PSY 707 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sedentary Lifestyle, Subcutaneous Tissue, Ballroom Dance
24 Apr 2015
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Lecture 10: healthy lifestyles: physical activity & nutrition (03/23/2015) Us department of health & human services suggest 150 min a week of moderate exercise or 75 min of vigorous exercise for health benefits. For additional benefits inc up to 300 min of moderate intensity or 150 min of vigorous intensity. Avoid inactivity, some activity is better than none. Muscle strengthening or resistance training at least 2x a week. Moderate intensity: producing a sustained hr ~60% of max capacity, eg. water aerobics, ballroom dancing, tennis. Vigorous/high intensity: produces a sustained hr of at least ~70% of max capacity, eg. running, swimming, jumping rope. Pe: planned pa designed to exert your body for health &/ fitness reasons. Benefits of aerobic activity & exercise: long list of benefits re: maintaining aerobic exercise but correlational not causational: Intro to health benefits: in the 50s & 60s researchers saw active occupations were assoc"d w/ lower mortality. Prior to these times, pe was more for leisure.
