Assignment 3: Physical Fitness Assessment in Adults Using your textbook (chapter 9) answer the following questions. 1. What are the components of health-related physical fitness and why are they considered health related? a. Cardiovascular endurance – reduction in risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality b. Body Composition – reduction in risk of cardiovascular disease‚ adult-onset diabetes‚ and metabolic syndrome. c. Muscular fitness including muscular strength
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a specific social category. An attitude is the tendency to respond positively or negatively to a certain person‚ situation‚ idea‚ and etcetera. Discrimination is the different treatment of a specific social category based on prejudice. Factors that contribute to prejudice and discrimination are: social cognitive theory‚ realistic conflict theory‚ social identity theory‚ and stereotype vulnerability. Social cognitive theory proposes a way prejudice is learned is through direct instruction‚ modeling
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Microevolution and Macroevolution Microevolution is a inherited change in a population within the same species but this does not result in a new species. There are four factors that contribute to microevolution: mutation‚ gene flow‚ genetic drift‚ and natural selection. A mutation is generally a random change in the DNA. So for example‚ if a species of birds start developing shorter bills‚ then that is a genetic change. Gene flow is when a population migrates to a different area. The birds might
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Environmental Chemistry Assignment 3: Acidity in natural water may be caused by several factors. Describe these factors and explain how they contribute to the acidity of water. The acidity in natural water can be caused by the bedrock and soil composition of the area around the stream. This factor can be considered as one of the most important factor that influence the pH of the water. Soils contain calcium‚ limestone and a layer of sand or gravel with a granite base. The calcium and limestone
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Introduction Physical fitness is an integral part of the army lifestyle and ability of a soldiers to efficiently perform all tasks necessary to be the best soldier they can be. There have been many forms of physical fitness training in the army over the years while the Army is continuously changing and trying to ensure that the programs set for its personnel is the absolute best that they can provide. However‚ the one aspect that has stayed the same is the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). The
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The factors that contribute to the comprehension of text. Text comprehension is a complex task that involves many different cognitive skills and processes. Understanding and comprehending information from text is a process that is impacted by the reader and the text. The reader must have the ability to understand the meaning of individual words and phrases‚ or constructing meaning from the text as a whole. This interacts with the prior knowledge‚ interest‚ and motivations that the reader brings
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considered overweight and very close to being obese according to the website weight-loss.emedtv.com. I am positive that my current and very poor fitness and nutritional habits are the main cause of my depleting health status as well as my current overweight status. Asking me to explain my current fitness and nutritional habits is basically superfluous. My current fitness habit includes nothing more than the occasional golf or bowling outing‚ and it does not happen more than once every 2-3 months. My current
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My Physical Fitness Assessment PED 117- Physical Fitness for Law Enforcement Carlos Canizales Professor Gotay April 05‚ 2012 Physical fitness is defined as‚ “The ability to perform moderate to vigorous physical activity on a regular basis without excessive fatigue.”(Donatelle‚ P.296) There are two parts of physical fitness made up of eleven components‚ known as skill and health. The skill part of physical fitness contains six components and the health section contains five components‚ which
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of Phoenix Material Nutrition and Health Worksheet Use Ch. 1 of Contemporary Nutrition‚ Ch. 2 of Visualizing Nutrition‚ supplemental course materials‚ the University Library‚ the Internet‚ or other resources to answer the following questions. Your response to each question should be 75 to 100 words. 1. What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives? Prevention is probably the best word to describe what nutrition is and why it is essential. Nutrition is the total of all processes
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rather a rapidly increasing one among children‚ adolescents and adults(4-6). The reasons for this escalation are multi-factorial; each must be appreciated and precisely addressed before solutions to obesity are practical (7). The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES cycles I‚ II & III) have been surveying the prevalence of obesity in American children and youth since 1971. The 1988-91 NHANES cycle III study identified 21% of adolescents 12-19 years of age as being overweight (using
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