KINESIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: World Health Organization, Framingham Heart Study, Metabolic Equivalent
19 Apr 2016
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The study of human health in populations: what determines the health of the individuals, the disease states that may come up, using information to control the diseases. Identify risk factors for the disease: not all risk factors cause diseases, only puts you at a greater risk. A larger number than normal cases of a particular disease. An epidemic that has spread over a larger population. Declared an epidemic, then later a pandemic: younger and older populations were believed to be at higher risk. More people from younger populations were infected: hospitalization rate higher in ages 0- Deaths highest in middle aged people: because they thought they were fine. John snow is known as the "father of modern epidemiology"": london cholera epidemic of 1854. People died rapidly after being infected: believed to be airborne. Snow believed that it was spread through the water supply: compared data from cholera outbreak 5 years ago, found correlation between deaths and water companies.
