KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Randomized Controlled Trial, Naturopathy, Homeopathy
27 Sep 2013
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Compared to an active person, an inactive person: spends 40% more days in hospital (inactivity cause an increase in health risk, 5. 5% more seek more attention from physicians, uses 13% more specialists services. Annually the cost of health care due to lack of physical activity is: 2. 37 million family physician visits, 1. 42 hospital care. Canada is paying less malpractice insurance than usa. Proceed: gov. legislations, to reinforce health. Smoking age, drinking age, drinking and driving: education, media. Precede: smoking areas, afterschool programs for physical activity. Until the 1990"s: health quality was not as sanitized and efficient as today, majority of death was due to infectious diseases. Improve in health care quality, sanitation, and service: life expectancy increased, more likely to develop, have to liv with, and die from a chronic illness. 1900, female life expectancy= 51 years; males= 48 years.
