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Health Terms and Definitions
Term | Definition |
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four types of cardiovascular fitness | flexibility, Cardio-Respiratory endurance, muscular fitness, body composition |
Strength | Ability to contract skeletal muscles to a maximal level |
Endurance | Ability to contract skeletal muscles repeatedly over a long period of time |
Flexibility | Ability of your joints to move through an intended range of motion |
Body composition | : The make-up of the body in terms of muscle, bone, fat, water, and minerals |
overload | : Placing increasing amounts of stress or resistance on the body causes changes that improve fitness |
Components of an Exercise Program (FITT) | Frequency, intensity, time, type |
Arteries | carry blood away from the heart |
veins | carry blood to the heart |
H.D. risk factors that can be changed (Big 6) | Tobacco smoke,Physical inactivity,Abnormal blood cholesterol levels,Diabetes mellitus,Obesity and overweight, High blood pressure (hypertension) |
Metabolic Syndrome | elevated waist circumference, elevated triglycerides, reduced HDL, Elevated blood sugar, Elevated fasting glucose |
Atherosclerosis | Buildup of plaque on the inner walls of arteries |
Calories per poud | 3500 |
BMI for obesity | 30% or greater body mass fat |
Complications for obesity | Increased surgical risk, Hypertension, Heart disease,Arthritis,Stroke,Type 2 diabetes,Cancer Joint deterioration |
Gold Standard in BMI measurment | Hydrostatic weighing |
Metabolism at rest | basal metabolic rate |
Butting band around part of the stomach | gastric bypass |
Increase in energy expenditure due to eating | Thermic effect |
Greater number of fast cells die to childhood obesity | Hypertrophic obesity |