Why do we study the relationship between PA and health/wellness? Reason 1 Correct Answer: - because humans have evolved to be physically active
Why do we study the relationship between PA and health/wellness? Reason
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Why do we study the relationship between PA and health/wellness? Reason 1 Correct Answer: - because humans have evolved to be physically active
Why do we study the relationship between PA and health/wellness? Reason 2 Correct Answer: - because our environment no longer fulfills our need for PA
- we are now in a toxic environment that prevents us from moving (cars, busses, computers, lack of bike/walk lanes, robotic vacuums)
- human advances in agriculture and industry ave created a trend where we increasingly engineer PA out of our lives
Explain: "PA is no longer needed to maintain energy intake" Correct Answer: - instead, its a feeble attempt to offset the excessive energy we take in
- we have to deliberately exercise to be healthy because we are not moving enough every day to offset our calories so we must ADD exercise in
Why do we study the relationship between PA and health/wellness? Reason 3 Correct Answer: - because the leading causes of death are diseases that are influenced by our PA levels
- 60% of world-wide deaths were attributable to chronic disease or lifestyle diseases (heart-disease, diabetes, high blood pressure)
Why do we study the relationship between PA and health/wellness? Reason 4 Correct Answer: - because more than just our physical health is impacted by PA
Why were humans meant to move? Correct Answer: - the human body responds well to the physical demands posed by exercise
- the human body does not respond well to being sedentary (sitting, lying down), this increases changes of disease
- our very survival has depended on PA for more of our existence (to escape predation, gather food, hunting, etc.)
Evolution-Environment Mismatch Correct Answer: - our genes want us to be active, but our environment doesn't because society has evolved to become a 'low-impact', sedentary society
Why did we used to move? Correct Answer: - finding food and water
- finding/building shelter
- escaping predation
- transportation
- recreation
Why do we move today? Correct Answer: - en
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