KNH 188 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
What are the 5 pillars of public health? - Answer 1. epidemiology
2. environmental health
3. health promotion/education
4. health administration/policy
5. biostatistics
What is public health? - Answer health of a population as a *whole*
What is chronic disease? - Answer illness/disease that persists over time (ex. coronary
artery disease, cancer, diabetes)
What is Epidemiology? - Answer studying the causes and effects of diseases in order to
reduce risk factors
What is Kinesiology? - Answer 1. exercise physiology
2. movement science
3. sports and exercise psychology
London Bus Conductors & Postal Workers - Answer Dr. Jeremy Morris:
-studied heart disease and inactivity with london bus drivers and postal workers
-found that postal workers have reduced risk of heart disease
Who is Dr. Ralph Paffenbarger? - Answer -student of Dr. Morris
-furthered Morris' study by determining how much activity is necessary to reduce risk of
heart disease
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Who is Dr. Steven Blair? - Answer -conducted *Aerobic Longitudinal Study*
-"the more inactive you are, the higher your risk of death"
What is Physical Activity? - Answer any physical movement that increases energy
expenditure above resting
What are the benefits of activity? - Answer 5,000 steps per day = heart health
10,000 steps per day = manage weight
What does FITT stand for? - Answer Frequency: how often
Intensity: how hard
Time (duration): how long
Type: mode
What are the exercise principles? - Answer -progressive overload: gradual increase of
demand on muscles
-specificity of training:
making adaptations to to a specific group of muscles/muscle systems
-variability: mix up workouts to avoid burnout
-reversibility: what you don't use you lose
What is cardiovascular endurance? - Answer cardio-respiratory-vascular-muscular
endurance
(heart-lungs-blood vessels-muscles)
What is caloric expenditure? - Answer how many calories you burn
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