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EXSC 387 Exam 1 Questions And Accurate Answersintro to wellness- ANSWER exercise is the key to health, wellness is healthy lifestyles
and you can be well with diseases
top causes of death in the US- ANSWER CHD, cancer, diabetes, heart attacks/disease,
stroke, colon cancer
preventability of common chronic diseases- ANSWER 80-90%
7th Day Adventists and Mormon High Priests from Hunter-Gatherer Article ANSWER
have the lowest mortality rates due to their diets that are guided by their religion
Lifetime risk for CHD and Caner - ANSWER CHD: 60% males, 55% females
cancer: 43% males, 38% females
Incidence - ANSWER the RATE of the occurrence of new disease during a period of time
Prevalence - ANSWER the PROPORTION of the population that has a disease at a point
in time
Morbidity - ANSWER condition of being ill (or number of illnesses)
Mortality - ANSWER condition of being dead (or number of deaths)
Validity - ANSWER if you can measure what is supposed to be measured
, Reliability - ANSWER the degree to which scale produces consistent results when
repeated measurements are made
Can measurement be valid but not reliable? - ANSWER yes
Relative risk - ANSWER incidence of diseased in exposed group
Population attributable risk - ANSWER reduction in incidence if the whole population
were unexposed
components of healthy diet - ANSWER whole grains, healthy fats/oils, fruits and veggies,
nuts, fish/poultry, little dairy
what is the minimal recommended time for physical activity - ANSWER 30 mins
polymorphism the state of occurring in several different forms
compression of morbidity the period of time a near end of life person spends being sick
or disabled
Types of prevention diet, exercise, environment
physical activity physical activity is simply movement/ or use of the skeletal system that
requires energy
exercise - ANSWER planned and repeated movements with a fitness goal of
improvement
what is the relationship between exercise and physical activity? - ANSWER Exercise is
physical activity, but not all PA is exercise.
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