Kinesiology 2000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Environment, Childhood Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2000A/B
• Professor: Vincent Liardi

Document Summary

Kinesiology defined: the academic discipline which involves the study of physical activity/movement and its impact on health, society and quality of life. Quality of life mentioned in 23 hours. Exercise does not include human movements that are involuntary/ performed without purpose. This (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)ted (cid:271)(cid:455) the follo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g (cid:395)uote (cid:862)(cid:374)ot all (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t is ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455), (cid:271)ut all ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al activit(cid:455) is (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) If you are doing it for a purpose and it raises your heart rate up to a certain level. Trying to define what is basic movement vs. exercise. We need to know what is exercise and what is not in order to catagorize. 3 ways to develop an understanding: experience we experience physical activity and sport, theory, professional practice. Both direct participation and observation of physical activity are both important sources of knowledge in kinesiology. This involves examination of physical active through research and logical, systematic analysis which can be illustrated in the following figures.