NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Lean Body Mass, Breast Cancer
Document Summary
Physical acivity decreases risk for many chronic condiions. Obesity: decreased fat mass, maintains lean body mass, helps make weight management easier. Cardiovascular disease: strengthens the heart, improves blood lipids, slows atherosclerosis, helps maintain healthy blood pressure. Type 2 diabetes: enhances insulin sensiivity, helps with weight control. Bone and joint health: strengthens bones, prevents osteoporosis, strengthens joints. Helps prevent a variety of cancers: breast cancer, colon cancer. Eat well, avoid smoking and sun exposure, and get a good sleep. Improves itness: endurance, strength, lexibility, body composiion. Improves stress, anxiety, can promote beter mental health. During pregnancy: helps maintain mom"s itness, muscle tone, helps control weight gain, decreased risk of caesarean birth, shorter labour, improved post-natal recovery. Only 22% of canadian adults are physically acive (1 in 5). This year"s grade remains a d- because most children and youth in canada are not meeing the canadian physical acivity guidelines.
