NUTR 3070- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)

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Assume you are a member of a team working on a public health initiative to promote pa (ow would you describe or classify pa"s for the public so that you can then provide recommendations. Types of physical activity: lifestyle physical activity, leisure time activity. Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that result in expenditure of energy (cdc, 2006) Gardening can be very light or vigorous, can be intense depending on weather. Get recommended level of physical activity from any area. Household pa sweeping floors, mopping, windows, breaking leaves. (intensity) Occupational pa differs for teacher (very sedentary) and construction workers. Light walking slowly on the beach, going for a walk, walking slow however. Can describe pa"s at different levels of effort based on standard of a met. Vigorous intensity: greater than (cid:888) met"s (cid:889)(cid:882) x(cid:886) = (cid:884)(cid:890)(cid:882) met"s. Vigorous - greater increase in heart rate, jogging. Unit is used to estimate amount of oxygen used by body during pa.

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