Well done!

You have now completed the first Session of Unit 2!

By working through this Session, you have learned all about:

  • The terms active lifestyle and sedentary lifestyle
  • Current physical activity guidelines stated by the National Health Service (NHS)
  • Moderate and vigorous activities for health and fitness
  • The key nutrients we get from food
  • Balanced diet guidance, including the Eatwell Guide, the food pyramid and recommended daily allowance

In the next Session, you will learn all about the impact of rest, recovery and lifestyle factors on health and fitness. Before you move on, let’s test your learning with a quick quiz.

Quiz

Use your mouse to drag and drop the correct words into the sentences below.

  • Pyramid
  • Sedentary
  • Physical
  • Size
  • Groups
  • Eatwell
  • Diseases
  • Active
  • Nutrients
  • Starchy
  • Vegetables
  • An lifestyle helps to support strong physical and mental health. Regular physical activity can also help to reduce the risk of developing certain , such as cancer, type 2 diabetes and obesity.
  • If a person has a lifestyle, it means that they do very little or no activity. Instead, they spend a lot of their time sitting, reading, watching TV, playing video games, using a computer, etc.
  • A healthy diet is one that contains all of the your body needs in order to stay healthy and have enough energy each day. A healthy diet is a balanced diet – this means that it should include a variety of different foods from different food .
  • The Guide states that a healthy diet should include at least five portions of a variety of fruit and a day, as well as meals based on foods, such as bread, rice, pasta and potatoes.
  • The food is divided into five food layers and the of each layer represents the amount of food we should include in our diet.

Well done! Let’s move on to the next Session.