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Physical Activity. Flashcards

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Only __ of adults meeting Canada’s physical activity guidelines?

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15%

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Only __ of children 5-11 and __ of 12-17 year-olds meet Canada’s physical activity guidelines?

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7%

4%

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In 2010, MSN ranked Canada as the ___ laziest nation in the world.

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2nd

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And, in 2013, International Business Times ranked Canada as the ___ most obese nation in the world _____

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6th

24.2%

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What are the early years and what is there guidelines?

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(0-4 years)
Infants (less than 1 year) should be physically active several times/day
Examples: tummy time, reaching for toys, interactive floor-based play, crawling

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How much physical activity do toddles need?

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Toddlers (1-2 years) and pre-schoolers (3-4 years) should accumulate 180 minutes of physical activity/day (at any intensity)
Examples: playing outside, crawling, dancing, hopping, jumping, skipping

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How much physical activity do children and youth need?

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Children (5-11 years) and Youth (12-17 years)

  • At least 60 minutes of moderate-to- vigorous intensity physical activity daily
    • Vigorous-intensity activities at least 3 days/week
    • Activities that strengthen muscle and bone at least 3 days/week
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What is moderate Intensity PA?

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Should cause minor sweating and harder breathing
Examples:
Bike riding & Playground activities

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What is vigorous Intensity PA?

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Should cause sweating and being “out of breath”
Examples:
Running & Swimming

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How much physical activity do adults need?

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Adults (18-64) are advised to accumulate at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic physical activity per week.

Should occur in bouts of at least 10 minutes

Should add muscle and bone strengthening activities at least 3 day/ per week.

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Has there being an incline in the % of children and youth who are PA?

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Children and Youth (ages 5-17):

2010: 12% met Canada’s physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes/day
2011: only 7%
2012: again, 7%
2013: down to 5%

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Do a higher % of boys or girls meet the PA guidelines?

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Boys (8% meet guidelines) are more active than girls (4% meet guidelines)

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Who has the most physical activity?

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___ of 3-4 year-olds accumulate the Canadian physical activity guidelines of 180 minutes of daily activity at any intensity.

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Do a higher % of men or woman meet the PA guidelines?

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  • Men (17% meet guidelines) are more active than women (13% meet guidelines)
  • Physical activity declines with increasing age.
  • Higher socioeconomic status (SES) more likely to be active than lower SES (i.e., activity increases with increased education and income)
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Specifically, what were some of the pros and cons (or benefits and costs) associated with physical activity?

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Benefits

  • Cardiovascular fitness, strength, bone density, healthy weight, flexibility, posture, balance
  • Reduced risk of chronic diseases (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes)
  • Psychosocial outcomes
    • Greater relaxation, confidence, body satisfaction, self-esteem, quality of life
    • Reduced symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress
Cons 
- Takes too much time
Inconvenient
- Not enjoyable, fun, or relaxing
- Fatigue – as an antecedent or a consequence
- Lack of facilities, equipment, skills/knowledge
- Risk of injury
- Financial costs
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What is BMI?

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Ratio of weight to height to categorize people’s weight status (e.g., overweight, obese)

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Who is considered obese?

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People with a BMI > 30kg/m² are considered obese.

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Who does the BMI not count for?

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However, the BMI is generally considered useful only for individuals aged 20-65, and has a number of constraining factors.

  • Not considered useful for:
    1. Babies
    2. Children
    3. Teenagers
    4. Pregnant women
    5. Very muscular people, such as athletes
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How do you calculate BMI?

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Formula: mass (kg)
	         height (m²)
Nathan’s mass is 100kg and his height is 2m. What is his BMI?
- 100kg 
     (2m)²
- 25kg/m²
So, what is Nathan’s BMI status?
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What are you BMI classifications?

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Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5 – 24.9
Overweight = 25 – 29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

21
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What % of Canadian adults BMI are obese.

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1979: 14%
2004: 23%
2009: 24.1%

As of 2008, 62.1% of Canadian adults were considered overweight or obese.

11.7% of children/youth (5-17 years) are obese, according to the BMI.

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What does childhood obesity lead to?

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  • Often leads to adult obesity
  • Children who are inactive and overeat
  • On average, Canadian children spend over 7 hours of “screen time” per day
  • Being told to “clean your plate”
23
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What did Mayor Bloomberg do in New York to try to fight obesity?

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Mayor Bloomberg (NYC)

  • Proposed to limit the size of soda sold in restaurants, movie theaters, pushcarts and sports arenas.
  • Met with uproar by citizens and soda companies
  • Law did not go through as planned
  • Judge ruled it “arbitrary” the day before it was going to be implemented.
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Q 
In the past, serious illnesses were mainly infectious diseases.
Tuberculosis
Polio
Influenza
Meningitis
Etc.
and now?
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Hypertension
Heart diseases
Strokes
Type II diabetes
Cancer 
Cirrhosis of the liver
Etc.
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What are 2 major downsides of “screen time”?

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  1. It involves physical inactivity/sedentary behavior.

2. It is a time in which mindless eating occurs.

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What are the costs of physical inactivity?

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  • A key driver of health care (over)use in Canada can (at least partially) be attributed to physical inactivity!
  • Physical inactivity has negative consequences not just for inactive people, but also for greater society
    • Physical inactivity contributes to health issues that require people to use more health care services and imposes extra costs on the publicly funded health care system
      -Compared to an active person, an inactive person:
      -Spends 38% more days in hospital
      -Uses 13% more specialist services
      -Uses 12% more nurse visits
  • A 10% reduction in prevalence of physical inactivity
    = savings of $150 million annually
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How do we combat obesity?

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Exercise

  • Depresses appetite (suppresses hormones that control hunger)
  • Maximizes fat loss and minimizes loss of lean muscle tissue
  • Burns high number of calories and increases metabolic rate
  • Allows your body to use more calories for energy than storing them as fat
  • Of course, a healthy diet also combats obesity

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