C1. Hypokinetic disease

a disease associated with physical inactivity

Any bodily movement produced by contraction of skeletal muscle that increases energy expenditure

Individual’s physical ability to perform a specific activity

A subcategory of leisure-time physical activity in which planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movements are performed to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness

• Cardiovascular disease • Obesity • Type 2 diabetes • Osteoporosis

When coronary arteries are clogged with plaque caused by atherosclerosis

When blood clot forms in blood vessels in brain (cuts off oxygen to area)

Excess body fat that endangers health, can be calculated using BMI or measuring weight circumference

Caused by poor diet and physical inactivity; insulin resistant; treat by exercising and changing diet

When bone mass density is low, cause fragile bones with large holes, more common in old women (post menopause)

Various populations changed their lifestyles from one of high physical activity (traditional, agricultural-based living) to one of low physical activity (“westernised living”) CHD and stroke account for a large % of deaths in high income countries

Examples of changes: - include the proliferation of the motor vehicle - changes in employment and working patterns - changes in the diet such as the raise of fast food