Kinesiology 2000A/B Lecture 1: Introduction
8 Feb 2018
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Early humans could not have survived without the motor skills and physical ability to perform demanding work. Struggle over history to free ourselves from physical exertion and muscular work. Daily lives made up largely of passive pursuits. Today you must almost always choose to be physically active. Most people don"t feel they have the time. 1948: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. 1986: "a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities. " Emphasize on treatment and less so on prevention: holistic model. Looking at how well you"re interacting with your environment. Health as more of a process rather than a state of being. The best thing you can do for your health is to spend half an hour to an hour being active.
