NUTR 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Basal Rate, Metabolic Equivalent, U.S. Route 30 In Pennsylvania
11 May 2020
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Impact on heart rate, intensity, aerobic vs anaerobic, sports vs leisure, etc. Physical activity: any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that result in expenditure of energy (beyond basal rate) I. e. , what you do as part of your job (lifting, walking, etc. ) I. e. , getting to and from work (walking, biking, etc. ) I. e. , running; a form of leisure-time pa done for fitness reasons. I. e. , some increase in breathing and heart rate, such as brisk walking. I. e. , higher increase in breathing and heart rate, such as jogging. Effort you put into an activity is what is classified as light, moderate or vigorous (not the activity itself) Can describe pas at different levels of effort based on standard of a met. Unit is used to estimate amount of oxygen used by body during pa. 1 met = energy (oxygen) used by body as you sit quietly. I. e. , sitting in lecture uses around 1 met.
