vs Micronutrients
Macronutrients: food components needed in large amounts that supply energy. Micronutrients: food components needed in tiny amounts, such as vitamins and minerals.
Simple carbohydrates vs Complex carbohydrates
Simple carbohydrates: sugars that are digested and absorbed quickly. Complex carbohydrates: starches that release glucose slowly over time.
Saturated fat vs Unsaturated fat
Saturated fat: lipid mainly from animal sources that is solid at room temperature. Unsaturated fat: lipid mainly from plant and fish sources that is liquid at room temperature.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
Name the seven components of a healthy diet.
Model answer
The seven components are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water. Carbohydrates, proteins and fats are the macronutrients that supply energy.
- 2
What is the main function of carbohydrate?
Model answer
Carbohydrate is the body's main source of energy, especially for high-intensity exercise. Carbohydrate is stored as glycogen in the muscles and liver.
- 3
What is the difference between simple and complex carbohydrates? Give sources of each.
Model answer
Simple carbohydrates are sugars, found in fruit, sweets and sports drinks, and give quick energy. Complex carbohydrates are starches, found in pasta, rice, bread and potatoes, and release energy more slowly.
- 4
Explain the functions of fat in the diet.
Model answer
Fat provides a concentrated energy store and insulates the body. Fat also protects vital organs and carries the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K.
- 5
What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
Model answer
Saturated fats come mainly from animal products such as butter and fatty meat and are solid at room temperature. Unsaturated fats come from oily fish, nuts and plant oils and are usually liquid.
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How much energy does each macronutrient provide per gram?
Model answer
Carbohydrate and protein each provide about 4 kcal per gram. Fat provides about 9 kcal per gram, more than twice as much.
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Nutrition for Health and Exercise revision questions
- Is Nutrition for Health and Exercise 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 Nutrition for Health and Exercise cover in CCEA AS-Level Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry?
- 5 subtopics: nutrients, their sources and functions, a balanced diet and hydration, energy balance, bmi and body composition, diet, health and food handling and nutrition strategies for weight change and different sports. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Nutrition for Health and Exercise organised?
- By the CCEA 7210 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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