Health Psych_3.5

Health benefits of exercise
- physical fitness: muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, aerobic fitness
- weight control
Organic fitness

what you are born with
Dynamic fitness

processed and developed through training
Early studies on exercise's relationship to cardiovascular health

total physical activity is related to heart health
Later studies on exercise's relationship to cardiovascular health
- consistent findings with earlier studies
- dose-response relationship
Relationship between exercise and levels of depression

inverse relationship: more exercise, lower depression levels
Relationship between exercise and levels of anxiety

inverse relationship: more exercise, reduced anxiety levels
Problems with the term "exercise addiction"
How is exercise addition different than addiction as used in terms of substance dependence

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Health Psych_3.5

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Health Psych_3.5

Updated

2013-04-05T07:19:30Z

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