Transcript antonio_herbert_exerciselanchajr.ppt

Limits and
Interfaces in Science
How age better with exercise
Antonio Herbert Lancha Jr
Human evolution
Homo sapiens
sapiens
Our
co-ancestor
Human regression ... ?
Homo sapiens
obesus
Energy
save
Food
Intake
Human
Starvin
Survivors
From where our Genes come from?
World is fat !
(In industrialized countries)
WHY ?
Energy Intake
Energy
expenditure
Increase 300 kcal
each decade
after 2º World
War
Decrease 300
kcal each year
after 70’s
4000
3000
2000
Expenditure
Intake
1000
0
40
60
80 2000
A thermodynamic imbalance … !
Food feeding >> than substrates
utilization in human body
in most healthy conditions
Modern civilisation ?
More
junk food
Less exercise
Sport performance BC
• Prehistoric man (-40.000 BC) « Survive »
Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults
(*BMI 30)
1991
1996
2004
No Data
<10%
10%–14%
15%–19%
20%–24%
≥25%
(courtesy by F. Katch 2006)
Prevalence (%) of overweight
children in Europe (2009)
13
21
21
18
18
22
14
18
18
19
15
16
16
18
27
30
36
16
20
36
36
Source: IOTF
Child obesity in United Kingdom
(J.Reilly. Brit.Med.J. 2006,333:1207-1209)
Obesity leads to metabolic syndrome
Malnutrition and sedentarity
Reduced
exercise
Detrimental effects of sedentary life
Coronary
artery disease
Hypertension
Diabetes
Cancer
Metabolic syndrome
Lack of exercise
Frailty
Impotence
Reduced strength
Breathlessness
Increase Here
.....and Kill here
Various
physical
activities
Usually answers from sedentary people.
I am so busy, and I have no time to exercise
Syndrome of the cherry of the cake
The most important man in the world
There is
no excuse
to be
sedentary
I am self dependent, I am not like
Mr.Obama, that have severeal
people working for him.
Marilson dos Santos
Cane Cutter, Winner of
2008 NY Marathon