Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cardiovascular Disease, Information Age, Accelerometer
8 Nov 2016
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Anything that affects a large number of people; study of patterns of disease, risk factors, and causes. Epidemiologists study things at large scales, and ask how/why is something spreading: epidemiology. Dealing with the incidence, distribution and control of a disease in a population. Responsible for at least 16% of deaths each year (epidemic), according to cdc: due to poor nutrition and physical inactivity. Two of the leading causes of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. Industrial revolution/ information age: increased technology, reduced occupational physical activity, increased stress, (with this revolution you can be much less active, in say a factory setting/ computer jobs). In terms of obesity, there were some states that showed obesity in the 10-14% range. Virtually no state is less than 10% and almost all are upwards to 15-19% obese. Every state over 20%, some over 20-24% obese (majority), other over 25%
