Kinesiology 2980A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Salutogenesis, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Cardiovascular Disease
15 Oct 2018
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Sedentary behaviour and you: people who are standing are more obvious than those who are sitting. Identify where it happens: understand it, understand why it"s bad, solve it, how to fix it. Sedentary behaviour contributors: work, school (studying, eating, transportation, entertainment (watching netflix) Sedentary behaviour: waking, must be conscious to be sedentary, sleep is not sedentary, but it is inactive (taking a nap is not sedentary, low energy. If a behaviour is less than 1. 5 metz it meets a component to being sedentary: postural component, sedentary behaviour occurs in a sitting, lying, or reclining postures, standing is not sedentary, standing is inactive. Students sit a lot: students spend 6-8 hours per day on school based sedentary activity, excluding eating and screen time for pleasure, school based sedentary activity, class, library, studying at home, commuting. Effects on mental health and well being: traditional health markers don"t mean much to people, ex.
