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craiczarry

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Compare the diet and activity level of our ancestors 10,000 years ago to our diet and our average activity level today.

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There are health consequences associated with physical inactivity. List four categories of major diseases associated with physical inactivity, providing an example of brief explanation of each category.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Preagricultural Hunter-Gatherers
Burned 3,000 calories per day
Moderate physical activity > 30 minutes per day to provide basic necessities (food, water, shelter, gathering materials for warmth, etc.)
Feast or famine
Lean wild game or fish
Uncultivated fruits and vegetables

Industrialized Modern Humans
Burn 1,800 calories per day
Sedentary (desk jobs, computer games, TV, dishwashers, drive-through windows, escalators and elevators, online shopping, remote controls, e-mail/Internet, lawn services, etc.)
Abundance of food (continuous feeding)
Grain-fattened meats
Refined sugar

Answer to Question 2

Health Consequences of Physical Inactivity
Cardiovascular Diseases
 Coronary artery disease
 Congestive heart failure
 Hypertension
 Stroke
 Peripheral artery disease
Metabolic Diseases
 Type 2 diabetes
 Obesity
 Low levels of HDL cholesterol
 High levels of triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, and total cholesterol
 Gallbladder disease
Cancers
 Breast cancer
 Colon cancer
 Prostate cancer
 Pancreatic cancer
 Melanoma
Pulmonary Diseases
 Asthma
Immune Dysfunction
 Susceptibility to viral infections
Musculoskeletal Disorders
 Osteoporosis
 Physical frailty
Neurological Disorders
 Cognitive dysfunction


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Reply #2 on: Aug 20, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Aug 20, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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