KINESIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Cohort Study, Relative Risk
19 Apr 2016
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Taking all the diseases people die from and looking at them collectively: to determine how pa contributes to mortality. The average of number of years a person will live from birth: values are predictive and change over time. Females always have higher life expectancy: estrogen has a protective effect against many disease states. Death doesn"t happen as easily as before: due to medical and technological advances. As life expectancies increase, people live more sedentary lifestyles: this increases the amount of chronic diseases. In the past, physical activity was required for survival: since technology advancements has increased, physical activity has decreased. Europe: 50% of population takes part in a physically active mode of transport, e. g. North america: 10% of population takes part in a physically active mode of transport, mostly use automobiles. Countries with the least amount of pa in travel modes have the highest obesity rates: there is an inverse relationship between walking and obesity.
