Physical Education

• Noncommunicable diseases (NDCs) account for the most deaths in the Philippines.
• NDCs can be acquired through heredity and lifestyle.
• Heredity or genes of high chances of having NCDs are non-modifiable risk factor.
• Doing away with smoking, poor dietary habits, and sedentary lifestyle reduce danger of developing lifestyle diseases.
• These are modifiable risk factors and are responsible in developing various diseases.
• Smoking weakens the body and leads to many diseases.
• Around five million die yearly from tobacco, wherein one individual dies every eight seconds.
• Each stick of cigarette has more than 4,000 chemicals and consuming it would cut an individual’s life for at least five minutes.
• Mainstream smoke, commonly known as “first-hand smoke” is the smoke from cigarette that is both inhaled and exhaled.
• Second-hand smoke is a very dangerous smoke when taken in, it is the smoke puffed out by smokers called environmental tobacco or “side-stream” smoke.
• Third-hand smoke refers to cigarette offshoots which is attached to the smokers’ hair and clothing as well as various surfaces like walls, floors, furniture, chairs, and toys.
• Smoking is often started due to parental role model, weight control, adolescent experimentation and rebellion, aggressive marketing, depression, stress, limited education, and addiction.
• Genetic factors and hormones can contribute to extreme obesity, including conditions like Prader-Willi and Baret-Biedi, which are genetic disorders present at birth.
• Reinforce healthier eating habits with new, healthier eating habits.
• Weight control is the process of achieving and maintaining the desired weight of an individual, based on gender, height, and body frame (small, medium, or large).
• Chronic Respiratory Disease, commonly called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), occurs in the air paths and other parts of the lungs, and its symptoms include breathlessness, chronic cough, and excessive mucus production.
• Cancer is a disease where cells divide in an uncontrolled pace, which can form a tumor, and can be identified benign or malignant through biopsy procedure.
• Environmental factors, such as diet, physical activities, and social settings, directly influence weight management.
• Diabetes or Diabetes Mellitus is a disease resulting from a condition of the body wherein the body is not able to produce or effectively use insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the utilization of glucose.
• Reflect on all specific eating habits, both bad and good, and identify common triggers for unhealthy eating.
• Replace unhealthy eating habits with healthier ones.
• In the Philippines, nine out of ten Filipinos do not exercise regularly, increasing their risk of certain cancers, contributing to anxiety and depression, and being a risk factor to certain cardiovascular diseases.
• Cardiovascular Disease is the leading cause of death in the Philippines and is a disease of the heart and blood vessels.
• A healthy lifestyle is a priority, making health and well-being a priority, and is a choice made by an individual, a commitment made for his own good and that of his loved ones.
• Noncommunicable diseases prevention requires an individual to follow certain guidelines leading to a healthy lifestyle, including eating healthy food, doing daily routines of physical activity, not smoking, drinking moderate amounts of alcohol only, managing stress, and changing the way you think.
• Eating habits characterize the way an individual consumes food, influencing how, why, what and with whom an individual eats, as well as the way he/she gains, stores, uses, and discards foods.
• Dietary habits are usual choices of food that people make, diet affects an individual’s health condition.
• Noncommunicable diseases (NDCs) account for the most deaths in the Philippines.
• Dietary habits occur when the person does not follow the principles of good nutrition, adequacy, balance, and variety.
• NDCs can be acquired through heredity and lifestyle.
• Heredity or genes of high chances of having NCDs are non-modifiable risk factor.
• Doing away with smoking, poor dietary habits, and sedentary lifestyle reduce danger of developing lifestyle diseases.
• Unhealthy eating can be due to learning from parents/guardians without healthy eating habits, a family not having meals together, being uniformed about healthy eating, busy schedule, too much traveling, lack of desire to eat healthy, poverty, and extreme emotional conditions.
• These are modifiable risk factors and are responsible in developing various diseases.
• Smoking weakens the body and leads to many diseases.
• Poor dietary habits lead to malnutrition, resulting to stress, tiredness, sleep deprivation, weak brain functions, indigestions, and heart problems.
• Around five million die yearly from tobacco, wherein one individual dies every eight seconds.
• Eating should be planned, starting a healthy eating habit begins with knowing what you eat.
• Each stick of cigarette has more than 4,000 chemicals and consuming it would cut an individual’s life for at least five minutes.
• Using adrenaline - raised energy for simple tasks like cleaning the house or the car redirects how the body reacts from stress.