Healthy life style topic test review

Which of the following is NOT an effective way of taking charge of your health and wellness?

following the advice of the media

Overall health is related to a balance of the six dimensions of health.

True

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?

heredity

Wellness is a goal for which we all should strive by improving each of the six dimensions of health.

True

What are three things you could do if you were asked to become an advocate for health and wellness?

Three things I could do to advocate for health and wellness is teach a free class about health, donate money to free clinics, and volunteer at hospitals.

Someone who promotes health and chooses safe, healthy, and legal behaviors is demonstrating which of the following skills?

being responsible

Discuss the importance of your peer group with regard for striving toward wellness.

The importance of peer group with regard striving towards wellness is making your own decisions and not letting them influence you and make a bad decision. making sure that your peer group strives for wellness then your more likely to do the same.

Identify the characteristics of a physically healthy person.

A physically healthy person eats healthy food, exercises regularly, avoids harmful habits, prevents injuries, and gets adequate rest each day.

An advertisement on the radio warning the public against the dangers of smoking is called a __________.

Public service Announcement

Which of these factors does NOT significantly affect our wellness?

number of siblings

If you wanted to improve your health by making better lifestyle choices, what are five choices that you could make?

Five choices I could make is to eat a healthier diet, getting 8 or more hours of sleep, maintain a healthy weight, try to be active for at least 30 minutes a day, avoid alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.

Compare the most likely cause of death for an individual born in 1900 and an individual born in 2006.

In 1900 an individual most likely died from phenomena which is a communicable disease. In 2006 an individual would most likely die from a heart disease which is a lifestyle disease.

Explain how hereditary diseases are passed from one generation to another.

They are passed through genes from parent to child.

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.

Behavioral choices he could make are maintaining a healthy diet, getting at least 30 minutes of exercise a day.

Physical health refers to the degree of functionality of a person's body.

True