EDKP330 Exam Study Set With
Complete Solution
Define physical acitvity - Answer Bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that
requires energy expenditure
Framingham Heart Stud - Answer Modern era of Physical Activity Epidemiology
5209 men and women (30 -62)
•Questionnaires and physical exams
•1967 Physical Activity found to reduce the risk of heart disease
•1971 offspring study
•1995 omni study (500 minority residents)
•Now recruiting Grand children (3500
What type of person sees the greatest change in health risk when beginning physical
activity - Answer The couch potato
Define exercise - Answer Type of physical activity that requires structured and
repetitive bodily movement
When was the first initial fitness "fad". What happened/ supported this - Answer 1970s
- general increase in participation in organized programs
-Classes and opening of gyms
Was the 1970 trend in inactivity trending upward or downward - Answer downward
Which is the most active group (province) and what percent of moderate activity are
they acheiving - Answer BC
45-50%
what percent of population is STILL not getting enough PA - Answer 50%
Is the current trend in PA trending up or down - Answer down
Name some causes of the current downward trend in PA - Answer - modern technology
(cars, transportation)
-suburban lifestyle^^
- Opportuniteis in leisure time to be sedentary ( TV!!!)
,What is the CDC - Answer centre for disease control
What are the CDCs recommendations for PA - Answer - 30 min of moderate physical
activity on most days of the week
- Burning 150 calories per day
- Burning 1000 calories per week
Name a hypothesis of Jim Hill - Answer Burn 150 calories per day
How much activity is necessary to improve health? - Answer 30 min of activity on
most/all days
What is the number one cause of death in Canada - Answer cardiovascular diseases
What are the 5 pillars of public health - Answer 1. Epidemiology and disease control
2. Environmental health
3. Health promotion and health education
4. Health administration policy
5. Biostatistics
Who were the first physicians for public health - Answer 400 BC hippocrates and ancient
greeks
Who was Jeremy Morris and what was his study - Answer Published Lanslar Journal
- studied prevalence of heart disease and fatal heart attacks in London Bus drivers
- First study to find associated with PA and heart disease
What is the Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General and what did
it say - Answer - report of the surgeon general stating a sedentary lifestyle is hazardous
to your health
- almost as much as smoking
Worth Health Day - Answer 2002
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Move for Health
What is the current definition of "health" - Answer Quality of life
Define epidemiology - Answer study of how disease is distributed in the population and
, the factors that influence or determine this distribution
Name some examples of factors that influence their distribution - Answer - Environment
-Population
-Physical activity in schools
-Income
-Racial Difference
What is the premise behind epidemiology - Answer - Disease, illness, health, etc. are not
randomly distributed in the population
- Each has a certain characteristic that predisposes us or protects us from certain
diseases
Edward Hitchcock, Jr. 1828-1911 - Answer Dept of PE and Hygiene Amherst College
1861-1911
Dudley Sargent - Answer -Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard 1880
-Health, Strength, & Power 1904
R. Tait McKenzie - Answer -Penn 1904
-Exercise in Education and Medicine 1909
What was the FIRST study of epidemiology and who conducted it - Answer - John Snow
- Cholera outbreak in london
-1854
What is Canada's average life expextancy - Answer 76.5 yrs
Name 3 countries with longer life expectancy - Answer Japanese, Swedish and Swiss
people
Do men or Women die ounger and why - Answer Men, women are generally more health
concious
how much longer do physically active people live - Answer 2 years
What are the 2 main components of physical fitness - Answer Health related fitness
Skill related fitness
What are the components of Health related fitness - Answer -cardiorespiratory
- body composition
Complete Solution
Define physical acitvity - Answer Bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that
requires energy expenditure
Framingham Heart Stud - Answer Modern era of Physical Activity Epidemiology
5209 men and women (30 -62)
•Questionnaires and physical exams
•1967 Physical Activity found to reduce the risk of heart disease
•1971 offspring study
•1995 omni study (500 minority residents)
•Now recruiting Grand children (3500
What type of person sees the greatest change in health risk when beginning physical
activity - Answer The couch potato
Define exercise - Answer Type of physical activity that requires structured and
repetitive bodily movement
When was the first initial fitness "fad". What happened/ supported this - Answer 1970s
- general increase in participation in organized programs
-Classes and opening of gyms
Was the 1970 trend in inactivity trending upward or downward - Answer downward
Which is the most active group (province) and what percent of moderate activity are
they acheiving - Answer BC
45-50%
what percent of population is STILL not getting enough PA - Answer 50%
Is the current trend in PA trending up or down - Answer down
Name some causes of the current downward trend in PA - Answer - modern technology
(cars, transportation)
-suburban lifestyle^^
- Opportuniteis in leisure time to be sedentary ( TV!!!)
,What is the CDC - Answer centre for disease control
What are the CDCs recommendations for PA - Answer - 30 min of moderate physical
activity on most days of the week
- Burning 150 calories per day
- Burning 1000 calories per week
Name a hypothesis of Jim Hill - Answer Burn 150 calories per day
How much activity is necessary to improve health? - Answer 30 min of activity on
most/all days
What is the number one cause of death in Canada - Answer cardiovascular diseases
What are the 5 pillars of public health - Answer 1. Epidemiology and disease control
2. Environmental health
3. Health promotion and health education
4. Health administration policy
5. Biostatistics
Who were the first physicians for public health - Answer 400 BC hippocrates and ancient
greeks
Who was Jeremy Morris and what was his study - Answer Published Lanslar Journal
- studied prevalence of heart disease and fatal heart attacks in London Bus drivers
- First study to find associated with PA and heart disease
What is the Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General and what did
it say - Answer - report of the surgeon general stating a sedentary lifestyle is hazardous
to your health
- almost as much as smoking
Worth Health Day - Answer 2002
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Move for Health
What is the current definition of "health" - Answer Quality of life
Define epidemiology - Answer study of how disease is distributed in the population and
, the factors that influence or determine this distribution
Name some examples of factors that influence their distribution - Answer - Environment
-Population
-Physical activity in schools
-Income
-Racial Difference
What is the premise behind epidemiology - Answer - Disease, illness, health, etc. are not
randomly distributed in the population
- Each has a certain characteristic that predisposes us or protects us from certain
diseases
Edward Hitchcock, Jr. 1828-1911 - Answer Dept of PE and Hygiene Amherst College
1861-1911
Dudley Sargent - Answer -Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard 1880
-Health, Strength, & Power 1904
R. Tait McKenzie - Answer -Penn 1904
-Exercise in Education and Medicine 1909
What was the FIRST study of epidemiology and who conducted it - Answer - John Snow
- Cholera outbreak in london
-1854
What is Canada's average life expextancy - Answer 76.5 yrs
Name 3 countries with longer life expectancy - Answer Japanese, Swedish and Swiss
people
Do men or Women die ounger and why - Answer Men, women are generally more health
concious
how much longer do physically active people live - Answer 2 years
What are the 2 main components of physical fitness - Answer Health related fitness
Skill related fitness
What are the components of Health related fitness - Answer -cardiorespiratory
- body composition
