Midterm Flashcards
epidemiology
- study of health-event (frequency), health-characteristics (why) or health-determinant patterns in a society (prevent)
- it is the cornerstone method of public health research & helps inform policy decisions and evidence based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventative medicine
traveling & health
increases health problems by transferring germs/diseases throughout countries
first ACSM recommendation
in 1978, 3-5x/week, 50-85% of VO2max or 60-90% of HR, 15-60 min each time
London bus study
- 1949, bus drivers vs conductors
- annual rate of CHD for drivers= 2.7/1000; conductors= 1.9/1000
- could be due to drivers being more sedentary
- this is really where PA and exercise research began
sports
actions/movements exerted in direction of game, struggle and effort, and whose practice involves a methodical training, respect for certain rules
exercise
actions/movements organized manner to maintain or develop the qualities or entities
physical activity
any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that result in higher energy expenditure
physical inactivity
not meeting national guidelines for PA
sedentary
- sitting too much - 75% of our lives spent sitting
- any waking behaviour characterized by an energy expenditure that is less than equal to 1.5x resting metabolic rate while in a sitting or reclining posture
incidence
number of new cases of a particular disease
prevalence
total number of affected persons present in a population at a specific time
confounder
- variable with an effect that’s entangled with effect of PA which can’t be easily separated and studied independently
- confounders need to be controlled for using statistical procedures to ensure accurate results
- ex: effect of PA on chronic conditions= confounders= age or sex
cohort
a group followed over a period of time
p-value
used to quantify degree to which change may account for an association that was observed in a particular study
interaction
- a variable has an impact on how another one will react to an outcome
- 2 groups aren’t responding same way to same thing
- ex: men and women at 80 have different PA levels
bias
any trend that affect to interpretation of results and put you away from the truth
risk factors
aspect associated with health-related conditions increase or not, the probability to develop a disease
MET
- a measure of exercise intensity used in epidemiology studies
- it is an absolute measure (doesn’t consider age or muscle mass)
- vigorous exercise 6+ METs
- moderate exercise 3 METs
- rest 1 MET
- metabolic equivalent of task
- metabolic rate consuming 1 kilocalorie per kg of BW per hour= 1 MET
- ex: 60 kg= 1440 kcal/day
oxygen levels
- 1 MET= 3.5 ml/kg/min O2
- 10.5 ml/kg/min O2 is minimum required level to be considered healthy
MET minutes
4 METs x 200 min= 800 MET min
physical fitness
set of attributes that people have achieved that relates to ability to perform physical work, related to VO2max
wellness
holistic concept describing a state of positive health including physical, social, and psychological
disease
reduced, abnormal or lost structure of function cells, organism or systems of body
body compositions 1981 –> 2008
body compositions increased but fitness levels decreased
guidelines for 18-64 years
- aerobic exercise 150 min/week
- 2 sessions of resistance training/week - strengthens heart
- kids= ~300 min/week
exercise reduces risk of 7 chronic conditions
hypotension, CVD, diabetes, stroke, osteoporosis, breast cancer, mortality
life expectancy
- W: 84 years (72 health, 9 disabled)
- M: 79 years (68 healthy, 8 disabled)
- men more likely to die sooner due to gravity
- just because you put more money into health system does not mean it will increase life expectancy
cost of disease
tend to put more work towards diseases that cost government more
aerobics center longitudinal study
- impact of PA on mortality and chronic disease
- 80 000 people since 1970 at Cooper Institute in Dallas
- unique VO2max testing, more than 100 studies
- each minute of increased treadmill time between the 2 times reduced mortality risk by 7.9%
gold standard measure
- measure that we agree to use and trust answers the tool gives (ex: BP cuff)
- we don’t have one for PA that’s accurate
what do we want to measure?
- calories (METs, metabolic equations)
- intensity (HR monitor, accelerometer)
- time active (pedometer)
- time sedentary (ActivPaL)
- bouts of PA (accelerometer)
- purpose: weight loss, portrait of population
questionnaires
- before 60’s PA based on occupational class
- 1st questionnaire specific to leisure PA in 1975 for community health study
- now more than 60 PA validated questionnaire
- pros: use for a lot of people, not expensive, can send questionnaires to remote areas
- cons: some people can’t read/write, language barriers
validated questionnaire
when you look at how much PA someone does and measures it with questionnaire and it matches
measures of PA
- self reports of PA are easiest methods for measuring PA in national surveys and surveillance systems
- men over estimate, women under estimate
- correlation coefficient between self-reported variables and accelerometer measures of PA is 30%
direct calorimetry
- best way to measure O2 consumption
- in a room exercising, producing CO2
- increasing VO2 is also increasing CO2
- REQ= CO/O2 –> not good when CO2 is higher than O2
- expensive
indirect calorimetry
estimate energy expenditure from O2 consumption and CO2 production - mask on face
doubly labeled water
- best overall measure of total daily energy expenditure
- subject consumes water containing known concentration of stable isotopes of H+ (2H-deuterium) and O2 (18 O or oxygen-18)
- costs $1000 and need spec mask to analyze
- only way to lose O 18 is through sweat
- how much O 18 left is how much energy you used
heart rate monitors
- measure electrical activity of heart
- conversion of HR to measure energy expenditure based on linear association between HR and O2
- public health wise this is not the best solution
pedometer
- need 10 000 steps a day to reach 30 min/day of PA
- can get 6000 steps/day without trying
- walking cadence - steps/min, measures intensity, need 100 steps/min for general (~120 steps/min older adults)
accelerometers
- need to wear 10 hours/day to be valid
- under 100 counts/min - assume they’re sedentary
- need to wear 3 days in week and once on weekend
- measures movement on 3 axis
- best on hip to measure accurate movement
- cons: don’t know posture, biking shows increased METs but decreased counts
- ActivPaL costs 500 euros and measures posture
- not gold standard measure but best we have
other popular activity monitors
Fitbit 1, Fitbit zip, and Withings Pulse performed best, methods is most important part of paper
popular body composition measures
densitometry, plethysmograph, absorptiometry (DXA), MRI & CT Scan
bioimpedence
- methods of estimating body fat 1st validated by GSM & then equation created
- Heyward (2001) said several precautions to optimize reliability of technique
premise
- lean body mass consists of 60-75 average (73% H2O)
- volume of body fat mass and free fat mass are constant
- segments comply constant proportions from 1 person to another, all precautions taken - don’t use with pacemaker
Heyward precautions
- don’t eat/drink 4 hours before test
- no exercise 12 hours before test
- urinate 30 minutes before
- no alcohol 48 hours before
- don’t use diuretics during 7days leading up to test
skin folds
- estimation of body fat using skin folds is possible because in adults 50-70% of body fat is located between skin and viscera
- reliability of this technique depends mainly on level of adiposity of subject and expertise of evaluator
- triceps is a good location for kids
- not valid for BMI > 30
BMI
- measures bone, fat, and fat free mass
- kg/m2
- waist circumference W: >88cm M: >102cm
- 3 steps for public health:
1. BMI
2. waist
3. if 1 and 2 are elevated - body composition
densitometry
- measures bone density
- similar to absortiometry (DXA)
- more expensive and uses radiation but can account for different body segments
- 4% difference can be seen due to body hair
plethysmograph
- measures changes in volume within organ or whole body
- the more air you push out the more body volume you have
- no way to measure fat mass and free fat mass
MRI & CT Scan
no measurements, just estimates