Zusammenfassung der Ressource
B1: 1.3 - Inheritance, exercise and
health
- Inherited factors from your parents affect
appearance, metabolic rate, proportion of
muscle to fat and partly affect cholesterol.
- You need cholesterol for your cell membranes
and also to make vital hormones.
- One form is healthy, but
the other can cause health
problems.
- If the balance of your cholesterol
levels are wrong, your risk of
getting heart diseases increases.
- People who exercise regularly are
generally healthier then people
who do not.
- Because you use more energy, you
are less likely to be overweight.
- You are less likely to be affected
by things like arthritis, diabetes
and high blood pressure.
- Your cholesterol levels are also affected
by exercise. It helps balance the two
different types of cholesterol.