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WorksheetsLifestyle Disease
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 23mins
How does aerobic exercise help prevent cardiovascular diseases?
It helps you burn more calories, which reduces plaque in the arteries, so that your heart becomes more efficient at pumping blood.
It warms your blood, making it more fluid, so that your heart can pump more efficiently and slowly, creating less stress on the heart.
It makes your heart beat faster to supply more oxygen, which makes the heart stronger and enables it to pump blood more efficiently.
It lowers your blood pressure, which allows your heart to better dispose of fat cells before they form plaque on the artery walls.
Jack, Steve, Daniel, and Mark are friends. On the basis of their diets and physical activity levels, who is most likely to become a type-2 diabetic later in life?
Daniel loves junk food. He is on the school soccer team.
Jack eats nutritious food most of the time but indulges in junk food once in a while.
Mark prefers nutritious food, helps his father in the garden, and walks his dog regularly.
Steve loves junk food and hates any kind of physical activity.
Megan is 16 years old and overweight. She loves junk food and chocolate. A 10-minute walk to school is her only exercise every day. Which is the best method to help Megan lose weight?
only one meal a day and a 30-minute daily brisk walk
a low-fat diet and a game of tennis or a brisk walk every day
vitamin supplements and diet pills with a brisk daily walk
rigorous daily exercise with no change in her diet
Which of these individuals has a sedentary lifestyle?
Leslie enjoys playing video games but does not like outdoor sports.
Jackie is on the gymnastics team and enjoys helping her father in the garden.
Ted regularly helps around the house but he does not like outdoor activities.
Kyle does not play any outdoor sports but takes a brisk 30-minute walk every day.
How does resistance training prevent osteoporosis?
It lowers the cholesterol levels in your blood, which causes your bones to become strong.
It reduces your blood pressure, causing your bone density to increase.
It increases bone mass, making your bones stronger and denser.
It makes you feel hungry so you eat more calcium, which strengthens your bones.
Ann has been diagnosed with hypertension and is now worried about her health. Which exercise option would most benefit her?
anaerobic exercises such as push-ups
aerobic exercises such as running and playing basketball
flexibility exercises such as light stretching and bending
resistance training such as lifting weights
Which disease reduces bone density and causes the bones to become brittle?
atherosclerosis
diabetes
hypertension
osteoporosis
Which condition causes plaque to accumulate on the walls of the arteries, which makes them thicken and lose elasticity?
atherosclerosis
hypertension
osteoporosis
type-2 diabetes
To maintain a healthy lifestyle, you should try to get at least........minutes of daily exercise
5 minutes
15 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
