What are the 4 reasons to study physical activity?
1) because humans have evolved to be physically active
2) because our environment no longer fulfills
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3) because the leading causes of death and disease is due to our Physical activity's level
4) because more than just our health is impacted by physical activity
What is the epidemiological transition?
documents what causes death in each stage of the Demographic transition
4 stages of epidemiologic transition
Stage 1: Pestilence and Famine
Stage 2: Receding Pandemics
Stage 3: Degenerative and man- made Diseases
Stage 4: Delayed Degenerative Diseases
STAGE 1: Pestilence and Famine
- large mortality rate and low life expectancy
- infectious disease and famine
STAGE 2: Receding Pandemics
- improvements in public health and sanitization which led to a decrease in infectious disease
STAGE 3: Degenerative and Man-Made Diseases
- life expectancy increased, but diseases of lifestyle (cancer, cardiovascular disease) increased
STAGE 4: Degenerative Disease
- diseases of lifestyle still prevalent but treatment improves
Physical Activity (Definition)
Any bodily movement produced by the contraction of skeletal muscles that results in a increase in metabolic rate over resting energy expenditure
Physical Fitness (Definition)
An individual having necessary characteristics to perform a given task
Two Types of Physical Fitness
Performance related and Health related
Early Conceptualizations of Health
idea of holistic health, homeostasis
Early Western Culture (Biomedical Model)
focused on the ill and physical , rather than increasing overall health
1900's inclusion of mental health
World Health Organization (WHO)
a sate of complete, physical, mental, social well being and not merely the absence of disease
1st holistic definition of health
Wellness (Definition)
holistic concept of describing a state of positive health in the individual comprising physical, social, and psychological well-being
Do you think there is a difference between heath and well-ness?
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Pro's of Self Report Measures
- provides lots of info
- cost effective
- easy to use
Con's of Self Report Measures
- people over estimate
- memory recall related problems
Self Report Method #1: Psychophysical Rating Scales
- measure the subjects percieved "effort sense"
Self Report Method #2: Records/Logs
participants record activities and time spent dong them and each activity is assigned a value [Show Less]