After the late to mid 20s, VO2max declines by about 5% per year as we age. - Answers
-False
According to research, and demonstrated in figure 3.7, which gender shows higher
levels of cardiorespiratory fitness at a given age? - Answers -Males
Elderly women tend to be the most sedentary population. - Answers -True
Which of the following ARE suggested in the text as reasons why cardiorespiratory
fitness differs between males and females? Mark all that apply. - Answers -Lean body
mass
Blood hemoglobin levels
Levels of PA participation
Although recent trends indicate increasing levels of leisure-time physical activity in the
past 20 years, greater public awareness of health benefits of physical activity is NOT
noted as potential contributor to this trend. - Answers -False
It is possible for the validity of information collected about ethnicity and physical activity
is affected by questions in surveys and questionnaires that may not be ethnically
specific. - Answers -True
In regards to ethnicity, the males of which ethnic group showed the highest amount of
physical activity through the use of accelerometer data although they report the least
amount of leisure-time physical activity. - Answers -Hispanic
On average, what is the expected decline in VO2 with advancing age? - Answers -1%
per year
As we look at age and muscular strength, between what ages does the book indicate
we meet our peak in relation to normal growth/maturation? - Answers -20-29 years of
age
The graph in figure 3.4 clearly distinguishes between physical activity levels of all
ethnicities represented in our country. - Answers -False
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