Topic 1 Flashcards
Healthy People 2020 Objectives
1) achieve health equity
2) create social and physical environments that promote good health
3) promote quality of life and life expectancy
Healthy People 2020 Determinants
1) Social environments
2) physical environments
3) individual behavior
4) genetics
5) health services
___ of deaths in the U.S. are preventable
2/3
2022 leading causes of death
1) heart disease
2) cancer
3) unintentional injury
Compression of morbidity
Exercise improves quality of life and delays the onset of morbidity, not life expectancy
Exercise prescription
Recommendation for a course of exercise to meet desirable individual fitness objectives
Physical activity
Bodily movement
Exercise
Physical activity that is planned, structured, and purposeful
Sport
Physical activity that is governed by rules
Physical fitness
The attributes that allow someone to perform physical activity
3 components of physical fitness
1) Cardio
2) Body composition
3) Muscular
Health
State of physical, mental, and social well being
Wellness
Continuous, active process
Moderate physical activity
- 30-60 min, 5x per week
- RPE 5-6
-40-59% VO2 max
-3-6 METs
Vigorous physical activity
- 20-60 min, 3x per week
- > 60 VO2 max
- > 6 METs
Components of muscular
1) muscular strength
2) muscular endurance
3) flexibility
Components of performance related fitness
1) agility
2) balance
3) coordination
4) speed
5) power
6) reaction time
Cardio respiratory Endurance
ability to supply oxygen during sustained physical activity
Cardiac output
Quantity of blood pumped out of the heart per min
CO = SV • HR
Body composition
Proportion of fat weight and fat-free weight
Obesity
Excessive accumulation of fat weight
The following increase heart disease risk-2 fold
-Cholesterol
-Smoking
-Inactivity
-Blood pressure
-Obesity
True/false: the only way to burn calories is through exercise.
False
Administered test battery to Norwegian children 5-12, found it was easy to administer and can be used reliably to measure physical fitness for large groups of children. Linear improvement across all ages, consistent test/retest reliability
Fjortoft et al.
Examining cost and health effectiveness of physical interventions; found that point of decision prompts was cost effective, but not as physically effective as support groups; net effect is important, compound different exercises and activities
Wu et al
Long term sedentary work may increase the risk of distal colon cancer and rectal cancer, regardless of lifestyle outside of the workplace
Boyle et al
Examining the effectiveness of school based physical activity programs; benefits include improvements in aerobic (oxygen) capacity, cholesterol, reduction in TV viewing; not included is improvements in BP, BMI; overall potential health benefits are substantial and these programs should be encouraged
Racette et al.
