Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6-8: Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Sarcopenia, Diabetes Canada

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1001A/B
• Professor: Shauna Burke

Document Summary

Diabetes association: only 22% of schools provide physical edu. The estimated total health care costs of physical inactivity in canada in 2009 were . 8 billion. Physical fitness: the (cid:271)ody"s ability to respond or adapt to the demands and stress of physical effort. Health-related fitness: physical capabilities that contribute to health: cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition. Cardiorespiratory endurance: the ability of the body to perform prolonged, large-muscle, dynamic exercise at moderate to high levels of intensity. Physical activity : any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure. Endurance training: exercise intended specifically to improve cardiorespiratory endurance; usually involves prolonged, large-muscle, dynamic exercises. Muscle endurance: ability of a muscle or group of muscles to remain contracted or to contract repeatedly for a long time. Flexibility: the ability to move joints through their full range of motion. Inactivity -> stiff joints (unnatural posture, stress joints and muscles, etc. )