Kinesiology 2032A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Bone Density, Telomere, Exercise Physiology
19 Jan 2018
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Sitting is the new smoking: ways a sedentary lifestyle is killing you. Despite frequent pa, even for an hour, vast majority of the day is spent sedentary. First evidence that inactivity is bad for you was published in 1953; ecologic study of heart disease mortality and occupational pa. Morris et al (1953: looking at different types of movement during jobs with different intensities of pa during the day. Compromises bone mineral density and vascular health. Risk factor for obesity and some cancers (in particular, colo-rectal) The (cid:373)ore ti(cid:373)e spe(cid:374)t sitti(cid:374)g, the shorter people"s telo(cid:373)eres are: telomeres stop peoples chromosomes from fraying, clumping together, or scrambling up information, telomeres lifespan is linked to their length. People that sit for long periods of time tend to be more depressed. Blood clots can form and cause unexpected deaths. The movement continuum, looking at sedentary and exercise physiology. Sleep sedentary behaviour light activity moderate pa intense pa.
