NTDT200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Hyperthermia, Carnitine, Leucine

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Nutrition and Dietetics
• Course: NTDT200
• Professor: Jennifer Linton

Document Summary

Fitness: depends on physical activity and exercise. Physical inactivity linked with many diseases (only 20% of adults in the u. s. meet physical activity guidelines: heart disease (primary killers of adults in developed countries, cancer. Benefits of fitness: restful sleep, nutritional health. Improved bone density: resistance to colds and other infectious diseases, low risk of cardiovascular disease, low risk of type 2 diabetes. Strong self image: long life/quality of life, lower incidence/severity of depression and anxiety. Guidelines for physical activity: minimum amount of aerobic physical activity. Intensity of activity: extensive health benefits, develop and maintain fitness, cardiorespiratory endurance, body composition. Developing fitness: muscle hypertrophy (grow larger in response to use) and atrophy (muscles become smaller because not enough use, under-nutrition or disease, muscles respond to overload (increasing frequency or duration) conditions, building structures needed to perform, components. Flexibility: muscle strength and endurance, cardiorespiratory endurance.