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9/8/14 kin 110 class notes- Can you be overweight and healthy?- Review from Fridayo Human performance and how we define ito Athletics vs. general health Athletics:- Speed- Endurance- Stamina- Getting activeo High energy turnovero How do you have high energy turnover? Running or laundry/household - Exercise and physical activityo Exercise is within physical activityo Physical activity is anything requiring energy expenditureo Exercise is done with the intention of improving health/performance It is intentionalo Whereas doing laundry is expending energy but it is performed in order to get your clothes clean, not necessarily to burn calories Other examples: mowing the lawn, walking your dog, gardening, etc.o High intensity interval exercise Maximize heart activity Sprinting or performing other very difficult exercise activities for a short period of time- What is best for health?o Is the way you accrue the activity important?o Does it matter if you do high intensity exercise for a short period of time or low intensity for a long period of time?- What is fitness?o Runners Speed Enduranceo Power lifter Cares about how many lbs he can lift in one seto Fitness is specific to athlete type – everyone has different goalso Gymnasts, wrestlers, rowers may want to meet certain weight requirementso Fitness is a loose definition- What is health?o Messier when we define healtho Do physical characteristics = health? (lean)o Resting metabolic rate Dictates how many calories can be taken ino Low body fat = healthy?o How important is body fat for health?- Fat, fitness, and healtho Lack of physical fitness  Obesity  Prevalence of disease in the populationo Could the order be changed?- Life expectancy by sex and raceo Influence of sex on longevityo Black males are lowest on grapho White male/black females are about the same on grapho White females are the highesto *women live longero *white vs. black white people tend to life longer than black people- race:o human population considered dinstinct based on physical characteristics- ethnicity:o social groups with a shared history, sense of identity, and culture- longevity by countyo regional differences by sexo 1983  1999o men have been increasing in health o women have had more decreases in health than men in Mississippi, southern states, etc.- Diabetes Prevalenceo Differences among different populationso 4 populations, 4 different age groupso lowest prevalence = non Hispanic whiteso highest prevalence = American Indian/Alaska natives- health disparityo differences in health and disease among specific subgroupso HINT: KNOW THIS!- If rates of diabetes are higher in minority men/women, what do you do aboutit?- IF: obesity  diabetes, heart disease- THEN: solution is to decrease fat/obesity- What is obesity isn’t the direct problem? What could cause diabetes or heart disease?o Dieto Stresso Geneticso Exercise!- Obesity may be a symptom of the problemo No exercise & poor diet  increased levels of obesityo More to blame than obesity itself- Overweight triathletes- Overweight & healthy?o For many years, healthy = NOT fato Current thinking strongly emphasizes that people at ideal body weightbut with low cardiovascular fitness are at greater risk for heart disease and diabetes than a person that is fat but who exercises regularly Ex. linebackers Ex. sumo wrestlers- Unfit and lean people;o Smokers…o Generally skinnyo Nicotine suppresses appetiteo People with unusually high metabolism but who don’t exercise- Study comparing womeno Lean, fit Body fat 17% Training 10 hr/weeko Overweight, fit 34% body fat training 10 hours/weeko Overweight, unfit 34% body fat no training- results:o both fit categories has same level of triglycerideso sedentary, overweight women had much higher levels of triglycerides- What are the characteristics of people who have high body fat but are healthy(vs. unhealthy?)o High fat, subcutaneous fat (not visceral)- How can someone be fit and fat?o Slow metabolismo Set pointo Geneticso Nutrition Too many calories Energy balance Energy in is greater than energy


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