Chapter 1 (PA, health, and chronic disease) Flashcards
What is physical activity (PA)?
- Movement by large muscles requiring energy
What is exercise?
- structured/planned PA
- usually results in some overload and leads to improved fitness
What is sedentary?
- Lack of PA
Improvements in health benefits depend on what?
- volume of PA
Define Dose of exercise
- volume of activity
Define Response of exercise
- health benefits
Metabolic Equivalent (MET) represents what?
- the amount of energy (O2) consumed at rest
Light activity MET level
<3 METs
Moderate activity MET level
3-6 METs
Vigorous activity MET level
> 6 METs
What is the recommended minimum amount of aerobic exercise?
- > 150 min/week if moderate intensity
- or >75 min/week if vigorous intensity
To further reduce disease risk what is the necessary amount of exercise?
- > the minimum
Cardiovascular disease is the general term for what?
- it is the general term that describes a disease of the heart or blood vessels
Cardiovascular disease causes what?
- reduced blood flow to the heart, brain, and body
what causes cardiovascular disease?
- build-up of fatty deposits inside arteries leading to hardening and narrowing of that artery (atherosclerosis)
Cardiovascular disease risk factors? (8)
- age
- family history
- hypercholesterolemia
- hypertension
- tobacco use
- diabetes or prediabetes
- overweight and obesity
- physical inactivity
What is the cause of coronary heart disease?
- ischemia
What is the effect of exercise on life expectancy?
- delay onset of chronic diseases
- reverse or limit effects of existing chronic diseases
- increases quality of life
- reduces disability rates