EXSS2026 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sarcopenia, Exercise Intensity, Osteoarthritis

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Exercise and Sport Science
• Course: EXSS2026
• Professor: Nathan Johnson

Document Summary

Heart disease & cerebrovascular disease have decreased (whereas other conditions have stayed relatively similar: non-communicable disease: a disease you cannot contract, lifestyle factors (smoking, diet, pa, environmental factors (ses, built, politics) Investment on prevention of non-communicable diseases = 0. 011% of total nse expenditure (not much funding for prevention!: health expenditure, public hospitals (31. 5%, medical services (18. 2, medications (14. 9%, private hospitals (8. 7%, public health (1. 6%) minimal treatment/funding for prevention. Risk factors: physical inactivity in the key risk factor; must find an intervention to reduce this. It impacts on other risk factors such as diabetes, smoking, obesity, high bp/ cholesterol/triglycerides & alcohol consumption. High cholesterol: explaining a complex phenomenon by analysing its constituent parts (i. e. the whole is the sum of its parts) focuses on components in the body (e. g. target subcomponents in the body) To understand chronic disease: reduce/divide body into systems, organs etc. Body-mind are separate entities : reductionism & holistic health to prevent chronic disease.