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2021-2022 College Catalog 
    
2021-2022 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FSS 149 - Health, Wellness, and Physical Activity

3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours
3 lecture periods 0 lab periods

Development of skills for personal lifestyle changes that promote health, wellness, and fitness over a lifetime. Includes physical activity, special considerations, nutrition and body composition, and stress and health.



Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Explain how the dimensions of health and wellness interact and affect one’s health.
  2. Describe the four key factors that influence health behaviors and explain how these factors relate to the stages of change.
  3. Identify self-management skills that enable behavioral change and explain how the six steps in self- planning affect this behavioral change.
  4. List the health benefits of cardiovascular vs. resistance training and identify different training methods for each.
  5. Explain why proper posture and body mechanics are important to back health and list ways to improve them.
  6. Describe contraindicated posture and body mechanics and give examples of safer alternatives.
  7. Identify the basic guidelines for healthy eating and explain how these guidelines can be applied to weight control and energy balance.
  8. Describe common methods for assessing body compositions and list the health risks for obesity.
  9. Identify the major sources of stress, how the body responds, and approaches to dealing with stress.
  10. List the stages of the general Adaption Syndrome.
  11. Identify approaches for dealing with stressful life events.

Outline:
  1. Lifestyles of Health, Wellness, and Fitness/Behavior Change
    1. Self-management skills
    2. Self-planning skills
  2. Physical Activity
    1. Health benefits
    2. Cardiovascular and resistance training
    3. Flexibility
  3. Special Considerations for Physical Activity and Body Mechanics
    1. Proper posture
    2. Contraindicated movement
  4. Nutrition and Body Composition
    1. Weight control and energy balance
    2. Health eating strategies for fat loss
  5. Stress and Health
    1. Types of stress
    2. General Adaptation Syndrome
    3. Management of stress


Effective Term:
Full Academic Year 2021-2022