Kinesiology 4433A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 51 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 4433A/B
• Professor: Dr. Marsh

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Health (working in a setting where individuals want to train to get healthier) Sport (training aerobic fitness/anaerobic systems/sport specific skills) Frank booth works with genetics of health; repeated stress is normal physiology. It is normal for us to have higher levels of physical activity rather than sedentary levels. Sedentary (lack of exercise) causes us to gall into pathology (poor health) Source of evidence physical activity & health. Information comes from the epidemiological and physiological studies: epidemiological: it covers a large population; they are observational studies; no manipulations needed, physiological: these are intervention type of studies where mechanisms are looked at; possible manipulating variables involved. Physical activity is a broad umbrella term that can be accumulated many ways; gym, working out, playi(cid:374)g sports, goi(cid:374)g for ru(cid:374)s, et(cid:272) . Physical activity will cause an increase in personal fitness which will lead to better health.