HLTH 1000: TEST 2
45 Cards in this Set
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Physical Health
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focus on the body, and how well it funcitons, and how well you care for it
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Intellecctual Health
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willingness to take on new intellectual challenges and openness to new ideas and skills, capcity to think critically, and a sense of humor and curiosity
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psychological health
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mental, emotional, and spiritual health
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social health
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qualty of interactions and relationship with others
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spiritual health
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beliefs and valuse we each hold that lend menaing to life
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enviromental health
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quality of home, work, school, and social enviro. as well as the health of our planet
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occuapational health
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qualtiy of relation to work
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whatis the leading cause of death in 15-24 yr olds in the us?
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accidents, homicide, and suicide
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macronutrients
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nutrients your body needs in relatively large quantities (carb, fat, protients, water)
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what is the content of calorie?
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4 protein, 4 carb, 9 fat, 7 alcohol
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what happens to calr. that are consumed in excess?
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converted to fat and stored in the body
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what are unrefined grains a better choice for carb than refined grains?
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Un. grains contain a bran, germ, and endosperm; nutritious because the ban and germ contain vitamins, minerals, fiber, phytochemicals, and antioxidants, which help maintain the body’s functions and prevent diseases. Unrefined grains are also bulky so they digest slowly, making people feel…
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what state are sat fats at room temp?
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solid
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what state are unsat. fat at room temp?
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liquid
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what does un, and sat fats do to your lipoprotein levels?
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LDL sat fats can increse level of ldl cholesterol in blood. increseas heart diesease and stroke. unsat fats decreses ldl and are healthy. increase hd, protect against cancer
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what fat is most hazardous to health?
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trans fat
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what is fiber and what are some health benefits of eating it?
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fiber is nonnutrient, non digestible comples carb, promotes bowel reg, easing conditions such as hemorrhoids, consitipaiton, weight
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DRI recomendations?
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dietary reference intake- a set of energy and nutrient recommendations for supporting good health.
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which four groups are included in DRI recommendations?
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Recommended dietary allowances, adequate intakes, tolerable upper intake levels, estimated average requirements
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obesity is assoc. with lower levels of what cholesterol?
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high density lipoprotein chol. HDL
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What is metabolic syndrome?
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a grp of obesity- realted factors that increase the risk of cardo disease and diabetes
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energry balance
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state achienved when energy consumed is queal to the energy expanded, maitaining body weight energy in= energy out
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What does the majority of the energy a person utilizes daily goes toward
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Basal Metabolism-the body’s maintenance of basic physiological processes when at complete digestive, physical, and emotional rest
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What is waist-to-hip ratio and what does it assess? Which body shape is considered most hazardous to your health?
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Indicator of how much body fat you carry. Whether your current weight falls within a healthful range. Apple
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What is BMI? What is the BMI range for each of these categories: underweight, healthful weight, overweight and obese?
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A numerical measurement, calculated from height and weight, measurements, that provides an indicator of health risk categories.
Under: Below 18.5
Healthful: 18.5-24.9
Overweight: 25-29.9
Obese: Above 30
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hunger
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physiological senstation caused by lack of food
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What are some important guidelines to achieve a healthy fat intake?
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Cut Trans fat from your diet
Consume more “good” fats
Make sure each meal includes some fat
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pathogens
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agents that cause disease
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reservoir
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natural enviroment for any particular pathogen, accumlates in large numbers
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host
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person, plant, or animal in which or on which pathogens live and reproduce
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carrier
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person infected with pathogen but doesnt not show symptoms but who is infected
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infectious
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caused by pathogens
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Identify the steps of the chain of infection. Can the chain be broken at any point?
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Infectious Agent/Pathogen, Reservoir, Portal of exit, Means of Transmission, Portal of Entry, New Host
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stage of infection
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Incubation: Entry of Infectious host, shows symptoms
Prodromal: Specific symptoms occur
Illness: Specific Symptoms
Convalescent: Recovery
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vector
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animal or insect that transport path. from one point to another
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hat is your body's first line of defense against pathogens?
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immune system
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Active Immunity
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: the immune system produces memory B cells and memory T cells that can starve off the particular type of infectious disease for years to come, perhaps for a lifetime. Active immunity produces an immune response.
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passive immunity
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temporary immunity by which ready-made antibodies specific to a particular pathogen are introduced into the body to fight off an infection. Passive immunity lasts only as long as the injected antibodies survive, a few months at most. (Page 248)
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What is herd immunity and why is it important
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The condition where greater than 90% of a community is vaccinated against a disease, giving it little ability to spread through the community, providing some protection against the disease to member of the community who are not vaccinated.
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What are viruses and how do they multiply? (Page 252)
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A microscopic organism that can not multiply without invading body cells. Viruses invade body cells, they hijack cells and force it to duplicate viruses.
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pandemic
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a worldwide epidemic of a disease
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a worldwide epidemic of a disease
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A disease with a gradual onset of symptoms that last a long time or recur
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Atherosclerosis
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Arterial condition characterized by inflammation, scarring, and the buildup of mealy deposits along artery walls. (Page 279)
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systolic pressure
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when heart contracts
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diastolic pressure
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heart relaxes
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HLTH 1000: TEST 2