PHED 1111: Physical Education
Spring 2013
Instructor Ebtesam Tallouzi
Section 202
Name :Nouf Al-Khaldi
ID: 201100310
Major : Business administration
Assignment 1: The importance of health, wellness, and fitness
Assessment Rubric:
Assignment: The importance of health, wellness and fitness
CRITERIA
Assessment Rubric for Individual Written Report
SCORES
Introduction
Contains thesis statement, states why assignment
is important. Outline the report content
3
Health
Description of health, the dimensions of health,
and factors influencing health
3
Wellness
Description of wellness, the dimensions of
wellness, and factors influencing wellness
3
Physical Fitness
Description of physical fitness, the health-related
factors to physical fitness, and the skill-related
factors to the physical fitness
3
The value of
having health,
wellness and
physical fitness
Discuss the importance of being healthy, well and
fit
3
How to maintain
your body healthy,
well and fit
Discuss the ways to maintain your health, wellness
and fitness
3
Conclusion
Restate the thesis statement, include a summary of
the key points from the body paragraphs, and say
how these key points answer the assignment
2
Reference
Write the reference using APA style
2
Mechanics
Punctuation and spelling and capitalization are
correct, words are well chosen, writer uses own
words, use of headings, topic sentences, full
sentences, first person, no bullet points, correct
line spacing and font
3
TOTAL
25
Introduction
Health-wellness is related to the health of the mind, body, and spirit. So it is important to
starting a health-wellness plan as early in life as possible in order to achieve the full benefit
for good health and quality performance.
The main goal which every organization related to health works in it is healthy people in
2020and this goal is achieved by health promotion and disease prevention.
Much organization work on this goal to develop the national health {the broad vision of
health people 2020 is to create 'a society in which all people live long healthy lives" The
main objective in HP 2020 document is:
1- Achieve longer live, prevent disease and delay death
2- Health of all group become better
3- Make the environment healthy
4- In all stages of live still healthy
Now, our assignment will talk about that in these topics
1- Introduction
2- Health
3- Wellness
4- Physical Fitness
5- The value of having health, wellness and physical fitness
6- How to maintain your body healthy, well and fit
7- Conclusion
8- Reference
health
The first important of our society is good health for adults and the most important step to
achieve health is eaten well, lose weight step by step, stop smoke and sleep well. And the
good health can give us longer life and this is appearing in the statistic about life long for
American people. the important goal of health is not only increase total years of life but
also increase of range of healthy and this is range can be determine by calculate number of
years of life for which a person has a good quality of life as opposite to sick years or less
quality also from important national health goal is remove different of health level of life
people.
the dimensions of health include emotional-mental , intellectual, social spiritual and
physical and there is also environmental and vocational , so a health like a mirror reflects
how one feels in life and how he can work and also healthy is affected by all dimensions
because every dimension related to another and overlap all the other , and the internal
feeling is very important than the actual circumstance in affecting on health of the body so
to achieve wellness should be have good outlook to live and the disease or lose organ from
body like leg can be not affected to the health of the body if the man can arrange his live
with this circumstances.
There is many of factors influence the health of the man some are more controlled than
other and this factor are arranged by shaded color from less controlled ( e.g. age, heredity,
disability) to greater controlled(e.g. personal action, healthy lifestyle ,interaction
,cognitions, emotions).
Wellness
If you are asked to describe "wellness" what would you say? Would you focus on aspects
of physical health such as diet and exercise, or consider body, mind and spirit? Would you
relate wellness to younger people and consider older adults as "unwell" based primarily on
age?
The answers are not as simple as "yes" or "no" because more than just biology influences
overall well-being. Wellness as a state of health involves many dimensions that make up
the whole person. In addition to the six dimensions, some people believe environment and
financial are other wellness factors.
The Six Dimensions of Wellness
1. Emotional - feelings, managing stress, transitioning
2. Intellectual - stimulating mind and mental capacity
3. Occupational - contributing, using skills/abilities
4. Physical - taking action to maintain health
5. Social - connecting and interacting
6. Spiritual - seeking spiritual centered beliefs
Many factors in your everyday life affect your wellness and good being.
as Geographical Location ,Climate, Topography, Health Concerns, History, Religion
Economic Funds and Psychological Factors
Physical Fitness:
Physical fitness is the body’s ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and
activities, resist diseases
The health-related factors to physical fitness are:
1- Body Composition: The amount of fat, muscle, bone, and other vital parts of the body.
2- Strength: The ability of a muscle group to exert force.
3- Cardiovascular Fitness: Ability of the circulatory systems and respiratory systems to
supply oxygen during physical activity.
5- Muscular Endurance: The ability of muscles to continue to perform repeated
contractions.
The skill-related factors to the physical fitness are:
1- Agility: The ability to rapidly change the position of the entire body in time and space
with speed and accuracy.
2- Balance: The ability to maintain equilibrium while moving, or stop.
3- Coordination: The ability to use the senses, such as sight and hearing, together with
body parts in performing motor tasks smoothly and accurately.
4- Power: The ability of muscles to apply maximum force in minimum time.
5- Speed: The ability to perform a movement within a short time.
6- Reaction time: the time between action and reaction.
Healthy Lifestyles:
Now unhealthy Lifestyles is very important reason for more than half of early deaths and
The more reason of early death have transferred from infectious diseases to chronic
lifestyle related disease like diabetes and chronic heart diseases.
Healthy lifestyles are important to wellness and like unhealthy lifestyles are the important
causes of modern–day illnesses, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes healthy
lifestyles can result in the improved feeling of wellness, Regular physical activity, sound
nutrition, and stress management are very important healthy lifestyles and There are several
reasons make lifestyles important, First, they affect the lives of all people. Second, they are
lifestyles in which large numbers of people can make improvement. Finally, modest
changes in these behaviors can make improvements in any one. The lifestyle example
Healthy lifestyles, Engaging in regular physical activity, Eating well, decrease stress, stop
smoking and all habits, apply safe sex, Managing time, Being an informed consumer,
Increase good health habit and good safety.
The value of having health, wellness and physical fitness
Regular physical activity is one of the most important things I can do for my health. It can
help to:
1- Reduce my risk of chronic diseases and Increase my chances of living longer:
Physical activity can put me at a lower risk for chronic diseases. I can reduce my risk or
increasing with more physical activity. Regular physical activity can also lower my blood
pressure and improve my cholesterol levels, and control diabetes, physical activity also can
reduce my risk of dying early from the leading causes of death, like pervious diseases.
2- Control my weight:
Both diet and physical activity play a important role in controlling my weight. I gain weight
when I am eating more than burning, and the burning occur during physical activity.
3- Strengthen my bones and muscles:
Physical activity protects my bones, and muscles. And keep their healthy to make I am
able to do my daily activities and my work.
4- Improve my mental health and mood:
Regular physical activity can help keep my thinking, learning, and my skills sharp, It can
also reduce my risk of depression and may help me sleep better.
5- Improve my ability to do daily activities and prevent falls:
Physical activity decreases my limitation to do everyday activities such as climbing stairs,
shopping, or playing.
How to maintain your body healthy, well and fit
for people just beginning a physical fitness , preparation and planning should be do to help
in reduce risk and make activity more enjoyable.
1- Before beginning regular physical activity, it is important to do medical checkup:
This is step should be make to reduce risk if somebody have a disease or any problem in
his body and to determine the level of Physical Activity which want to do
2- Environments in which physical activity do:
Precautions should be taken when doing physical activity in hot and humid or in cold
climate to make physical activity more benefit and enjoyable.
3- Muscle power and injury:
Understanding muscle power and injury can help I persist in physical activity and avoid
problems.
Conclusion:
Healthy living is a combination of many things, including good nutrition, regular exercise.
Taking care of my body and feeling can improve both my physical and mental health.
There are many things I can do to improve my quality of life improving my diet and
exercising regularly is two of the easy steps. Any matter how small I start can make a
change and an improvement in my life and decrease disease to longer live with quality
performance.
Reference:
1- Clement, M. and Hales, D. How Healthy Are We? Parade Magazine. September 7, 1998
2- Corbin, C. B. and Pangrazi, R. P. (Editors), Towards a Better Understanding of Physical
Fitness and Activity.Scottsdale, AZ: Holcomb-Hathaway, 1998.
3- National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 1998: With Socioeconomic
Statistics and Health Chartbook. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics,
1998.
4- Payne, W. A. & Hahn, D. B. Understanding Your Health. (5th ed.) St. Louis:
WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1998.
5- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity and Health: A Report
of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
1996.
6- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010 Objectives: Draft
for Comments.