Diseases caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors.
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Risk Factor
Anything that increases the likely hood of injury, disease, or other health problems.
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Sedentary
Not taking part in physical activity on a regular basis.
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Health
The state of well being in which all of the components of health are in balance.
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Value
A strong belief or ideal.
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Wellness
The achievement of a person's best in all six components of health.
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Health Literacy
The knowledge of health info needed to make good choices about your health.
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Public Health
The practice of protecting and improving the health of people in a community.
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Advocate
To speak out or argue in favor of something.
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Public Service Announcement (PSA)
A message created to educate people about an issue.
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Life Skill
Tools for building a healthy life.
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Coping
Dealing with troubles or problems in an effective way.
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Consumer
A person who buys products or services.
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Media
Public forms of communication and advertisements.
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Resource
Something that you can use to help achieve a goal.
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Consequence
The results of your actions and decisions.
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Collaborate
To work together with one or more people.
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Peer Pressure
A feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want.
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Direct Pressure
The pressure that results from someone who tries to convince you to do something you normally wouldn't do.
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Indirect Pressure
The pressure that results from being swayed to do something because people you look up to are doing it.
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Refusal Skill
A strategy to avoid doing something you don't want to do.
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Goal
Something that you work toward and want to achieve.
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Action Plan
A set of directions that will help you reach your goal.
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Self
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Self
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Integrity
The characteristic of doing what one knows is right.
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Passive
Not offering opposition when challenged or pressured.
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Aggressive
To be hostile and unfriendly in the way one expresses oneself.
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Assertive
To express oneself in a direct, respectful way.
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Empathy
The ability to understand another person's feelings, behaviors, and attitudes.
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Mental Health
The state of mental well
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Self
actualization
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Emotion
The feeling that is produced in response to life experiences.
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Defense Mechanism
An unconscious thought or behavior used to avoid experiencing unpleasant emotions.
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Mental Disorder
An illness that affects a person's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
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Symptoms
A change that a person notices in his or her body or mind and that is caused by a disease or disorder.
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Depression
Sadness and hopelessness that keep a person from carrying out everyday activities.
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Stress
The body's and mind's response to a demand.
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Stressor
Any situation that puts a demand on the body or mind.
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Epinephrine
One of the hormones that is released by the body in times of stress.
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Eustress
Positive stress that energizes one and helps you reach a goal.
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Distress
Negative stress that can make a person sick or keep a person from reaching a goal.
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Resiliency
The ability to recover from illness, hardship, or other stressors.
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Prioritize
To arrange items in order of importance.
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Grieve
To express deep sadness because of a loss.
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Suicide
The act of intentionally taking one's own life.
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Violence
Any physical force that is used to harm people or damage property.
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Tolerance
The ability to overlook differences and accept people for who they are.
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Bullying
Scaring or controlling another person by using threats or physical force.
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Negotiation
A bargain or compromise for a peaceful solution to a conflict.
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Peer Mediation
A technique in which a trained outsider who is your age helps people in a conflict come to a peaceful solution.
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Abuse
Physical or emotional harm to someone.
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Neglect
Occurs when a caretaker fails to provide basic needs.
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Date rape
Sexual intercourse that is forced on a victim by someone the victim knows.
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Physical Fitness
The ability of the body to preform daily physical activities without getting out of breath, sore, or overly tired.
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Chronic Disease
A disease that develops gradually and continues over a long time.
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Health
Related Fitness
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Resting Heart Rate (RHR)
The number of times a heart beats a minute while resting.
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Target Heart Rate Zone
A heart rate range within which most gains in cardiovascular health will occur.
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FITT
A formula made up of four important parts involved in fitness training: Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type of exercise.
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Repetitions
The number of times an exercise is performed.
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Set
A fixed number of repetition followed by a rest period.
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Dehydration
A state in which the body has lost more water than has been taken in.
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Overtraining
A condition that occurs as a result of exceeding the recommendations of the FITT formula.
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Dietary Supplement
Any product that is taken by mouth that can contain a dietary ingredient and is also labeled as a dietary supplement.
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Anabolic Steroid
A synthetic version of the male hormone testosterone used for promoting muscle development.
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Nutrition
The science or study of food and the ways in which the body uses food.
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Nutrient
A substance in food that provides energy or helps form body tissues and that is necessary for life and growth.
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Carbohydrate
A class of energy
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Fat
A class of energy giving nutrients; also the main form of energy storage in the body.
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Protein
A class of nutrients that are made up of amino acids, which are needed to build and repair body structures and to regulate processes in the body.
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Vitamin
A class of nutrients that contain carbon and are needed in small amounts to maintain health and allow growth.
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Mineral
A class of nutrients that are chemical elements that are needed for certain body processes, such as enzyme activity and bone formation.
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Nutrient Deficiency
The state of not having enough of a nutrient to maintain good health.
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Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Recommended nutrient intakes that will meet the need of almost all healthy people.
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Daily value
Recommended daily amount of a nutrient; used on food labels to help people see how a food fits into their diet.
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Food Guide Pyramid
A tool for choosing a healthy diet by selecting a recommended number of servings from each of the five food groups.
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans
A set of diet and lifestyle recommendations developed to improve health and reduce nutrition
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Nutrient Density
A measure of the nutrients in a food compared with the energy the food provides.
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Hunger
The body's physical response to the need for food.
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Appetite
The desire, rather than the need, to eat certain foods.
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
The minimum amount of energy required to keep the body alive when in a rested and fasting state.
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Overweight
Being heavy for one's height.
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Obesity
Having excess body fat for one's weight; the state of weighing more than 20 percent above your recommended body weight.
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Heredity
The passing down of traits from parents to their biological child.
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Body Mass Index (BMI)
An index of weight in relation to height that is used to access healthy body weight.
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Weight Management
A program of sensible eating and exercise habits that keep weight at a healthy level.
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Fad Diet
A diet that requires a major change in eating habits and promises quick weight loss.
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Body Image
How you see and feel about your appearance and how comfortable you are with your body.
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Anorexia Nervosa
An eating disorder that involves self
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Bulimia Nervosa
An eating disorder in which the individual repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then uses behaviors such as vomiting or using laxatives to rid the body of the food.
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Binge Eating
Eating a large amount of food in one setting: usually accompanied by a feeling of being out of control.
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Purging
Engaging in behaviors such as vomiting or misusing laxatives to rid the body of food.
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Food Allergy
An abnormal response to a food that is triggered by the immune system.
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Lactose Intolerance
The inability to completely digest the milk sugar lactose.
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Food
Borne Illness
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Drug
Any substance that causes a change in a person's physical or psychological state.
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Medicine
Any drug used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort.
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Side Effect
Any effect that is caused by a drug and that is different from the drug's intended effect.
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Prescription
A written order from a doctor for a specific medicine.
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