KINES 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Skeletal Muscle
30 Sep 2016
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Our life expectancy (quantity) is increasing but that doesn"t necessarily mean our quality is increasing. We can predict quantity but we can"t predict quality, though we can guarantee quality by sleep, nutrition, exercise, etc. What is the major contributor to disease in our society: lifestyle choices (smoking, eating, exercise, alcohol, etc) What is the pattern of health care cost over the past several years: increasing rapidly. What are contributors to the high health care costs: chronic diseases is main. Also better technology, larger population, increasing pharmaceutical costs, obamacare, etc. What percent (approximately) of our population exercises frequently and vigorously enough to gain health benefits from the activity: 36. Why not the others: don"t have time . How would universal exercise in our society impact the health care costs (according to cdc projections): reduce by 2/3. Can you identify differences between health and fitness: health is the absence of illness where fitness is a capacity and ability to perform more.
