Kinesiology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Recall Bias

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2032A/B
• Professor: Cheryl Madliger

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Outline: what is epidemiology, research design in physical activity epidemiology, measuring physical activity, librarian presentation. Study of the distribution of health related states or events* in specified populations: what factors influence/determine this distribution, application to the control of health problems. Health and disease are not random and we can understand by studying the ways we can prevent it and factors that cause ill health or good health. Note: (cid:449)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t look at (cid:862)diseases(cid:863) (cid:449)e look at health so we can see positive effect on ehalth. Looking at population date across population: analytical epidemiology. Investigate disease association by looking at the exposure and outcome in the same individuals: ex investigating cardiovascular disease in same individual. Aims to understand how leisure-ti(cid:373)e pa (cid:272)a(cid:374) e(cid:374)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)e people(cid:859)s (cid:395)uantity and quality of life. A form of population medicine, concerned largely with the control and primary prevention of disease within a large group of people.