4 reasons why to study physical activity and its relationship to health and wellness: Correct Answer: 1. humans have evolved to be physically active
2. Our Environment no longer fulfills our need for physical activity
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4 reasons why to study physical activity and its relationship to health and wellness: Correct Answer: 1. humans have evolved to be physically active
2. Our Environment no longer fulfills our need for physical activity (toxic environment)
3. The leading causes of death are diseases that are influenced by our physical activity levels
4. MORE than just our physical health is impacted by physical activity
1. humns have evolved to be physically active Correct Answer: • Have evolved to move, it's in are DNA to be physically active
• The human body responds well to the physical demands posed by exercise
• When we do any type of physical activity, overtime are body responds well.
• Muscles grow, cardiovascular system gets stronger, we get more fit and are health improves. This suggests that are bodies were meant to move because are body responds well when we do move.
• On the other side, the human body does not respond well to being sedentary (or not moving).
• The more time we don't move, the more increased chance we have developing chronic diseases such as diabetes.
• Our very Survival has depended on physical activity for most of our existence
2. Our Environment no longer fulfills our need for physical activity (toxic environment) Correct Answer: - Cars, busses for travel takes away from walking, biking etc à lack of safe lanes
- Push lawn mowers / robotic vacuums need for physical activity
- Human advances seem to be engineering physical activity out of our life's.
- Human advances in agriculture and industry have created a trend where we increasingly engineer physical activity out of our lives
Reasons for Physical Activity hunter-gathers vs today Correct Answer: Next Slide
Hunter-Gathers (then) Correct Answer: - finding water
- Finding + building shelter
- Escaping predation
- Transportation
- Recreation
Today Correct Answer: - Enjoyment
- Occupation
- Domestic tasks (little reason)
- Weight Management or loss
- Prevention or treatment of chronic disease
- Well being
whats leading to a EVOLUTION ENVIROMENT MISMATCH? Correct Answer: The idea of exercising to be healthy and not for fun or survival reasons
(genes want us to be active, but our environment does not help us be active)
what does phsyical activty require and wh
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