Which of the following is NOT an effective way of taking charge of your health and wellness?
An individual is a fifty-year-old smoker that lives in a highly polluted city, gets no exercise, eats fast food every day, and has a family history of lung cancer. Which of the following is an uncontrollable risk factor?
Which of these factors does NOT significantly affect our wellness?
Describe the major differences between a person with good wellness and one heading toward premature death.
People with wellness have maintained balance between the six dimensions of health over a long period of time. Everyone has their ups and downs in various parts of their lives, but striving to improve the six dimensions of health at all times is the sign of a person with wellness. On the other hand, when the six dimensions of health are not properly maintained, premature death is often the result.
Discuss the importance of your peer group with regard for striving toward wellness.
We tend to make choices that are similar to those made by the people with whom we spend the most time. If your peer group values and strives for wellness, then you are likely to do the same. Conversely, if your peers have poor wellness, then you may also suffer.
Heart disease is a hereditary risk factor in Jamal's family. Describe and discuss what kinds of behavioral choices he could make to reduce his risk of developing this disease.
Jamal cannot change his family history, but he can lower his risk by exercising regularly, eating a balanced diet low in excess saturated fat and salt, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding tobacco. He can also manage stress, get regular medical checkups, and follow medical advice about screening and blood pressure or cholesterol.
Define and describe the different types of risk factors.
Risk factors are characteristics, behaviors, or conditions that increase the chance of developing a disease or being injured. Behavioral risk factors come from choices, such as smoking or being inactive. Environmental risk factors come from a person’s surroundings, such as pollution or unsafe conditions. Hereditary risk factors are inherited through family genes. Some risk factors can be changed, while others—such as age and inherited traits—cannot.
An advertisement on the radio warning the public against the dangers of smoking is called a __________.
What are three things you could do if you were asked to become an advocate for health and wellness?
I could share accurate health information with others, encourage friends and family to make healthy choices, and support or organize community efforts that promote wellness, such as a fitness event or a campaign against smoking.
Compare the most likely cause of death for an individual born in 1900 and an individual born in 2006.
A person born in 1900 was more likely to die from an infectious disease, such as tuberculosis or pneumonia. For someone born in 2006, chronic diseases such as heart disease or cancer are more likely causes of death, reflecting changes in disease patterns and medical care.
Compare and contrast mental health and emotional health.
Mental illness is related to a person’s ability to deal with the demands of daily life. We all face ups and downs; coping with these fluctuations is a measure of our mental health. Emotional health refers to one's ability to express feelings in an appropriate manner. Emotions are part of being human, but an inability to express them can lead to difficulties in life.
Someone who promotes health and chooses safe, healthy, and legal behaviors is demonstrating which of the following skills?
Lifestyle diseases are caused by a combination of __________.
If you wanted to improve your health by making better lifestyle choices, what are five choices that you could make?
Cancer and diabetes are two common hereditary diseases.
Explain how poor physical health may affect your social health.
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