EDKP 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Healthy People Program, Heart Failure, Exercise Physiology
19 Nov 2012
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Jack rabbit- made skiing popular in canada and the us. Questionnaire and physical exams throughout generations: 1967- pa reduces risk of heart disease, 1971- off spring, 1995 omni study. Tecumseh community health study (1957: 2 cycles to asses physical activity of men. College alumni study- paffenbarger: looked at patterns of physical activity and health in harvard alumni. Mortality rates declined as energy expended increased up to 3500, after that point rates only decreased slightly. Rates were 25-33% lower in those who expended. Mortality rates were significantly lower among the physically active, with or without adjustment for hypertension, cigarette smoking, body weight, or early parental death. He was able to determine the type of pa that was associated with improved health. One of the first to do a follow up study findings can not be generalized to the population because these were a certain type of person. Ken cooper: coined the term arobics : cardiologist, 12min run test.
