Kinesiology 2000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Desirability Bias, Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2000A/B
• Professor: Marc Mitchell

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Give examples: provide 3 pieces of evidence that physical activity can improve mental wellbeing", list 3 health benefits of resistance and flexibility training, explain to a beginner how to properly do the almighty squat . Blue zones more 100-year-old people (centenarians) than anywhere else: california loma linda, nicoya in costa rica, icaria in greece, sardinia in italy, okinawa in japan. Blue zone life lessons move naturally, right tribe, right outlook, eat wisely (plants) Sardinia 10x more centenarians than in america. Low intensity physical activity: wine has 3x amount of polyphenols than any other, plant based diet; cheese made from grass-fed animals. Warburton (ubc) did a systematic review to see if the evidence supports our physical activity guidelines. Generally speaking, more physically active people had a 30% less risk of premature death. 30 mins of pa 5 days a week causes risk reduction in 7 of the chronic diseases. More activity is better, especially for those doing nothing.