Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cycling Time Trials, Blood Sugar, Impaired Glucose Tolerance

• School: Western University
• Department: Foods and Nutrition
• Course: Foods and Nutrition 1021
• Professor: Noelle Martin

Document Summary

Chapter 10: nutrients, physical activity and the body"s. Training regular practice of an activity; leads to physical adaptations of the body; improve flexibility, strength, & endurance. Overtime, person is able to do more reps, and/or go up to next weight. Examples: training for a marathon, training in a certain area of yoga. Physical activity bodily movement with muscle contractions, substantially increasing energy expenditure. Exercise planned, structured, vigorous, repetitive bodily movement that promotes or maintains physical fitness. Take a certain period of time to do a specific activity. More women than men are physically inactive. On average, more men are more comfortable walking into a gym. With middle aged women, harder for them to leave the house because of children. Benefits of physical activity and being physically fit. Gives more energy - gets heart rate going, endorphin released. More likely to make better food choices.