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KPER 1200 TEST #1 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 Early Conceptualizations of Health - ✔✔idea of holistic health, homeostasis Early Western Culture (Biomedical Model) - ✔✔focused on the ill and physical , rather than increasing overall health 1900's inclusion of mental health World Health Organization (WHO) - ✔✔a sate of complete, physical, mental, social well being and not merely the absence of disease 1st holistic definition of health Wellness (Definition) - ✔✔holistic concept of describing a state of positive health in the individual comprising physical, social, and psychological well-being Do you think there is a difference between heath and well-ness? - ✔✔ Pro's of Self Report Measures - ✔✔- provides lots of info - cost effective - easy to use Con's of Self Report Measures - ✔✔- people over estimate - memory recall related problems Self Report Method #1: Psychophysical Rating Scales - ✔✔- measure the subjects percieved "effort sense" Self Report Method #2: Records/Logs - ✔✔participants record activities and time spent dong them and each activity is assigned a value Self Report Method #2: Records/Logs (PROS) - ✔✔good for providing a semi detailed record of activities undertaking Self Report Method #2: Records/Logs (CONS) - ✔✔- cumbersome - prone to bias - reactive (may exercise more because they are being tracked fro behavior) Self Report Method #3: Questionnaires (PROS) - ✔✔- easy to distribute and administer - allows researchers to collect data from large amount of participants - method of choice for large studies

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