Exam 6: Exercise Epidemiology

Depression has been linked with the dysfunction of the noradrenergic and serotonergic systems in the brain.

One of the disadvantages of the case-control study technique is that it is often difficult to find a representative control group.

Which of the following is bone loss caused by another disease that is independent of age or menopause?

A regular exercise program has no effect on total peripheral resistance.

Prospective cohort studies can assess the effects of only those risk factors that are measured at the beginning of the study (i.e., at baseline).

Which Swiss pharmacologist advocated gymnastics for improving digestion, strengthening the heart and joints, and improving the circulation of blood in the lungs?

Research has shown that the combination of psychotherapy and drug treatment is more effective than exercise alone for treating depression.

Exercise epidemiology, like most areas of exercise science, relies heavily on the use of equipment (e.g., metabolic carts, skinfold calipers, isokinetic dynamometers, etc.) to measure physiological variables.

Which of the following describes death that is due to all known factors?

The first research studies in exercise epidemiology focused on which of the following?

One of the most significant areas of growth in exercise epidemiology is examining the factors that underlie childhood obesity.

When does Type 1 diabetes usually develop?

In the United States, cardiovascular disease has been the number-one killer every year since 1900 (except 1918).

The simultaneous occurrence of diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia is known as what?

Which type of study involves randomly selecting subjects from a defined population, collecting baseline information regarding potential risk factors for the disease of interest, and then following the subjects over a period of time to track the incidence of the disease?

A central tenet of exercise epidemiology is the fact that participation in regular physical activity affects one's risk of developing certain diseases.

A primary contributor to the development of exercise epidemiology was Joseph Duchesne, who performed some of the first research studies that examined the relationship between physical activity and health.

Very few prominent journals publish information that is relevant for exercise epidemiology.

The origins of exercise epidemiology date back only to the early 1960s.

Secondary hypertension is persistently high arterial blood pressure that may be associated with other primary diseases.