Kinesiology packet 1

There are hundreds of ejectives in the document but they can be organized into four major goals. What are the four major goals of healthy people 2020.

1- free of preventable disease 2- eliminate disparities 3- social and physical environments 4- across all stages of life

What percentage of our health care problems are due to biology or heredity? That leads to 2 conclusions. What are they?

16% 1- most of our health is determined by our own behavior. 2- if we do have a genetic predisposition for something, we need to be rigorous in our efforts to prevent it.

Approximately what percent of American adults are overweight?

66 or 67% (2/3)

Health actually varies greatly with 4 things not just 2: Income, gender, ethnicity and what else?

Age

What is "Let's Move"?

An initiative launched by Michelle Obama with the goal of ending childhood obesity in one generation. Its programs include: providing healthy food in schools; improving access to healthy, affordable food; increasing physical activity both in and outside of school; and education about healthy behaviors for parents and other caregivers.

What is the difference between behavioral and outcome goals - describe each and give an example of each.

Behavioral goals describe how you will act, what you will do. (a process) • I will eat 250 fewer calories and burn off 250 more calories every day for the next week. Outcome goals state a target you want to achieve. (a product) • I will lose a pound in one week.

What are the 5 components of health fitness?

Cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle endurance, muscle strength, flexibility, body composition

What do most of us die from now?

Chronic lifestyle diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory disease and diabetes

What is considered to be the first step in planning for healthy lifestyles?

Clarify your reasons for wanting a healthy lifestyle

For another example college students are more likely than older adults to exercise regularly. Which group is more likely to eat poorly and abuse alcohol

College students

"Disparities in health" refers to what?

Differences in health across ethnic in income groups

What is the clinical definition of obesity?

Excessive body fat. Not "overweight". You can be overweight from having a lot of muscle.

For instance, which segment of the US population has the lowest prevalence of heart disease?

Female Caucasians

'Wellness' is slightly different from 'health' or 'fitness'. What are the two things that describe wellness?

Good quality of life and sense of well-being

What is the primary difference between how for health-related and skill-related fitness? Which is more important?

Health related fitness is directly related to good health and reduced risk of hypokinetic disease, so it is more important. Skill related fitness helps people perform at their peak. It is necessary for athletes and other performers who need physical prowess.

Many chronic diseases are due to lack of physical activity. What do we call those diseases?

Hypokinetic diseases. They include obesity, low back pain, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

There is also something called metabolic fitness. What is that?

If you are metabolically fit, you have healthy levels of blood pressure, blood sugar, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol, and a healthy waist circumference.

What is 'metabolic syndrome'?

If you have unhealthy levels of at least 3 of the symptoms listed above, you have metabolic syndrome. If you are diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, you are at risk for developing chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, stroke and heart disease.

Healthy people 2020 has a goal related to consumerism what is it?

Increase healthy literacy of the population

Describe the 'medical model' of health care.

It has a focus on treatment, not prevention, of injury and disease. (Not wellness promotion.)

How does physical activity influence one's risk of heart disease?

It helps to reduce risk by impacting other established risk factors, such as obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

The major causes of early death have changed. People used to die from communicable diseases such as smallpox, tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid and polio. Why is it that we no longer die mostly from infectious diseases?

Medical advances have just about wiped out those diseases in this country.

The HALE index compares the healthy life expectancy for citizens of different countries. What is the best description of the HALE index (healthy life expectancy)?

Number of years of life for which a person has a good quality as opposed to having illness or impaired function

The blueprint for a healthier America is another reporter about our nation's health. It emphasizes the need to focus future effort on prevention and preparedness, including an increased emphasis on what three things?

Physical activity, nutrition and prevention of tobacco use

What are the 5 dimensions of wellness?

Physical, social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional

It is difficult to change our behavior for the better. There are a number of models for behavior change. What are the 5 stages in Prochaska's model of behavior change?

Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance.

Some goals are SMART goals. What does each letter in SMART stand for?

Specific (an amount) Measurable (it has an end date) Attainable (small changes) Relevant (it matters to you; it impacts your life) Timely (relevant to you now. ) • For example: people who have not paid much attention to their lifestyle habits often start to when they are diagnosed as pre-diabetic. But it is harder to change behaviors that are entrenched thorough years of over-eating and under-exercising.

Obesity was recently classified as a primary risk factor for heart disease (it used to be considered a secondary risk factor). On what was this change based?

Studies that found a strong association between obesity and heart disease.

How is it possible for an individual to possess wellness while being ill or having a debilitating condition?

That is possible if the person has positive mental outlook. Some people with a health challenge or disability have a better outlook on life that other people with no such challenges.

Which government agency is charged with making sure that the other government agencies follow strict guidelines related to health care policies

The department of health and human services (DHHS)

What led researchers to conclude that regular physical activity may overcome the effects of inherited risk?

Twin studies have shown that active people are less likely to die early than inactive people

DHHS publishes health objectives for the The country every 10 years. The current set of objectives is called healthy people 2020, and sets out objectives to be achieved by the year 2020. What is the broad vision of "healthy people 2020" and where are the two mission statements.

Vision: to create a society in which all people live long healthy lives Mission 1: to identify health improvement priorities Mission 2: to increase public awareness and understanding the determinants of health, disease and disability

If I have decided to cut down from two tootsie roll pops at lunch each day to only one, and I have been doing it for 1 week, I am at which stage?

action

What is the most important contributing factor to premature death in our society?

lifestyle

If I have looked on the Campus Recreation Services website to see which group exercise classes I can attend, and have decided to try Zumba, but have not gone to any classes yet, I am in which stage?

preparation

What are the primary risk factors for heart disease?

•Lack of physical activity • lack of high blood • smoking