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GCSE Physical Education · key term
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Health and fitness definitionsThe World Health Organization’s definition of health, established in 1948, is ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’.
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
For health, include physical, mental and social well-being, as well as ‘not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’.
Explain the causal chain: poor health → inability to train → decreased fitness. Do not simply state that ill health lowers fitness.
For increased fitness despite ill health, make the condition clear: the person is still able to train.
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A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Paper 2
A state of physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.
Revise: Health, fitness and well-beingHealth is a state of physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease. Someone may have no diagnosed illness but still struggle with stress or loneliness, so health involves more than how the body functions.