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ISSA PTR256: Specialist in Senior Fitness Question and answers correctly solved T/F: Inactivity and poor diet account for at least 300,000 deaths every year in the U.S. - correct answer True T/F: More than 60 percent of U.S. adults engage in the recommended amount of activity. - correct a...

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ISSA PTR256: Specialist in Senior
Fitness Question and answers correctly
solved
T/F: Inactivity and poor diet account for at least 300,000 deaths every year in
the U.S. - correct answer ✔True


T/F: More than 60 percent of U.S. adults engage in the recommended amount
of activity. - correct answer ✔False


Approximately what percentage of Americans are not active at all? - correct
answer ✔40%


t/f: Physical inactivity is more common in older adults than it is in younger
adults. - correct answer ✔true


t/f: Social support from family and friends is negatively related to regular
physical activity. - correct answer ✔false


Aging affects the function of which of the following? - correct answer ✔All
body systems


T/F: Research shows that men and women in their seventies and eighties can
achieve levels of vigor associated with people 30 years younger. - correct
answer ✔True


Clients have several ages: 1) chronological age, 2) physiological age, 3)
emotional age, and - correct answer ✔4) INTELLECTUAL age.

,The Surgeon General has estimated that close to _____% of our most
dreaded diseases could be prevented with appropriate lifestyle changes, such
as diet and exercise. - correct answer ✔85


t/f: Independence is a major factor in the aging population and can be
maintained with regular strength training and exercise. - correct answer
✔true


t/f: While aging is inevitable, as much as 70 percent of the way and individual
ages is connected to lifestyle. - correct answer ✔true


t/f: As aging occurs, the joints stiffen and bone density decreases, often
resulting in a loss of height and stooped posture. - correct answer ✔true


t/f: Metabolism increases as we age. - correct answer ✔False


What is a common biomarker of normal aging? - correct answer
✔Decreased muscle mass
Decreased bone mass, osteoporosis
Increased body fat levels
Decreased aerobic capacity


Which of the following is true regarding the three phases of the life span? -
correct answer ✔As a newborn, the longer one lives, the longer they are
expected to live


Between the ages of 10 and 40, the death rate is generally quite low

, Between the ages of 40 to 100, the mortality rate climbs very rapidly


This programmed and metabolic theory states that a programmed decline in
immune system functions leads to an increased vulnerability to infectious
disease, resulting in greater age related characteristics that influence death. -
correct answer ✔Immunological theory


t/f: The endocrine life span theory states that biological clocks act through
hormones to control the pace of aging. - correct answer ✔true


What is the error theory example that states that cells and tissues have vital
parts that wear out? - correct answer ✔wear and tear


T/F: The free radicals error theory states that accumulated damage caused by
oxygen radicals causes cells, and eventually organs, to stop functioning. -
correct answer ✔true


t/f: Between the ages of 45 and 65, men are more likely to die of heart disease
and cancer than women. - correct answer ✔true


What is the leading cause of death in men age 65 and over? - correct answer
✔heart disease


t/f: Vital capacity may decline by about 40 percent between the ages of 20 and
70. - correct answer ✔true


Which of the following physiological variables increases with age? - correct
answer ✔body fat

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