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Topic 1 Terminology Flashcards

1
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What is Physical Activity

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Physical activity refers to any movement produced by muscle
action that involves an expenditure of energy

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What is 1 met equaled to?

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1 MET = 3.5ml/kg/min of O2 consumed

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What does MET stand for?

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Metabolic Equivalent (number of calories consumed at meta basal rest)

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What are the different classification of the METs

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Very Light <1.8 METs walking slow

Light 1.8-2.9 METs dressing, showering, slow moderate walking

Moderate 3-5.9 METs (brisk walking, dancing, active participation in games and sports, moderate load shifting,
etc

Vigorous or maximum > 6 METs (running, fast cycling,
aerobics, fast swimming, competitive sports and games,
displacement of heavy loads, etc.)

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Who does the WHO deal with?

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concerned with the issues as promoting physical activity for health, global recommendations and exercise

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What is exercise?

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physical activity planned, structured, repetitive and
aimed at the improvement or maintenance of physical fitness

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What are the quantifications of physical exercise?

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Heart Rate
VO2 max
Rate of Perceived exhaustion

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What is sedentary behavior?

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long period of inactivity, low energy expenditure such as sitting, watching television or laying down

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What is physical fitness?

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ability to carry out normal daily functions with vigor efficiently, and not that much fatigue

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What are the health related physical fitness components?

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aerobic or cardiorespiratory capacity, flexibility, muscle tolerance, muscle strength and body composition

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What are the neuro muscular or sports performance components

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agility, balance, coordination, speed, power and reaction time

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How does the WHO define health

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” complete state of physical, mental and social well being not not merely the absence of illness or disability”

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14
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what is the approach of holistic health?

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mental, social, emotional and spiritual dimensions

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Can health be considered perfect?

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No but you can be reach an optimal level of well being

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How is “optimal well being” measured or categorized

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Continuous scale of 2 extremes.
On the “far left” premature death or illness
On the the “far right” optimal health

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What is a health related risk factor?

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any circumstance or characteristic of a person or group that increases the chance of a disease to develop

18
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What are the type of risk factors?

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Behavior, alcoholism, smoking and eating habits

19
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what re the risk factors that are fixed and cannot be modified?

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age, sex and genetics

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21
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Risk factor that affects specific type of diseases

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Ex) Sun exposure is a rrisk factor for skin cancer

22
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Risk factors that affects various type of diseases

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Ex) alcoholism is the cause for traffic accident and in some cases psychological illnesses in a family setting

23
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Risk factors that affect the same damage

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Ex) hypertension, cholesterolemia and
smoking are all risk factors for heart disease.

24
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What is an ilness?

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a physical or mental
disorder that causes
alterations in the normal
functioning of the organism

25
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what is a pathology?

A

the set of changes that
occur in the body because of
the disease/pathology.

26
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What is one criteria can diseases be classified into?

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Impact on population
Sporadic diseases: stomach virus

Endemic diseases: remains overtime in a region or country (Malaria in Africa)

Epidemic diseases: specific geographical area at a specific
time (cholera). It can evolve and become a pandemic.

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what is the other criteria a disease can be classified into?

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According to the origin:
Non-infectious diseases: chronic diseases, degenerative
diseases, trauma, etc.

Infectious diseases: by viruses, pathogens, etc.

28
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What is a chronic or disabling disease?

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through unhealthy or inappropriate lifestyles although genetic plays a little part

29
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What is the difference between a chronic and infectious disease?

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chronic diseases are not spread through the contagion or pathogens

30
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What are some characteristics of a chronic disease?

A

long term nature, long period of time to develop

progressive destruction of tissues, degenerative

disable and interfere with the body in a functional way

some degenerative diseases can be prevented, possible to minimize harmful effects

31
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What are Hypokinetic diseases?

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lack of exercise or little physical activity

32
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Examples of Roles of exercise in chronic diseases?

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Insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Dislipemia, Obesity, Fibromyalgia

33
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How does Henderson define “lifestyle”

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“habits and patterns of daily behavior of a person” linked to health and promoting it

34
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How does Mendoza define “lifestyle”

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Set of behavior patterns that “characterizes the general way of life of an
individual or group”

35
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How does the WHO define it?

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A general way of life, based on the interaction between living
conditions in a broad sense and “individual patterns of behavior”
determined by both psychosocial factors and personal characteristics

36
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How much percentage can lifestyle factors influence our health?

A

40%

37
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How do authors indicate a healthy lifestyle?

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“includes
healthy habits that add years to life” (quantity / life expectancy or mortality)
“and life to years” (quality / morbidity)

38
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what re the 4 lifestyle factors that interact with each other

A
  1. Individual characteristics
  2. Characteristics of the micro social environment
  3. Macro social factors
  4. The geographical physical environment
39
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Individual characteristics

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personality, interests, education
received..

40
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What are micro social characteristics?

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How the individual operates in an environment: Housing, work, family, friends

41
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what is a geographical physical environment

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prevailing living conditions in society and in turn, undergoes modifications by human action

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