HPE 295 Health and Fitness for Life

Lecture Hours: 3
Credits: 3

Examines practices and behavior skills to improve lifelong fitness and wellness. Includes information on multidimensional concepts of health, fitness and wellness to help students develop practices that increase longevity and quality of life. Examines a student’s personal practices that contribute to wellness and gain an understanding of how determinants of health influence health status.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Evaluate personal wellness practices and differentiate how different dimensions of wellness contribute to overall wellness.
Explain principles related to physical fitness, including safety, progression, assessment and FITT guidelines.
Describe and analyze barriers that can prevent people from practicing a variety of health behaviors.
Examine essential nutrients, their functions, and their role in maintaining or improving health and fitness.
Identify and discuss diseases and concerns which can interfere with wellness and methods to prevent and improve them (chronic and infectious diseases, cancer, obesity, stress and substances).
Develop a plan to improve an individual areas of health fitness or wellness, including healthy eating, physical activity or other wellness component.

Content Outline

Health vs. Wellness
- Dimensions of Wellness
- Influences on Wellness
- Behavior Change Dynamics
Principles of Fitness
- Fitness Assessment
- Exercise Safety
- Exercise Planning
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Muscular Strength and Endurance
Flexibility
Nutrition
- Basic Dietary Needs
- Dietary Analysis
- Planning a Healthful Diet
Body Composition and Weight Management
Stress Management
Chronic Disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Cancer
Infectious Disease
- Sexually Transmittited Infections
Substance Use and Abuse
Environmental Health