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 * January 22-29**

Each of you need to post an answer(s) to the following questions. If the question has several parts to the question, you can just answer a segment of it. If all of the questions are taken, you need to add information to someone else's post. **Add any pertinent links or additional resources as appropriate. Remember to also cite your sources!**

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The following 10 questions are based on chapters 1 and 2 from the text. You may use the text as a starting point, but you also should find additional information elsewhere. Please cite your reference!!

Define/Discuss each of the following:


 * What are the current physical activity levels among Americans?**

60% of U.S. adults are not getting enough leisure time physical activity to benefit their health.- **Meredith Blair** > > **List at least ten health benefits of physical activity.** > > Health Benefits of Physical Activity, July 8, 2004 > Physical activity can help prevent fat gain and also maintain fat loss. Physical activity can also help reduce the risk of many different types of cancers such as: colon, breast, and prostate cancer. It also lowers total cholesterol.- **Jordan Koziel** > **Emma Gibbens:** Physical activity can reduce mental health problems like stress, anxiety, depression, and enhance things like memory, learning, mood and self-esteem.  > >
 * Daniel Ransom-Percent of adults who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity: 31 (2006), http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/exercise.htm
 * Kim Henson:** Regular physical activity can reduce high blood pressure. It also reduces body fat which is a cause of high blood pressure. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10074
 * Kelli Casey: 3**0 minutes of regular physical activity can help to reduce the risk of diabetes type II. [|www.who.int]
 * Kelly Jansen:** Regular exercise can help you fall asleep faster and deepen your sleep. Better sleep improves your concentration, productivity, and mood. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise/HQ01676


 * Emily Hinderer:** Regular exercise can control the amount and the type of food that your body consumes. When you exercise your body needs specific nutrients and so exercise helps to regulate the type of food that you consume.


 * Patrick Brayfield -** Physical activity can help prevent diseases and conditions like heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, high blood pressure, non-insulin dependent diabetes, obesity, back pain, osteoporosis and more just to name a few. Doing physical activity in any intensity for 3-5 days at 30 minutes minimum can help avoid chronic diseases and conditions.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10074 > 7 Benefits of Regular Physical Activity, July 26, 2007 > > Phsyical Activity and Health book- David Q. Thomas >
 * Kelsie Griffin:** Regular physical activity can help women because it may enhance the effect of estrogen replacentment therapy and help decrease bone loss after menopause.
 * John Swengel:** Regular physical activity can help relieve stress. Learning to cope with stress is one very important aspect in mainting a healthy lifestyle. [|found here.]

 **Tom Alvarez:** According to research, the risk of two types of cancer can be reduced by physical activity. Breast and colon cancer are these two types. http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/health/index.html
 * Kaitlin Meyer:** physical activity plays a role in preventing of cardiovascular disease as well as helping in the prevention of heart disease and stroke. Those who are a physically inactive have a greater risk of stroke and developing those diseases. (Information found at http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4563)

http://ezinearticles.com/?Benefits-Of-A-Healthy-Lifestyle&id=1049312
 * Brittany Hocking:** Managing your weight is the key to attaining all of the health benefits of a Healthy Lifestyle. A weight reduction of just 10 percent will significantly reduce risk of heart disease and other obesity-related illnesses.

> Although common and costly, many chronic diseases are also preventable. Many chronic diseases are linked to lifestyle choices that are within your own hands to change. Eating nutritious foods, becoming more physically active and avoiding tobacco can help keep you from developing many of these diseases and conditions. And, even if you already have diabetes, heart disease, arthritis or another chronic condition, eating more healthful food and getting more exercise, whether it's a brisk walk, a bike ride, a jog or a swim, can help you better manage your illness, avoid complications and prolong your life. http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/chronic/
 * Describe and list several "chronic" diseases.**
 * Megan Treleaven:** Chronic diseases are illnesses that develop early in life and last a long period of time. Some examples of chronic diseases are heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/
 * Anne Simpson:** Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. These diseases account for seven of every 10 deaths and affect the quality of life of 90 million Americans.

Nearly one in two Americans (133 million) has a chronic medical condition of one kind or another. However, most of these people are not actually disabled, as their medical conditions do not impair normal activities. According to this report, the most common chronic conditions are [|high blood pressure], [|arthritis] , respiratory diseases like [|emphysema] , and [|high cholesterol]. That number is projected to increase by more than one percent per year by 2030, resulting in an estimated chronically ill population of 171 million. 60% are between the ages of 18 and 64. 90% of seniors have at least one chronic disease, and 77% of them have two or more chronic diseases. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_(medical])
 * Patrick Ruhl:**

> What are the leading causes of death among Americans? > 1)Heart Diseases, 2)Malignant neoplasms, 3) Cerebrovascular diseases, 4)Chronic lower respiratory disease, 5)Accidents, 6)Diabetes mellitus, 7)Influenza/pneumonia, 8)Alzeimer's disease, 9)Nephritis, 10)Septicemia- LEE CARR 11) Cancer- Meg Schroeder > > List and //describe// the different dimensions of health/wellness. > 1) Physical health, 2) Intellectual health, 3) Emotional health, 4) Social health, 5) Spiritual health, 6) Career health, 7) Environmental health- Stephanie Esterino > Physical health is the condition of the organ systems in the body- cardiovascular, repiratory, skeletal, muscualr, digestive, nervous, endocrine, immune, reproductive, urinary, and integumentary.- Kevin Krillic > Emotional health is the ability to express feelings appropriately- Cherisse Wilson > Enviromental health refers to everything around us, and includes the impact of natural and human-made enviroments on one's health. It includes working to preserve ecosystems and the biodiversity of our planet.-Alexa Ingardona

Social health is being able to interact effectively with other people. Socially healthy people are able to understand and respect the differences in other people, such as age, ethnicity, personality characteristics, beliefs, education, religion, and sexual orientation. **Britta House** >
 * Mike Hart:**Spiritual health includes seeking meaning and purpose in life; finding your own ways to express yourself and coexisting with others who do not share your beliefs.

• Find your own personal way to express yourself • Co-exist peacefully with others who may or may not share your same spiritual beliefs > Describe and provide an example of the Health and Wellness Continuum. > "The continuum allows you to visualize the difference between the wellness and medical approaches to health." Physical Activity & Health. Meaning it shows how different events can improve and disrupt your lifestyle, leading to high level functioning or premature death. For example, high levels of social health lead to high level functioning.- Amy Konjevich > > > Describe a "healthy lifestyle." > A healthy lifestyle can be described as a recurring pattern of health-promoting and disease-preventing behaviors undertaken to achieve wellness.- Aly Bertagna > A healthy lifestyle can also include making better diet choices, having a regular exercise routine and creating a plan that will increase the longevity of life. - Beth Harroun > When developing a healthy lifestyle it is important that your motions become a health habit. A health habit is a health-related behavior that is firmly established and often performed automaitcally, without thought. -Whitney Walker

> Define and distinguish between physical activity, exercise, and physical fitness. > Physical activity is when all energy is "expended by skeletal muscular movement." It is considered to be the activities that are often seen as an everyday part of an individual's daily life. For instance, a few examples include: Walking to class, shopping, shoveling snow, mowing the lawn, taking the stairs, etc. -- LINDSAY VICKERS > Stacy Sowa: **Exercise is physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive for the purpose of conditioning any part of the body.** > Daniel Schuette: Physical fitness is a set of health-related attributes a person has, such as cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition, that contribute to one's capacity to do physical activity.

> What is the CDC's and ACSM's recommendation for physical activity? > The CDC's and ACSM's recommendation for physical activity is "adults should engage in moderate-intensity physical activity for at least 30 minutes or more on 5 or more days of the week or vigorous-intensity physical activity 3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion during recreational or leisure-time activities." The text translates this recommendation to "expending at least 150 calories a day or about 1000 calories a week in physical activity.-Kalli Monestero > > What is Healthy People 2010 and who initiated it? > It is a set of objectives pertaining to health set to be acheived by the nation over the first decade of the new century. It's meant to acheived to goals: 1) Increase quality and years of healthy lives and 2) Eliminate health disparities. - Stephanie Ziomek > The U.S. Government initiated the Healthy People 2010. - Megan Chappel** >