Kinesiology 3337A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Cardiorespiratory Fitness
26 Nov 2018
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Behaviour affects physiology: being physically active and having a good diet and nutrition, having a healthy lifestyle reduces stress, eliminate smoking, living and working in encouraging environment and optimal body composition. Importance of activity: the more met-hr/week (leisure time) you perform the more years of life you gain, people can live with these diseases but their quality of life decreases. Life expectancy: chronic condition: ihd, ischemic heart disease ; chf, congestive heart failure; dm, diabetes mellitus; Copd, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ckd, chronic kidney disease, alz alzheimer disease; Measuring gas exchange (vo2 and co2: aerobic fitness testing. Physiology of fitness appraisal: measuring gas exchange to evaluate cardiovascular function and cellular respiration, maximal oxygen consumption. Lecture 2: societies message is generally that females are supposed to lose weight and men are supposed to get bigger, maintaining healthy body composition is difficult.
