The general physical activity recommendations call for 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on at least 5 days of the week. - ANS True
Which of the following are given as examples of additional demands that often accompany heavy work. - ANS high environmental temper...
The general physical activity recommendations call for 30 minutes of moderate intensity
physical activity on at least 5 days of the week. - ANS True
Which of the following are given as examples of additional demands that often accompany
heavy work. - ANS high environmental temperature, awkward posture, heavy loading of
mall muscle groups
The average life expectancy has decreased by 5 years over the past 100 years. - ANS
false
Which of the following are part of the 5 components of health-related fitness? - ANS
morphology/body composition, cardiorespiratory, muscular fitness
When looking at physical inactivity as a risk factor, the term "hypokinetic diseases" was a
previously used term about 50 years ago. Based on the informaiton discussed in the text, what
does this term mean? - ANS due to decreased or less movement
When did the American Heart Association officially recognize Physical Inactivity as a risk factor
for cardiovascular disease? - ANS 1992
who is credited as being called the father of preventive medicine? - ANS Hippocrates
The Family Heritage Study found that about 20% of aerobic fitness (i.e., VO2max) is determined
by genetics. - ANS false
In relation to weight gain, what did the panel from the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory
Committee determine? - ANS It may be necessary to get more than 30 minutes of daily
physical activity to prevent excessive weight gain.
The current "Play 60" initiative to get children exercising for at least 60 min per day would fit
within the recommendations for children and adolescents given in the 2008 Physical Activity
Guidelines for Americans. - ANS true
NHANES data has been used to establish national norms, such as growth charts. - ANS
true
, NHANES stands for National Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Survey. - ANS false
NAHNES began in the early 1960s. - ANS true
NHANES has determined world-wide disease and risk factor prevalance. - ANS false
The National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and CDC are among the
agencies that rely upon NHANES to provide data essential for the implementation and
evaluation of program activities. - ANS true
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 a
potential contributer to this trend. - ANS false
People tend to inflate their self-reported physical activity levels, which is a reason why
objectively measured physical activity levels tend to be lower compared to physical activity
levels which were measured subjectively. - ANS true
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. - ANS
true
Elderly women tend to be the most sedentary population. - ANS true
The graph in Figure 3.4 clearly distinguishes between the physical activity levels of all ethnicities
represented in our country. - ANS false
Mortality risk is lower when you expend 500 kcal/wk through physical activity compared to 2,000
kcal/wk. - ANS false
physical activity, as opposed to sitting, lowers blood pressure chronically. - ANS true
sitting increases the risk of Type 2 Diabetes because cellular glucose uptake is impaired at rest
compared to physical activity. - ANS true
Does lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activation increase or decrease with physical activity? - ANS
increase
On average, how much time is a person with a sedentary occupation spending sitting or
reclining? - ANS 9-11 hours
What does EPOC stand for in relation to time following exercise? - ANS Excess
Postexercise Oxygen Consumption
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