Health, Fitness and Wellbeing

What Health, Fitness and Wellbeing covers

Health, Fitness and Wellbeing is examined in Component 2, Health and Performance. It covers physical, emotional and social health and wellbeing, personal exercise programmes and lifestyle choices, A sedentary lifestyle and its consequences, A balanced diet and the macronutrients, micronutrients, water, fibre and hydration and optimum weight and energy balance.

The 6 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• Physical, emotional and social health and wellbeingHow improving fitness reduces health risks, how activity relieves stress and builds self-esteem, how sport develops friendships and social skills, and the harm of excessive training.Open →
• Personal exercise programmes and lifestyle choicesDesigning, monitoring and evaluating a personal exercise programme, and how diet, activity, work, rest and sleep, smoking and alcohol affect health and performance.Open →
• A sedentary lifestyle and its consequencesSedentary living, overweight, overfat and obese, the risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and osteoporosis, the UK activity guidelines, and graphs of health trends.Open →
• A balanced diet and the macronutrientsA balanced diet and the ratio of macronutrients, carbohydrates and carbohydrate loading, protein and its timing, fats, and diets for endurance and power athletes.Open →
• Micronutrients, water, fibre and hydrationVitamins and minerals including iron and calcium, fibre, why water matters, the effects of dehydration, and how performers stay hydrated.Open →
• Optimum weight and energy balanceOptimum weight and the effect of sex, height, bone structure and muscle girth, weight in different sports and weight categories, and energy balance with worked examples.Open →

What you need to know

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Commonly confused

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• Overweight vs Overfat

  Overweight: a body mass above normal for height and build. Overfat: carrying too much adipose tissue for good health.

• Macronutrients vs Micronutrients

  Macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins and fats needed in large amounts. Micronutrients: vitamins and minerals needed in small amounts.

• Vitamins vs Minerals

  Vitamins: organic compounds that help release energy and fight illness. Minerals: inorganic elements such as calcium and iron.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   What is meant by physical health?

   Model answer

   Physical health is when the body's systems work well and are free from illness and injury. A physically healthy person can carry out everyday tasks without undue tiredness.

2. 2

   How can improving cardiovascular fitness reduce health risks?

   Model answer

   Regular aerobic exercise strengthens the heart and lowers resting blood pressure. The risk of coronary heart disease and stroke falls as a result.

3. 3

   How can improving muscular strength benefit physical health?

   Model answer

   Stronger muscles make everyday tasks such as lifting and carrying easier. Strong muscles also support the joints and help a person keep good posture.

4. 4

   Why does weight-bearing exercise improve physical health?

   Model answer

   Weight-bearing exercise such as running or dancing makes the bones denser. Denser bones reduce the risk of osteoporosis and fractures later in life.

5. 5

   How can improving flexibility reduce health risks?

   Model answer

   Greater flexibility increases the range of movement at the joints. Muscles and joints are then less likely to be injured during everyday movements.

6. 6

   How does regular activity help a person control their body fat?

   Model answer

   Physical activity uses energy, which stops excess fat building up. A lower body fat percentage reduces the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

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Health, Fitness and Wellbeing revision questions

What does Health, Fitness and Wellbeing cover in Edexcel GCSE Physical Education?

6 subtopics: physical, emotional and social health and wellbeing, personal exercise programmes and lifestyle choices, a sedentary lifestyle and its consequences, a balanced diet and the macronutrients, micronutrients, water, fibre and hydration and optimum weight and energy balance. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Health, Fitness and Wellbeing organised?

By the Edexcel 1PE0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.