THE RELATIONSHIP OF

HEALTH BEHAVIORS TO
HEALTH RISK FACTORS
& PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
PERFORMANCE
 Health behaviors, 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.
 Behaviors that affect health
come from; good eating habits,
getting enough sleep, and the
ability to manage stress.
Eating Behavior
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.
 Mineral such as iron, iodine, and zinc
are trace elements found in green leafy
vegetables, seafood, liver and cereals.
Iron can also be found in meat, fish,
chicken, and whole grain, and enriched
breads and cereals.
OTHER VITAMINS CAN BE FOUND
FROM THESE SOURCES:

Carotene Potassium

dark green and orange vegetables (green and

vegetables (spinach, leafy vegetables),
carrots, sweet potatoes, broccoli, sweet potatoes,
cantaloupes) legumes
OTHER VITAMINS CAN BE FOUND
FROM THESE SOURCES:

Vitamin B2 B-Complex

fish, meat, liver, fish, lean meat, nuts,

cheese, green grain products,
vegetables legumes
OTHER VITAMINS CAN BE FOUND
FROM THESE SOURCES:

Vitamin C Vitamin B1

fruits, especially fruits(bananas, melon, and

citrus and meat, grains,
citrus cereals, broccoli
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 reaction 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 functions
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.
Sleep
rest, sleep, and relaxations are important in
maintaining ones health as well. Approximately,
eight hours of sleep is needed by an individual.
However, young children tend to sleep a bit more or
even take short naps, while older people tend to
have shorter sleeping hours. Sleep removes fatigue.
It is also during sleep that muscles repair occurs.
Stress Management
Stress is experienced when demands are
placed on someone who finds it hard to
comply with these demands. Events such as
death in the family, divorced, job related
concerns, and other problems may cause
stress.
 Exercise relieves stress and reduces
anxiety and depression as well. It
serves as a diversion for a person to
relax . Feelings such as anger, fear
and frustrations are also reduced with
exercise.
Health Risk Factors
There are several known risk factors to watch
out for. These are “family history, smoking,
hypertension(or high blood pressure),
hypercholesterolemia (or high cholesterol
count), impaired fasting glucose level or high
blood sugar levels), obesity, and sedentary
lifestyle ( physically inactive).
 Physical Activity Performance
Physical activity performance is directly
related to eating behaviors, rest, sleep and
relaxation, stress management, and health risk
factors. Proper eating behaviors affect one’s
physical performance levels as nutrition
affects the energy system directly.
 Rest and sleep and relaxation
function to relieve fatigue, and as a
way for the body to recuperate,
without which a good performance
in physical activities is not possible.
Exercise relieve stress in many ways,
as well as reduce health risk such as
obesity, hypertension,
hypercholesterolemia, high blood
sugar and high blood pressure. It also
reverse the sedentary lifestyle.
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