EPHE 143 MIDTERM – UVIC STUDY GUIDE
METS - Answers -Activity relative to sitting @<1.5 METS
- sweeping =3
- walking = 3.3
- basketball = 8
- running = 11
health - Answers -a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
physical activity - Answers -any form of movement that causes your body to use energy
exercise - Answers -purposeful physical activity that is planned, structured, and
repetitive, and that improves or maintains physical fitness
physical fitness - Answers -the ability to handle the physical demands of everyday life
without becoming overly tired
How much activity do adults need per week - Answers -150 minutes of moderate to
strenuous activity
Costs of inactivity - Answers -4th among 5 leading causes of death globally
-high blood pressure
-tobacco use
-high blood glucose
Top 4 chronic diseases in Canada - Answers -Cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Respiratory diseases
Common risk factors - Answers -poor nutrition, lack of PA, smoking, alcohol
Optimal movement profile - Answers -Small bouts of movement throughout day with
one exercise portion
Kinesiology - Answers -Academic discipline that spans the biophysical, sociocultural,
psychological, and neuromotor control aspects of human movement and performance.
Epidemiology - Answers -the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of
people and why.
, observational study - Answers -The development of disease or health outcome is
observed and compared between those that participate in different levels of physical
activity.
Researchers do not control PA levels in any way.
ALL EXCEPT RANDOMIZED TRIAL
Experimental study design - Answers -Random assignment of physical activity levels to
individuals without the disease or health outcome of interest.
Researchers control PA levels (or construct of interest)
cross-sectional study - Answers -provides an instantaneous picture of the relationship
between the disease or condition of interest and physical activity levels at one point in
time.
Case-control study - Answers -Identify the cases (group known to have the outcome)
and the
controls (group free of the outcome).
Then, look back (retrospective) in time to learn which subjects in each group had the
exposure(s), comparing the frequency of the exposure in the case group to the control
group.
cohort study - Answers -Follows over time a group of similar individuals (cohorts) who
differ
with respect to certain factors under study, to determine how these
factors affect rates of a certain outcome.
randomized clinical trial - Answers -Participants are randomly assigned to receive
either an intervention or no intervention (control) and 2 groups are followed for a period
of
time to determine if they differ.
Incidence - Answers -rate at which new cases occur in a population during a specified
period
Prevalence - Answers -proportion of a population who have disease or attribute at a
specified point of time
mortality - Answers -death rate
Morbidity - Answers -any departure, subjective or objective, from a state of
physiological or psychological wellbeing
METS - Answers -Activity relative to sitting @<1.5 METS
- sweeping =3
- walking = 3.3
- basketball = 8
- running = 11
health - Answers -a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
physical activity - Answers -any form of movement that causes your body to use energy
exercise - Answers -purposeful physical activity that is planned, structured, and
repetitive, and that improves or maintains physical fitness
physical fitness - Answers -the ability to handle the physical demands of everyday life
without becoming overly tired
How much activity do adults need per week - Answers -150 minutes of moderate to
strenuous activity
Costs of inactivity - Answers -4th among 5 leading causes of death globally
-high blood pressure
-tobacco use
-high blood glucose
Top 4 chronic diseases in Canada - Answers -Cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Respiratory diseases
Common risk factors - Answers -poor nutrition, lack of PA, smoking, alcohol
Optimal movement profile - Answers -Small bouts of movement throughout day with
one exercise portion
Kinesiology - Answers -Academic discipline that spans the biophysical, sociocultural,
psychological, and neuromotor control aspects of human movement and performance.
Epidemiology - Answers -the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of
people and why.
, observational study - Answers -The development of disease or health outcome is
observed and compared between those that participate in different levels of physical
activity.
Researchers do not control PA levels in any way.
ALL EXCEPT RANDOMIZED TRIAL
Experimental study design - Answers -Random assignment of physical activity levels to
individuals without the disease or health outcome of interest.
Researchers control PA levels (or construct of interest)
cross-sectional study - Answers -provides an instantaneous picture of the relationship
between the disease or condition of interest and physical activity levels at one point in
time.
Case-control study - Answers -Identify the cases (group known to have the outcome)
and the
controls (group free of the outcome).
Then, look back (retrospective) in time to learn which subjects in each group had the
exposure(s), comparing the frequency of the exposure in the case group to the control
group.
cohort study - Answers -Follows over time a group of similar individuals (cohorts) who
differ
with respect to certain factors under study, to determine how these
factors affect rates of a certain outcome.
randomized clinical trial - Answers -Participants are randomly assigned to receive
either an intervention or no intervention (control) and 2 groups are followed for a period
of
time to determine if they differ.
Incidence - Answers -rate at which new cases occur in a population during a specified
period
Prevalence - Answers -proportion of a population who have disease or attribute at a
specified point of time
mortality - Answers -death rate
Morbidity - Answers -any departure, subjective or objective, from a state of
physiological or psychological wellbeing
