KNH 188 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers.
What are the 5 pillars of public health? - answer1. epidemiology
2. environmental health
3. health promotion/education
4. health administration/policy
5. biostatistics
What is public health? - answerhealth of a population as a *whole*
What is c...
What are the 5 pillars of public health? - answer✔1. epidemiology
2. environmental health
3. health promotion/education
4. health administration/policy
5. biostatistics
What is public health? - answer✔health of a population as a *whole*
What is chronic disease? - answer✔illness/disease that persists over time (ex. coronary artery
disease, cancer, diabetes)
What is Epidemiology? - answer✔studying the causes and effects of diseases in order to reduce
risk factors
What is Kinesiology? - answer✔1. exercise physiology
2. movement science
3. sports and exercise psychology
London Bus Conductors & Postal Workers - answer✔Dr. Jeremy Morris:
-studied heart disease and inactivity with london bus drivers and postal workers
-found that postal workers have reduced risk of heart disease
Who is Dr. Ralph Paffenbarger? - answer✔-student of Dr. Morris
-furthered Morris' study by determining how much activity is necessary to reduce risk of heart
disease
Who is Dr. Steven Blair? - answer✔-conducted *Aerobic Longitudinal Study*
-"the more inactive you are, the higher your risk of death"
What are the benefits of activity? - answer✔5,000 steps per day = heart health
10,000 steps per day = manage weight
What does FITT stand for? - answer✔Frequency: how often
Intensity: how hard
Time (duration): how long
Type: mode
What are the exercise principles? - answer✔-progressive overload: gradual increase of demand
on muscles
-specificity of training:
making adaptations to to a specific group of muscles/muscle systems
-variability: mix up workouts to avoid burnout
-reversibility: what you don't use you lose
What is cardiovascular endurance? - answer✔cardio-respiratory-vascular-muscular endurance
(heart-lungs-blood vessels-muscles)
What is caloric expenditure? - answer✔how many calories you burn
What is gross energy expenditure? - answer✔the number of calories burned during activity
combines with number of calories burned at rest
What is net energy expenditure? - answer✔calories burned during exercise/activity
What is Metabolic Equivalent (MET)? - answer✔measurement of how much oxygen and
energy your body uses at rest
What is accumulation? - answer✔how much activity you can accumulate over the course of a
day
What is dose response? - answer✔how much exercise is needed to benefit your health/body
What is Aerobic Metabolism? - answer✔Muscles cannot contract repeatedly without:
-Oxygen - provided by the CV system
-Energy - provided by food (CHO and fat)
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