Essential Nutrients
This nutrient is the primary source of energy for your body, and it can be found in complex and simple forms.
Carbohydrates
This fitness component consists of your heart and lungs delivering oxygen to your working muscles for an extended period of time.
Cardiorespiratory fitness
This tells you how much of the food constitutes a single serving, and all the nutrition information on the label is based on this amount.
Serving Size
This dimension encompasses healthy eating, exercise and getting enough sleep. It's about taking care of your body.
Physical Wellness
Besides weight management, I can reduce your risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers.
Regular Physical Activity
A fat-soluble vitamin crucial for calcium absorption and bone health. Sunlight helps your body produce it, but it can also be found in fortified milk and some fish.
Vitamin D
This fitness component refers to the relative proportions of muscle, fat, bone, and other tissues that make up your body. A healthy balance is important for overall wellness.
Body Composition
This number represents the amount of energy you get from one serving of the food. It's important to consider this in relation to your daily caloric needs.
Calories
This dimension involves developing and maintaining meaningful relationships, contributing to your community, and feeling a sense of belonging.
Social Wellness
The American Heart Association recommendations for physical activity
30 minutes of moderate activity for most days of the week
These are considered the building blocks of protein and essential for building and repairing tissues.
Amino Acids
This fitness component focuses on the maximum force your muscles can generate.
Muscular Strength
This percentage helps you understand how much of a specific nutrient is in one serving of the food, based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Percent Daily Value
This dimension involves appreciating the interconnectedness between ourselves and our surroundings, and taking action to protect our planet.
Environmental Wellness
This principle guides the development and changes that can be adjusted when designing a fitness program.
F.I.T.T. principle
This mineral helps transport oxygen in your blood. A deficiency in it can lead to fatigue.
Iron
This fitness component includes dynamic and static examples and focuses on the range of motion around a joint.
Flexibility
These are listed on the label and include carbohydrates, protein, and fats. Paying attention to the amounts of each can help you make balanced food choices.
Macronutrients
This dimension involves understanding and managing your feelings, coping effectively with stress, and building healthy relationships.
Emotional Wellness
This type of exercise can increase muscle mass, improve posture and balance and increase metabolism
Strength Training
These are the four different types of fat
Saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and trans fats.
This fitness component focuses on the ability of your muscles to repeatedly exert force over a period of time without fatiguing.
Muscular Endurance
These contribute calories to food without providing essential nutrients, and it's recommended to limit their intake. They are now clearly listed on the food label.
Added Sugars
This dimension encourages creativity, curiosity, and lifelong learning. Seeking out new knowledge and experiences contributes to this.
Intellectual Wellness
Name three benefits of regular physical activity for children
Improved muscle and bone development.
Improved social development.
Develop good exercise habits.
Helps children focus in classroom learning