Students will be able to:
o	Describe contemporary trends in the prevalence rates of leading risk factors of illness and death in the United States, including physical inactivity according to age, sex, race, region, education level, and disability.
o	Identify behavioral correlates of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in developed nations and explain how exercise, physical activity, and physical fitness may influence, or interact with, other known health risk factors to promote health and prevent disease.
o	Describe the methods of exercise epidemiology and the cardinal criteria for establishing causality for health risk factors.
o	Identify and describe major epidemiological evidence that shows an association between habitual physical activity and/or physical fitness with morbidity and mortality.
o	Identify and discuss the disease-specific benefits and risks of physical activity and exercise for cardiovascular disease (i.e., coronary heart disease and stroke), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, cancer and immunity, anxiety, and depression, according to age, sex, race, and disability.
o	Identify and discuss biologically plausible mechanisms whereby physiological adaptations to exercise and physical activity might reduce risks for disease or improve health or longevity.
o	Discuss known personal, environmental, and physical activity characteristics associated with participation in leisure-time physical activity.
o	Discuss the key elements of theories used to understand physical activity and guide interventions to increase it.
o	Describe typical interventions designed to increase physical activity and their effectiveness.

WEEKLY TOPIC:
Week 1 - Epidemiological Thinking and Causal Theory
Week 2 - Measures of Disease Occurrence and Study Designs
Week 3 - Measuring and Evaluating Associations
Week 4 - Physical Activity Measurement and Surveillance
Week 5 - Physical Activity and All-cause Mortality
Week 6 - Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease
Week 7 - Physical Activity and Stroke
Week 8 - Physical Activity and Metabolic Syndrome
Week 9 - Physical Activity and Obesity
Week 10 - Physical Activity and Diabetes
Week 11 - Physical Activity and Osteoporosis
Week 12 - Physical Activity and Cancer
Week 13 - Physical Activity and Disability
Week 14 - Hazards of Physical Activity
Week 15 - Maintaining an Active Lifestyle