MPA EXAM FLASHCARDS 2025
1. Physical Activity (examples): Anything that gets your body moving, makes you breathe faster and
speeds up your heart rate. eg: stretching, balancing or walking
2. Sport (examples): Type of physical activity that are usually games that include rules and scoring. eg: soccer,
netball or football
3. Exercise (examples): Structured or planned physical activity. eg: going to the gym, a swim or a jog each
day
4. Incidental Physical Activity: Physical activity that is unplanned and unstructured, but involves moving the
body and increasing heart rate. eg: mowing the lawn, vacuuming or making the bed
5. Benefits of Physical Engagement in Physical Activity: Improves physical and mental health,
improves quality of life, increases energy, reduces the risk of many health conditions, reduces the risk of becoming
overweight and obesity, maintains or improves blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, improve overall
wellbeing
6. Sedentary Behaviour and Screen Time: Being inactive, either sitting or lying down for long
periods of time (except when sleeping). eg: at school, work, when travelling or when relaxing. Screen time - eg: doing
homework on a computer, video games, scrolling on social media, watching movies etc
7. Risks of Sedentary Behaviour and Screen Time: It is important to keep sedentary behaviour
and screen time to a minimum as it can result in a high risk of health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease,
depression etc
8. Physical Inactivity: Not meeting the daily physical activity guidelines. You can do enough physical activity to
meet the guidelines, and still be sedentary if you spend a lot of time sitting down.
9. Illness and Disease associated with a lack of Physical Activity: Mental health condi-
tions, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, obesity, overweight, high blood pressure and cholesterol,
bowel cancer, uterine cancer, dementia, breast cancer, stroke etc
10. Data associated with lack of engagement in Physical Activity (analyse data
skill): - Children (5-17 years): Only 8.9% met the physical activity guidelines (60 mins daily)
1/5
, - Adults (18-64 years): 55% met the guidelines (150-300 mins/week)
- Older Adults (65+ years): Only 33.4% met the recommended activity levels (30 mins/day)
11. Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines: Children 0 - 5 years: -
Physical Activity: 30 minutes floor based play (0-1), energetic play (1-5), everyday, moderate intensity (suitable to their
capacity), (1-5 years) 3hrs + floor based play
Sedentary Behavaviour: (0-2 years) no guidelines, (3-5 years) less than 1 hour per day
2/5
1. Physical Activity (examples): Anything that gets your body moving, makes you breathe faster and
speeds up your heart rate. eg: stretching, balancing or walking
2. Sport (examples): Type of physical activity that are usually games that include rules and scoring. eg: soccer,
netball or football
3. Exercise (examples): Structured or planned physical activity. eg: going to the gym, a swim or a jog each
day
4. Incidental Physical Activity: Physical activity that is unplanned and unstructured, but involves moving the
body and increasing heart rate. eg: mowing the lawn, vacuuming or making the bed
5. Benefits of Physical Engagement in Physical Activity: Improves physical and mental health,
improves quality of life, increases energy, reduces the risk of many health conditions, reduces the risk of becoming
overweight and obesity, maintains or improves blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, improve overall
wellbeing
6. Sedentary Behaviour and Screen Time: Being inactive, either sitting or lying down for long
periods of time (except when sleeping). eg: at school, work, when travelling or when relaxing. Screen time - eg: doing
homework on a computer, video games, scrolling on social media, watching movies etc
7. Risks of Sedentary Behaviour and Screen Time: It is important to keep sedentary behaviour
and screen time to a minimum as it can result in a high risk of health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease,
depression etc
8. Physical Inactivity: Not meeting the daily physical activity guidelines. You can do enough physical activity to
meet the guidelines, and still be sedentary if you spend a lot of time sitting down.
9. Illness and Disease associated with a lack of Physical Activity: Mental health condi-
tions, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, obesity, overweight, high blood pressure and cholesterol,
bowel cancer, uterine cancer, dementia, breast cancer, stroke etc
10. Data associated with lack of engagement in Physical Activity (analyse data
skill): - Children (5-17 years): Only 8.9% met the physical activity guidelines (60 mins daily)
1/5
, - Adults (18-64 years): 55% met the guidelines (150-300 mins/week)
- Older Adults (65+ years): Only 33.4% met the recommended activity levels (30 mins/day)
11. Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines: Children 0 - 5 years: -
Physical Activity: 30 minutes floor based play (0-1), energetic play (1-5), everyday, moderate intensity (suitable to their
capacity), (1-5 years) 3hrs + floor based play
Sedentary Behavaviour: (0-2 years) no guidelines, (3-5 years) less than 1 hour per day
2/5
