#HowToRelateHealthBehavioursToHealthRiskFactorsAndPhysicalActivityAssessmentPerformance
HOW TO RELATES HEALTH BEHAVIOURS (Eating Habits, Sleep and Stress Management) TO HEALTH RISKS FACTORS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIY (PA) ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE
Health behaviours, such as eating habits, sleeping regularly, and managing stress, play an important role in your fitness and health. Related to these are certain health risk factors. All of these affect your total physical activity performance.
HEALTH BEHAVIOURS
Behaviours that affect health come from: good eating habits, getting enough sleep, and the ability to manage stress.
1. EATING BEHAVIOUR
One receives proper nutrition through the care we give to our diet. The caloric daily requirement of an average teenager is approximately 2200 calories a day. This should come from the choice foods that will provide proper sustenance for the body.
*Iron produces hemoglobin, a substance that carries oxygen throughout the whole body.
*Carotene helps for good eyesight. Vitamin B1, called thiamine, helps give energy.
*Vitamin B2, called riboflavin, has an important function in the chemical reactions of the body.
*Niacin, a B-Complex vitamin, is responsible for the release of energy for carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
*Ascorbic acid, or Vitamin C, is important in maintaining tendons, ligaments, and other supportive tissue. Another function of Vitamin C is that it helps in the easy healing of wounds, and in the repair of broken bones as well.
*Potassium, together with sodium, are minerals called electrolytes which carry impulses for the cells of the body to communicate. These minerals help in the maintenance of proper fluid balance, as well as in the contraction and relaxation of the muscles.
