Cardiovascular Disease in the African American Community Causes‚ Preventions‚ and Treatments Cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to the dysfunctional conditions of the heart‚ arteries‚ and veins that supply oxygen to vital life- sustaining areas of the body like the brain‚ the heart itself and other vital organs. Since the term cardiovascular disease refers to any dysfunction of the cardiovascular system there are many different diseases in the cardiovascular category‚ and many of these diseases
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For many years there has been a debate between which is better for weight control and all around health and fitness‚ Cardiorespiratory Exercise or Weight Training. Many people tend to focus only on one aspect of the physical wellness. For example women‚ like myself may focus more on cardiorespiratory and flexibility training more so than Weight training. This is out of fear of injury‚ or the muscles becoming too bulky. Women tend to want to burn more calories‚ therefore they focus on exercises’ such
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Physical Fitness What is Physical Fitness? Strength Cardio vascular Endurance Hear rate Blood pressure Flexibility Speed Define Physical Fitness: Has generally been described as a set of attributes that people have or achieve‚ and which relate to the ability of what someone can perform too. Benefits of Physical Fitness? Physical ( stronger‚faster‚more flexible‚ better endurance) General health ( more energy‚ stronger heart‚ better joint movement) Specific Health ( health
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Cardiovascular system: The circulatory system: The circulatory system is made up of the vessels and the muscles that help and control the flow of the blood around the body. This process is called circulation. The main parts of the system are the heart‚ arteries‚ capillaries and veins. As blood begins to circulate‚ it leaves the heart from the left ventricle and goes into the aorta. The aorta is the largest artery in the body. The blood leaving the aorta is full of oxygen. This is important for
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Physical Fitness The general definition of physical fitness is “a set of attributes that people have or achieve relating to their ability to perform physical activity” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS]‚ 1996). The two types of physical fitness most identified are health-related physical fitness and skill-related physical fitness. Health-related physical fitness relates to functional health. It is believed that all students can improve their health status through daily physical
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Cardiovascular disease is a general name for a wide variety of diseases‚ disorders and conditions that affect the heart and sometimes the blood vessels as well. Risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease include having hypertension‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and a sedentary lifestyle. Other risk factors include being of African-American ancestry‚ male‚ drinking excessive amounts of alcohol‚ having a lot of long-term stress‚ smoking and having a family history of a heart attack
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information technologies. The new airplane‚ which is named Dreamliner 787‚ was announced in 2002. As Soon as the Dreamliner was presented to clients‚ its orders were increased very rapidly because this airplane provides many benefits and innovative things for the customers. The some benefits are: Intuitive cockpit The cockpit includes Head-Up Display which is displayed the data on the screen. It means if something goes wrong‚ it is reported to ground-based computer system. So‚ it improves safety. It is
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Cardiovascular response to changes in body position and physical activity Abstract The aims of the experiment were to investigate the cardiovascular responses to changes in body position and exercise on human blood pressure using an electronic (automated) blood pressure meter. Moreover‚ monitoring changes in blood flow and blood pressure in the body while sitting‚ lying supine‚ standing‚ as well as engaging in low intensity exercise of walking and medium intensity exercise of squatting after
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Components of fitness & training methods Components of fitness Aerobic endurance- the heart’s ability to deliver blood to working muscles and their ability to use it (e.g. running long distances) Muscular endurance- is the ability of a muscle or group of muscle‚ to work continuously/for a long time without tiring. Flexibility- The range of movement at/across/around a joint Speed- Moving the whole body part of the body very quickly/in a short time. Strength- The maximum force a muscle/group of
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The benefits of a bespoke physical fitness program. An emergency organization such as the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service cannot‚ even for one second‚ fail in its sacred responsibilities to respond instantaneously and manage successfully the myriad risks that confront the citizenry. The general nature of the fire service demands a critical level of fitness to perform vast emergency functions and fire fighters must be physically and mentally prepared to meet the occupational challenges. This impeccable
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