KPER 1200 Midterm #2 Questions and
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in 2013 what was the #1 ranked thing that killed us?
Ans: cancer
what does all-cause mortality mean?
Ans: death by any cause (cancer, heart attack, stroke, etc)
what was the nurses' health study?
Ans: -a prospective study that began in 1976 and is still
continuing today
-meant to determine what factors influence womens health
-also to determine long term health effects of using the pill
In the physical activity and mortality: a prospective study among
women, what did they find?
Ans: -women who engaged in physical activity were at a lower
risk of all-cause mortality
-as levels of physical activity increased, the risk of all cause
mortality decreased (dose response relationship)
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-risk of all-cause mortality decreased by approximately 20-30%
as activity levels increased
what did a systematic review (2008) about physical activity and
mortality find?
Ans: engaging in physical activity reduced the risk of all -cause
mortality by 33%
how many Canadians are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their
lifetime?
Ans: nearly 1 in 2 (roughly 50%)
how many Canadians are expected to die from cancer?
Ans: 1 in 4 (about 25%)
what is the most common type of cancer?
Ans: lung cancer
what type of cancer has the worst survival rates?
Ans: pancreatic cancer
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after being diagnosed with cancer how many are expected to be alive
in 5 years?
Ans: 60%
how could PA help cancer?
Ans: 1. pre-cancer
-PA could prevent a cancer diagnosis
2. post-cancer
-PA could help people surive and thrive after a cancer diagnosis
what is the second most common type of cancer?
Ans: colon cancer
Colon Cancer: meta-analysis. what did they do and what did they find?
Ans: -meta analysis of 52 studies
-found that people who were physically active had a 24% lower
risk of developing colon cancer than those who were not
physically active
-similar effects in both males and females
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