The world health organization definition of health encompasses All of the following except
Absence of chronic disease
Health involves
Being free
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The tendency for body systems To interact and maintain a constant physiological state is called
homeostasis
vital statistics
Our data on the degree of illness and the numbers of deaths,
The surest way to prevent headaches is to
Identify and eliminate source of stress
Before the era Of modern medicine, most deaths were caused by
Infectious diseases
Today most of the serious illnesses among Americans are caused by
Personal life styles
The leading cause of death at the turn of the 20th century were
Infectious diseases such as tuberculosis And pneumonia
Lifestyle factors that may cause heart disease include all of the other following except
Microbial agents
For every 20% increase in weight, the chance of diabetes
Doubles
Which of the following our health issues for college students
Substance use and abuse, food and weight and health care
Parasympathetic activity tends to
Decrease heart rate and increase digestion activity
The ANS derives it's name from the fact that
Activities normally operate without conscious control
Hormones can do all of the following
increase particular feelings, regulate specific biological functions and tell the body how to respond to stimuli
Belief is a cure for disease
None of these
The healing power of faith
Is overlooked by modern-day religious and spiritual leaders.
The technique of focusing the mind on an internal sound or image is called
Meditation
A visual symbol that is focused on during meditation is called
Mandala
Who is most susceptible to the power of suggestion?
A small child
Mental imagery can be used for which of the following purposes
All of the above
A stressor is a(n)
event or situation that causes stress
Stress is the form of positive life changes
Aka eustress
Warning signs of stress includes
Trouble falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep and waking up feeling tired
Harm and loss situations include
Death of a family member, physical injury and loss of self esteem
A situation that produces stress is called
stressor
Which of the following is not among the most stressful life changes (high LCUs) ?
The birth of a grandchild
The fight-or-flight response
Occurs without conscious control and involves hormones only
fight or flight response initiates which of the following reactions?
increased blood pressure
The fight-or-flight reaction is evoked in the brain when a person is:
Threatened
The hormone ACTH is released from the ________________ in response to stress.
Pituitary gland
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
a three-stage physiological response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered
The most effective lifestyle change for dealing with stress is to
replace stressful ways of living with beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that promote mind-body harmony.
Which of the following will assist you in handling overload?
Keep a to-do list
Human beings have 2 main kinds of needs:
Psychological needs and love needs
Which of the following is not a basic coping strategy?
Altering your diet to include low fiber diets
common defense mechanisms to prevent emotional upset are:
Projection and Displacement
Agoraphobia is a fear of:
open spaces or crowds
Mysophobia
fear of germs
Individuals who experience periods of depression followed by periods of euphoria suffer from:
bipolar disorder
Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death for :
Young people ages 15-24
If a close friend tells you that he/she is contemplating suicide, the best response is:
Tell me more about why you want to kill yourself
Dreaming occurs during
REM sleep
Which of the following is not true about REM sleep?
REM sleep dominates sleep time in the last half of the night
My plate was designed to encourage consumers to:
All of the above
The quantity of protein that most adults need is about:
45-60 grams per day
About 20% of a person's body mass is:
Protein
Complex carbohydrates come primarily from
Grains and legumes
Which of the following is a complex carbohydrate?
starch
All of the following are examples of saturated fats except:
Olive oil
Deficiency of folic acid is responsible for all of the following except
Spina bifida
The amount of sodium needed in your body each day is approximately ___________ grams
3 grams
Fast food contains large amounts all of the following except;
Vitamins
Body fat is composed of:
Essential fat and storage fat
A measure of overweight that is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by the square of height in meters is called:
BMI
Risks to health increase in those whose wrist-to-hip ratio is over _______ for women and ________for men.
0.8, 0.95
Which of the following is not a behavioral factor in overeating?
Vigorous physical activity
Sensible weight loss would include which of the following?
Shopping when stomach is full
successful weight loss and permanent weight control requires:
Permanently changing one's lifestyle
Which of the following is not a means of helping you control your weight?
Never shop for food on an empty stomach
Body image is a person's:
Mental picture of herself/himself body
Extreme over eating followed by self induced vomiting is characterized by
Bulimia
A measure of the amount of energy expended per day over and above that required for basal or resting metabolism is
PAL ( physical activity level)
FITT stands for
Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
Which of the following are cardiovascular benefits of regular exercise?
Increase blood flow to the heart
walking briskly Every day for at least 30 minutes is a good way to
Improve health
When beginning a physical fitness program, it is best to choose:
An activity you enjoy
Training effects refers to:
Changes in physiology resulting from Aerobic exercise
An advantage of strength training is that it:
Helps reduce body fat
The goal of yoga is to:
Bring the body, mind, and spirit into healthy harmony
Exercising the body beyond its biological limits:
Leads to overuse syndrome
Any organism that can produce a disease is called:
pathogen
Etiology refers to
cause of disease
The reduction of infectious diseases in the United States was due largely to
Sanitation, public health programs, and sterile technique's
A disease caused by the bite of a tech is
Lyme disease
Immune system cells are transported to all parts of the body through
The lymphatic system
The principal agents of immune responses are
antibodies and lymphocytes
The response of the B-cells is called:
humoral immunity
What childhood vaccinations are recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention?
Polio, diphtheria, pertussis, Hepatitis B, measles, mumps and rubella
Severe allergic reactions can produce
Anaphylactic shock
Autoimmune diseases are the result of
Antibodies attacking the bodies on cells
Which auto immune disease affects the central nervous system?
Multiple sclerosis(MS)
A person with type a blood can I donate blood to a person who has to be blood because
Type A Blood will stimulate production of anti-a antibodies, which will then destroy blood cells.
A tumor that is non-cancerous is said to be
Benign
The cells of a malignant tumor
Grow rapidly and invade other cells
Low doses of ionizing radiation
Increase the possibility of cancer if they occur over a long period of time
Women should have a mammogram every two years starting at what age?
40-50 years
A variety of conditions that damage the heart or the coronary arteries is known as
cardiovascular disease
Among the factors that are attributed to the overall decline in cardiovascular disease in the United States is
Reduction in the number of smokers in the population, public awareness and more active lifestyles
The sinoaterial node is
The heart's pacemaker
varicose veins are a result of
Defects in the vein valves
Erratic contraction of the heart is:
Fibrillation
angina pectoris refers to
anterior chest pain or paroxysms of pain (sudden attack)
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Involves replacing disease coronary arteries with healthy arteries
Stroke is the result of damage to the
Artery supplying blood to the brain
Which is not a controllable risk factor for a stroke?
Heredity
A normal blood pressure reading for young adult would be
100/70
To maintain the health of heart and arteries, the best nutritional course to follow is
Eat a variety of natural, uncooked fruits and vegetables
aspirin helps...
Thin the blood
Down syndrome is caused by
an extra 21st chromosome
A congenital disease that results when the vertebrae of the spinal cord do you know if used properly is
Spina bifida
The synthetic Hormone that caused abnormalities in the daughters of women who took the drug is
DES
____________is a teratogens that Should be eliminated during pregnancy
Cigarette smoking
Fetal cell growth in a laboratory and tested for bio chemical and genetic abnormalities is the process of
Amniocentesis
When a human embryo develops to the point where it contains several hundreds of cells it is called
Blastocyst
Antibiotics work by
inhibiting some cellular process within the bacterium.
Unintended drug actions are called
side effects
Most drugs remain active in the body for a few
hours
Using any drug to the point where Health is adversely Affected or the ability to function is impaired is
Drug abuse
Drug abuse is defined in terms of
The extent to which the drug is being used to cope with life's problems
Repeated use of a drug to the point that the person is consumed with the behavior is called
Addiction
Habituation occurs when
Occurs with hallucinogenic drugs
Habituation Is also called
Psychological dependence
The principal psychoactive ingredient in marijuana is
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
PCP produces
More unwanted and dangerous symptoms of drug intoxication than any other psycho active substance.
On average, each pack of cigarettes sold cost Americans almost $_________And smoking related health expenditures
4
Most of the psychological affects of tobacco smoking or attributable to
Nicotine
Any substance that can cause cancer is
carcinogen
There are _______ Chemicals in tobacco smoke
4,000
Emphysema is:
the result of the destruction of alveoli
Exposing Healthy volunteers to secondhand smoke for 30 minutes can cause
Changes in the coronary arteries that are usually found in habitual Smokers
Tobacco companies
Supports smoking cessation programs
Prohibition was instituted in the United States by
Herbert Hoover
The type of alcohol present in alcoholic beverages is ______________ alcohol l.
Ethyl
An 80 proof whiskey contains ___________ % of alcohol
40
Most standard portions of alcoholic drinks contain 1/2 ounce of
Ethanol
What will increase the rate of detoxification?
nothing can increase the rate of detoxification
The fastest way to sober up is to
Take a cold shower, drink black coffee, exercise or none of the above. These listed are remedies- Does not accelerate the rate of which deliver remove the alcohol from the body.
The liver detoxifies alcohol at a rate of
1/2 ounce per hour
Approximately how many college students drink and drive?
48%
One of the psychological effects of alcohol is
Irritation of the G.I. track
Alcoholism usually develops:
in three phases: the warning phase, the crucial phase, and the chronic phase
Which of the following is not true?
Help for alcoholics are nonexistent because there is no way to overcome physical dependence on a drug.
The task of the national Center for complementary and alternative medicine is to
Legally defend those who choose to practice alternative medicine
Which of the following is not an Ayurvedic element?
Wind
Chiropractic medicine was founded by
Daniel David Palmer in 1895; 20 years after the foundation of osteopathy.
Osteopaths have a license that allows them to
Perform surgery, prescribe drugs, and perform surgery as do physicians. However practitioners of osteopath rely primarily and physical manipulation and exercises For their patients conditions.
chiropractic medicine
Deals with the relationship between the spinal column and tissues and organs
Channels where energy flows within the body are
Meridians
Most people in the United States view old age as
A time of sickness, disability, loneliness, and inactivity.
Some people take_____________ as an anti-aging agent
Human growth hormone
Reactive molecules in the cells that result from exposure to radiation and chemicals are
Free radicals
Through HRT May prevent the on-site of osteoporosis
It may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is known for
Research on death and dying
Which is one criticism of the Kubler-Ross model of death and dying?
Some dying patients may feel obligated to go through the stages as described
All of the following characterize hospice care except
The use of heroic Measures to extend life
Eating poorly, being physical in active, smoking, and drinking too much can prematurely aid you by ___________ years
12
One niche of a personal or life coaching is
Emotional intelligence Coaching
When a client states I don't have what it takes to succeed or change is frightening to me the client is expressing
Self limiting beliefs
A coaching process that involves moving the client from intention to action and then toy word sustainable change is called
Action centered partnership
Coaching is a therapy and dwells on the pass to discover root causes of a person psychological and retention on dysfunctions
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