Fundamentals of Public Health
illnesses that are not caused by a specific infectious agent. (heart disease, asthma, cancer, and HIV/AIDS)
Chronic Disease
An academic principle that addresses the interrelationship of physiological processes and the anatomy of the body with respect to movement.
Kinesiology
The science and practice of protecting,
promoting, and improving the health of
populations and communities.
Public Health
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
The leading cause of death in Americans is known as ____________________________ disease.
Cardiovascular
The occurrence of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy in a community or region.
Epidemic
Is a specific type of physical activity that is planned, repetitive, and completed for a specific purpose to improve health or physical function, physical fitness, or one's peak performance.
Exercise
In what century did the concept of "play" used a mean to promote health?
18th
19th
20th century
20th
What is the evidence-based recommended minutes that adults need per week of moderate-intensity physical activity per week?
150
200
250
150 minutes
The process that breaks down and build up substances, transferring energy from food, into a usable form that powers bodily functions, such as breathing and circulation.
Metabolic Activity
The study of the distributions and causes of diseases in defined populations.
Epidemiology
The study of how we learn and perform motor skills such as cycling and dancing.
Motor Learning
______________________diseases are illnesses or conditions that are caused by pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi
Infectious
the energy expenditure that is specifically the result of physical activity.
Physical Activity Energy Expenditure
How efficiently your body produces, uses, and regulates energy.
Metabolic Health
All people with an interest in health, including medical care systems, should take responsibility for health promotion and health education.
Advocacy
The study of human information processing and the integration of motor movement.
Motor Control
__________________diseases are conditions and illnesses that occur or develop over a relatively long period of time (months to years), are prolonged, and may be preventable but are rarely completely cured.
Chronic
- small devices that measure the magnitude and direction of acceleration.
Accelerometers
Adult onset, non-insulin dependent diabetes that is related to overweight, obesity, and insulin resistance.
Type 11 Diabetes
Unfair, preventable differences in health outcomes or risk factors, derived from unequal opportunities to lead healthy lives, access health information, or access health services or health-promoting community assets across different population group.
Health Inequalities
What does FITT define?
Frequency/Intensity/Time/Type
the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data essential to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice.
Public Health Surveillance
the energy expended to maintain breathing and circulation at rest.
Basil Metabolic Energy Expenditure
Which of the following is NOT a modifiable risk of cardiovascular disease?
Hypertension
Physical Activity
Ethnicity or Race
Tobacco Use
Ethnicity or Race