Sedentary lifestyles and obesity

• Sedentary lifestyle


  A person's choice to engage in little or irregular physical activity
• A sedentary lifestyle is when you don't have a balanced diet and have a high fat content, and you don't do much physical activity
• Consequences of a sedentary lifestyle

  • Illnesses and diseases
  • Lack of friends
  • Become obese
  • Poor sleep and mental health
  • Lack of social skills
• If someone chooses to take part in little/no physical activity, whilst also making other unhealthy choices with food, alcohol and smoking these are the consequences
• Consequences of a sedentary lifestyle

  • Physical health
  • Mental health
  • Social health
• Physical health consequences

  • Obesity, heart disease, hypertension/high blood pressure, diabetes, poor sleep/insomnia, lack mobility
• Mental health consequences

  • Poor self esteem/confidence, feeling tired
• Social health consequences

  • Poor communication skills, lack of friends
• Obesity


  A term used to describe someone who has a high fat content
• BMI


  Body mass index
• A drawback of using the BMI chart to assess people's health is that some people can be more muscly which adds weight but they are not fat
• How obesity can affect performance in physical activity and sport

  • It can lower your stamina, flexibility, agility and power/speed
• Consequences of obesity


  • Stamina, flexibility, agility and power/speed
  • Feeling tired
  • Lack of friends due to not going out often and lack of social skills
• Obesity is bad - it can lead to injury, lower stamina, increase blood pressure, increase chances of heart attack, and increase chances of getting diabetes