Kinesiology 3413A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Health Organization, Bone Density, Hypotension
30 Jan 2019
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Learning objectives: define aging and know the aging stages, know the prevalence of older adults in canada, what happens to physical activity levels as canadians age, aging keeps you young! Give a piece of cellular evidence: define impairment, know about the canadian longitudinal study on aging. Cut point for aging is 65+ as the threshold for aging. 65 years or more, and individuals aged 50-64 years with clinically significant conditions. If someone is sick, you can drop that number down to 50 age for acsm, if they have a risk condition. Aging population: doubling aging population, more seniors than children. Biologic (or physiologic) age: how your body is functioning compared to others of the same chronological age when taking into account lifestyle and environmental factors: related to the deterioration of physiological processes and optimal anatomical functions. Keith richards skin and the message is if you live like a rockstar you look like a rockstar.
