B1A: Fitness and Health

Pressure is highest in arteries
1. Highest pressure is when the heart contracts
  1. Lowest pressure is when heart relaxes
High blood pressure causes:
1. excessive drinking
  1. smoking
    1. lack of exercise
      1. unhealthy diet
        stress
        drugs
        age
2. Effects of body:
  1. strokes - burst capillaries
    1. Heart strain
      1. Kidney damage
        damage to brain
Effects of low blood pressure:
1. lightheadedness
  1. diziness
    1. fainting
      1. not enough blood to brain
        strokes
        heart attacks
        kidney attacks
        shock
Measuring fitness:
1. Agility
  1. Stamina
    1. Strength
      1. Flexibility
        Speed
        Cardiovascular efficiency
CO reduces O2 carrying capacity of blood

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