Kinesiology 2000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Non-Communicable Disease, Childhood Obesity, Descent Ii
9 Mar 2020
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Q&a: physical activity is any planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain physical fitness (true or false) false this definition is for exercise. Physical activity comes down to increase in energy expenditure. 2) metabolic equivalents (mets) are multiples of resting energy expenditure, so working twice as hard as at rest = 2mets, and so on. How many mets would walking at a good pace be? (1,4,7 or 10) 4 generally speaking, walking is between 3 and 5. 6 mets is moderate, 1-2. 9 light: will we be using the who definition of health in this class? Are canadians healthy: reading: a trend analysis of the health of canadians from a healthy living and chronic disease perspective. Chronic disease: ncds (non-communicable disease) are not passed from person to person, they are of long duration and generally slow progression. Prevalence total # of people who are currently living with the condition mortality/ recurrence.
