HE ED221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Who, Osteoporosis

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Health Education
• Course: HE ED221
• Professor: Valerie Carson

Document Summary

This lecture focuses on physical activity an exercise. Exercise is a subset of pa that is planned, structured, and done regularly to improve or maintain physical fitness or health. Also discussed is non-exercise activity thermogenesis (neat) which is the energy expended for everything we do that is (cid:374)ot sleepi(cid:374)g, eati(cid:374)g or e(cid:454)ercise. Neat e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)s a vast (cid:373)ajorit(cid:455) of a(cid:374) i(cid:374)dividual"s (cid:374)o(cid:374)- resting energy needs. This lecture also focuses on pa guidelines for adults and seniors with reference to chronic diseases/conditions: heart disease, stroke, hypertension, colon cancer, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis. Overall, findings suggest that the current literature supports clearly the dose-response relationship between physical activity and the seven chronic conditions identified. Canadian physical activity guidelines (adults 18-64 years old): to achieve health benefits adults should accumulate at least 150 mins of moderate-to- vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week, in bouts of 10 mins or more.