what are the 4 broad reasons on why physical activity is important? - ✔✔-our design
-environmental mismatch
-physical activity is important for physical health
-physical activity goes beyond physical health (mental)
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what are the 4 broad reasons on why physical activity is important? - ✔✔-our design
-environmental mismatch
-physical activity is important for physical health
-physical activity goes beyond physical health (mental)
describe selective pressure - ✔✔environmental factor that affects the reproduction
capabilities of a species (think of the giraffe example)
what were some of the selective pressures that favoured movement-friendly capabilities
in humans? - ✔✔-finding food/water
-finding/ building shelter
-escaping predation
-transportation
describe environmental mismatch - ✔✔-the selective pressures that favoured a capacity
for physical activity no longer exist
-we have designed our environment to minimize physical activity
what are the five pillar of public health? - ✔✔-epidemiology and disease control
-environmental health
-health promotion and education
-health administration and policy
-biostatistics
describe epidemiology and disease control (public health pillar) - ✔✔-the study of
distributions and determinants of disease and disability in populations
-distributions: where are diseases/disabilities located?
-determinants: what causes specific diseases/disabilities?
describe environmental health (public health pillar) - ✔✔the study of how our
environment influences our health
describe promotion and education (public health pillar) - ✔✔asks the question about
how can we enhance the health of the population
describe health administration and policy (public health pillar) - ✔✔delivery of health
services through by-laws, rules and regulations that are designed to promote health
-ex: outdoor smoking bans
describe biostatistics (public health pillar) - ✔✔analysis of health data (focuses on
statistics toward biology)
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