KPER 1200 TEST #1 | 75 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

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 our needs for physical activity 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