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HN 196 Chapter 11: Nutrition & PhysicalFitness Exam Questions and Answers
Physical Activity - Answers -Any muscle movement that increases energy expenditure.
Leisure-time physical activity - Answers -Any activity unrelated to a person's occupation.
What are some examples of leisure-time physical activity? - Answers -Hiking, walking,
biking and exercises that are purposeful or planned physical activity.
Physical Fitness - Answers -How fit you are in order to carry out daily activities, have
adequate energy, and carry heavy things or do gardening W/O feeling fatigue or out of
breath.
What are the components of physical fitness? - Answers -cardiorespiratory endurance,
muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition
How are the components of physical fitness achieved through? - Answers -Aerobic
exercise, resistance training, stretching
Aerobic exercise - Answers -Has to do with breathing.
-Cardiorespiratory
-Ex: Walking, running,swimming, cross-country, skiing.
Resistance Training - Answers -This has to do with the musculature/skeletal
Ex: weight lifting, calisthenics, sit-ups, push-ups.
Stretching - Answers -Has to do with flexibility
Ex:Exercise and yoga
What two components of physical fitness are helpful for a healthy body composition? -
Answers -Aerobic and resistance
What are the benefits of regular physical activity? - Answers --Reduces risk of heart
disease, stroke, high blood pressure, risk of obesity, risk of type 2 diabetes, risk of colon
cancer, risk of osteoporosis, strengthens immune system and lung efficiency and
capacity.
What percentage of adults in U.S do not perform sufficient physical activity? - Answers -
79.9%
, What percentage of adults admit to doing no leisure-time physical activity at all? -
Answers -23.7%
What is the recommended children (6-17)and adolescents physical activity? - Answers -
1 hour of moderate, vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity.
-3 days a week
Ex:soccer,swimming,jumping,etc.
What is the recommended adults(18-64) physical activity? - Answers -2 hours and 20
minutes a week of moderate-intensity or 1 hour and 15 minutes of vigorous-intensity
-Aerobic in episodes of 10 min.
-2 or more days per week for muscle-strenghtening.
What is the recommended older adults(65 and older) physical activity? - Answers --
Follow adult guidelines
-if not possible because of chronic conditions should still be physically active as their
abilities
-do exercises that maintain or improve balance if they are at risk of falling.
What are some tips for designing a sound fitness program? - Answers -◦Start by
assessing your current level of fitness
◦Identify your personal fitness goals
◦Make your program varied, consistent, and fun
◦Appropriately overload your body
◦Include a warm-up and cool-down period
◦Start out slowly and gradually build up the time you spend each day until you reach 30
minutes
How can an individual's fitness program vary depending if he/she? - Answers -◦Training
for athletic competition
◦Working toward cardiorespiratory fitness
◦Trying to maintain overall health
How can you achieve variety in a sound fitness program? - Answers -◦Combining
aerobic exercise, resistance training, and stretching
◦Combining indoor and outdoor exercises
◦Taking different routes when walking or jogging
◦Including entertainment such as music
◦Participating in different activities each week
◦
Overload principle - Answers -Puts additional physical demands on the body to improve
fitness.
-too much physical exertion is NOT recommended.
-The FITT principle can be used to determine appropriate overload.
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