Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Major Trauma, World Health Organization, Coronary Artery Disease
10 May 2016
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The world health organization (who) describes it as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. Physical activity daily activities, whereas exercise is planned, structured workout. Scientists have studied that effects of exercise on health and functioning for the past 40 years. Found to be the most important action you can take to improve wellness. Decrease state and trait (personality characteristic) anxiety. Decrease risk of hypertensions, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, breast and colon cancer. Decrease risk of falls and hip or vertebral fractures (e. g. staying healthy right now is important as later on in life, it is a decline or maintenance of bone mass) Inactivity increase the incidence of at least 17 unhealthy conditions: We know of no single intervention with greater promise than physical exercise to reduce the risk of virtually all chronic diseases simultaneously (pg. Canadian physical activity guidelines (for adults 18 64 years):
