Quiz Flashcards
Describe the dangerous trend now sweeping North America and what can be done to reverse this trend.
We are casualties of our technology; majority of the North American population is inactive (as of 2006 it is 60%+). The healthcare system is overburdened presently and will only get worse, leaving future generations of smaller population density to deal with the aging baby boomers and the drain on the healthcare funds. Adolescents are more INACTIVE than ever before and are now showing more hypokinetic (low movement) disease decades earlier than the adolescents of three-four decades ago.
What can be done? Get involved and be a leader in your community passing on, through education, the means by which the sedentary can reduce the risks of long-term inactive lifestyles.
List at least one primary and one secondary factor influencing people’s choice to NOT be physically active.
Primary:
* Lack of commitment
* Lack of competence
Secondary:
* Poor exercise or program design
* Lifestyle choices
* Health issues
* Relationships issues
List at least two motivational strategies that can help others become more active.
Assess, identify and offset destructive high self-expectations (“I should”)
Identify self-sabotaging behaviors, patterns, belief systems and implement counter-balance plans to offset them
Prepare for potential setbacks
Set very specific and measurable short-term goals with clearly identifiable outcome measures of success
Pre-set mini rewards for each mini milestone achieved
List 6 benefits of a healthy lifestyle
*Stabilized blood pressure
* Control of hypertension
* Improved body composition ratios i.e. fat to lean tissue
* Lower risk for cardiovascular disease
* Improved muscular strength and endurance
* Enhanced self-image
* Enhanced self-confidence
* Enhanced feeling of well-being
What is Hypokinesis?
Low activity
What is a Holistic Approach?
An approach to living life involving the nurturing of all components of life: mind, body and spirit
Name at least one method for determining the readiness of an individual to begin physical activity
Use a quick self-test questionnaire called the “PAR-Q” which stands for physical activity readiness questionnaire
What is Active Living?
A way of life that integrates physical activity into daily routines
Despite the fitness/exercise boom, What % of the adult population is completely sedentary?
85%
A person’s capacity to change their body position and direction of movement is called:
Agility
Which population is showing the greatest decrease in daily physical activity?
Adolescents
The function of the epiphyseal plate is to:
Allow a means by which the bone can increase in length
The distal and proximal extremities of a bone are called the:
Epiphyses
How many bones are there in the axial and appendicular skeletons?
80 axial and 126 appendicular
The bone associated with the term “brachii” is the
Humerus
