Midterm Flashcards
How Many Canadians were inactive in 2018?
45% total (59% men, 50% women met guidlines)
What is WHO?
World Health Organization
What does the WHO recommend?
Aerobic Moderate - 150mins/week - Aerobic vigorous - 300mins/week
How many people are inactive worldwide?
28%
how many deaths per year from inactivity?
5 million
What is prevalence?
fraction of a population having a specific disease at a given time
What is screen time?
time spent engaged in screen based behaviours. preformed sedentary or physically active.
What is sedentary behavior?
Waking behavior characterized by energy expenditure less than 1.5 METs while in a sitting, reclining or lying posture
What is exercise?
planned, structured, repetitive movement intended to improve or maintain physical fitness
What is physical activity?
any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure without intent of exercise
Physical fitness is…?
OUTCOME of exercise and physical activity
Kin in not….?
study of human anatomy
what happend in 2012?
GOPA= global observatory for physical activity
- focus is planet and physical activity they do.
- country cards
when was defining movement?
1985
- defined movement
-defined physical activity
-defined exercise
defined physical fitness
What was jogging jim fix
1977
- did aerobic fitness by jogging
- thought he could eat anything
- died from heart attack while running
what is londons transport study? WHO? WHEN?
1953- Jeremy Morris
- concluded workers more physically active had lower cases of heart disease
- conductors (gave tickets) had higher movement
- driver’s (sat) had low movement