POST MID TERM, Week 7 learning outcomes

Question 1

Be able to explain why physical activity alone is not a solution for poor health

Answer 1

Clear benefits of physical actives

BUT researches point out this is too simple to assume PA will solve serious problems

Heart disease
cancer
diabetes..etc

Question 2

Social determinants of health/structural perspective and how it differs from understanding on individual level

Answer 2

individual; genetics, lifestyle choices and immediate environment

Environmental level: Structural conditions shaping our life. factors beyond an individual, constraining.

takes a population health perspective

ex: access to education, housing, security…etc

Question 3

Ideology of healthism

Answer 3

“a societal preoccupation with health at the individual level rather than external factors influencing health, such as culture, environment, the economy, or other considerations”

moralizing ideology, similar to urban living was leading to vice, making young men soft and leading to juvenile delquency

importance of willpower, self control,
and individual responsibility to
maintain one’s health

Question 4

Understand some of the upstream and downstream determinants of physical activity

Answer 4

Upstream: structural/ society level
-opportunity
- societal norms (social and cultural)

Downstream: individual level
- knowledge and belief of PA
- time and biological factors

Question 5

Body size and stigma

Answer 5

People who have larger bodies are often judged for perceived lack of self-control or discipline (even though “health” can look different for different bodies)

bmi: doesn’t take in body type and ethnicity

bmi alone can’t be used in medial practice