Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Composition, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
22 Sep 2020
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Chapter 6 exercise for health and fitness. What has the biggest impact on your health: example of intervention: knee arthritis early prevention; received treatment 1-hour. 1: 6 hours/day of watching tv = live 5 years less, on average, average adult in u. s. spends about 5 hours/day watching tv/screens. Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. What is exercise: planned, structure, e. g. going to the gym knowing you"ll be exercising. Benefits of exercise: scientists have studied the effects of exercise on health and functioning for the past 40 years, found to be the most important action you can take to improve wellness. Psychological benefits of physical activity: decreased state and trait of anxiety, decreased depression. Increased muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness: decreased risk of hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, breast and colon cancer, decreased risk of falls and hip or vertebral factures, weight control and energy balance.
