Booth, F.W., S.E. Gordon, C.J., Garlson & M.T. Hamilton, 2000, Waging war on modern chronic diseases: primary prevention through exercise biology, in: Journal of Applied Physiology, 88, 2
- Author : Booth, F.W., S.E. Gordon, C.J., Garlson & M.T. Hamilton
- Year : 2000
- Title English : Waging war on modern chronic diseases: primary prevention through exercise biology
- Journal/Series : Journal of Applied Physiology
- Volume Number (ANNUAL: Counting Volumes of the Year shown above) : 2
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 88
- Pages : 774-787
- Contents in English : OUTLINE: In this review, a blueprint for exercise biology research in the new millennium is developed. The first part of our plan provides statistics to support the contention that there has been an epidemic emergence of modern chronic diseases in the latter part of the 20th century. The health care costs of these conditions were almost two-thirds of a trillion dollars and affected 90 million Americans in 1990. The authors estimate that these costs are now approaching $1 trillion and stand to further dramatically increase as the baby boom generation ages. It ts argued that emphasis must be placed on primary prevention, which requires attacking the environmental roots of these conditions. In this respect, a strong association exists between the increase in physical inactivity and the emergence of modern chronic diseases in 20th century industrialized societies. Approximately 250,000 deaths per year in the United States are premature due to physical inactivity. Epidemiological data have established that physical inactivity increases the incidence of at least 17 unhealthy conditions. Almost all of which are chronic diseases or considered risk factors for chronic diseases. Therefore, as part of this review, we present the concept that the human genome evolved within an environment of high physical activity.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: sedentary living, physical activity, health, walking, Sedentary Death Syndrome, modern chronic disease. See also: Booth, F. W.,2002. Fot full text: http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/774