Week 4 Lecture

Question 1

What are the 3 types of prevention?

Answer 1

Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Tertiary prevention

Question 2

Whats Primary Prevention?

Answer 2

Refers to initiatives aimed at healthy people before any risk factors emerge and is designed to prevent progression to disease

Question 3

Whats Secondary Prevention?

Answer 3

Is focused on disease risk factors and the early stage of disease with the intention of stopping further progression.

Question 4

Whats Tertiary Prevention?

Answer 4

Refers to actions to prevent progression to complications of disease

Question 5

Whats Mortality?

Answer 5

Refers to dying, death rate

Question 6

Whats Morbidity?

Answer 6

The way of living, ability to function without pain, discomfort - quality of life

Question 7

What is Physical activity?

Answer 7

Bodily movement that is produced by contraction of skeletal muscles and that substantially increases energy expenditure

Question 8

What is Exercise?

Answer 8

Activity conducted with the intention of developing physical fitness

Question 9

What is Physical Fitness?

Answer 9

Physical abilities, attributes to enable people to perform PA, e.g., strength, flexibility, power, endurance

Question 10

What prevents High cholesterol?

Answer 10

PA early in life important for prevention of coronary artery disease in fatty plaque build up