Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Coronary Artery Disease, Five Ws, Healthy People Program

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Epidemic: anything that affects a large number of people; study of patterns of disease, risk factors and causes. Epidemiology: study of epidemics; dealing with the incidence, distribution and control of a disease in a population. When applied to pa, is the field of study devoted to the 5 w"s . Industrial revolution/ information age: increased technology, reduced occupational physical activity, increased stress. 1985: few states with up to 15% obese, lots of missing data was not studied much at this time. 1996: up to 19% of population obese, data for every state. 2004: up to over 25% of population obese, data for every state. Us department of health and human services task force. Builds upon healthy people 2010 did not meet the objectives, had to continue on to 2020. Created specific objectives for us physical activity by 2020. Goal: improve health, fitness and quality of life of us population through daily physical activity.

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