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| cause of death attributed to a lack of regular physical activity |
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| a state of complete well-being--not just the absence of disease |
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| number of years a person is expected to live based on the person's birth year |
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| illnesses that develop as a result of an unhealthy lifestyle and last a long time |
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| healthy life expectancy (HLE) |
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| number of years a person is expected to live in good health; this number is obtained by subtracting ill-health years from the overall life expectancy |
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| a condition related to or caused by illness or disease |
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| bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles; requires expenditure of energy and produces progressive health benefits. examples include walking, taking stairs, dancing, gardening, etc. |
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| a type of physical activity that requires planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement witht the intent of improving or maintaining one or more components of physical fitness |
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| moderate physical activity |
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| activity that uses 150 calories of energy per day, or 1,000 calories per week |
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| an electronic device that sense motion and counts footsteps |
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| cardiorespiratory endurance |
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| the avility of the lungs, heart, and blood vessels to deliver adequate amounts of oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity |
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| diseases that stem from lack of physical activity |
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| air sacs in th lungs where oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide (produced by the body) is released from the blood |
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| iron containing compund, found in red blood cells, that transports oxygen |
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a high energy chemical compund that the body uses for immediate energy
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| the amount of oxygen the human body uses |
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| describes exercise that requires oxygen to produce the necessary energy to carry out the activity |
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