WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND PERSONAL FITNESS Managing a healthy
weight and maintainin
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND PERSONAL FITNESSManaging a healthy weight and
maintaining a healthy fitness level takes effort and commitment. Personal fitness is the
combination of eating healthfully, exercising, and adopting behaviors that lead to improved
personal health and wellness.For this Assignment, consider your level of personal fitness
and any real or perceived barriers that may prevent you from achieving your optimal
fitness goals.To prepare for this Assignment:Review Chapter 11 in Health: The Basics, 13th
Edition. Think about the necessity of personal fitness in disease prevention and overall
health and wellness.Complete the following Personal Health Assessments in Health: The
basics, 12th edition:• Chapter 10, “How Healthy Are Your Eating Habits?”• Chapter 11, “Are
You Ready to Start a Weight-Loss Program?”• Chapter 12, “How Physically Fit Are
You?”Assignment (1–2 pages):• Summarize any insights you gained as a result of taking
these assessments.• Explain two benefits of physical fitness as a vital means of disease
prevention and explain why they are beneficial.• Describe two ways in which you might
increase your personal fitness.• Describe two barriers that might inhibit your physical
fitness and describe one strategy you might use to overcome one of those barriers.Support
your work with specific citations and references and any additional scholarly sources as
appropriate.