KIN 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Cirrhosis
16 Dec 2015
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Ability to develop & maintain inter-personal relationships. Nearly 80% of deaths attributed to cardiovascular disease & cancer could be prevented with a healthy lifestyle program. 9 out of 10 causes of death are related to lifestyle / common sense. The big three account for more than a million deaths annually: tobacco use, poor diet and inactivity, alcohol abuse. Our society"s overriding approach to health care is reactive or curative. If you are free of disease, you are healthy . Bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure and produces progressive health benefits: e. g. walking to school, taking stairs, washing car. A type of physical activity that requires planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness. E. g. regular weekly walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, strength training. Surgeon general"s report on physical activity and health:
