Fitness and Blood Pressure

Question	Answer
Healthy	Being free of any infections and/or diseases
Fit	A measure of how well you can perform physical tasks.
How can FITNESS be measured?	Many ways: strength, speed, stamina, agility and flexibility.
What does stamina indicate? How can it be tested?	Cardiovascular efficiency - this is the ability of the heart to supply muscles with oxygen. Can be tested by measuring oxygen uptake during exercise and blood pressure.
Blood is pumped around the body under pressure. How?	By the contractions of the heart. These contractions increase the the pressure of the blood.
Blood pressure is at it's highest when the heart contracts. What is this called?	Systolic pressure
What is diastolic pressure?	When the heart relaxes - this is the lowest pressure
What are other factors other than heart contractions which can increase blood pressure?	Smoking, being overweight, excessive consumption of alcohol and being under lots of stress for a long time.
What leads to strokes, brain damage and kidney damaged?	High blood pressure causes the blood vessels to burst.
Health problems - how can high b.p be decreased?	Lifestyle changes - balanced diet, regular exercise. *drugs used in extreme cases.
What units is b.p measured in?	mmHg millimetres of mercury

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	Created by khalsagirl16 over 10 years ago