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HP midterm CH1
HP midterm
Question | Answer |
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Wellness | A state of optimal health that encompasses al the dimensions of well-being. |
Healthy practices: | Regular physical activity/proper nutrition/Emotional and spiritual balance/Eliminating unhealthy behaviors. |
Physical wellness | Includes maintaining a healthy body weight and achieving physical fitness. Also includes proper nutrition, performing self-exams, and practicing personal safety. |
Emotional wellness(mental health) | Includes social skills, positive interpersonal relationships, self-esteem, and the ability to cope with stress. The ability to respond to life situations in an appropriate manner. |
Intellectual wellness | Keeping your mind active through life-long learning |
Spiritual Wellness | Having a sense of meaning and purpose in life. |
Social Wellness | Developing and maintaining meaningful interpersonal relationships |
Environmental wellness | Includes the influence of the environment on your health, as well as your behaviors that have an effect on the environment. |
Occupational wellness | A high level of satisfaction in your job or chosen career. |
Financial wellness | The ability to live comfortably on your income and have the means to save and manage money responsibly |
Healthy People 2020 | is a set of wellness goals established by the U.S. government |
Healthy People 2020 primary goals | Attaining high-quality, longer lives/Reducing the risk of injury and premature death/Achieving health equity/Eliminating disparities/Improving the health of all groups |
Physical Activity | All physical movement, regardless of the level of energy expended or the reason you do it/Can involve occupational, lifestyle, or leisure activities |
Exercise | A type of leisure-time physical activity/Performed specifically to enhance health and-or fitness/Involves planned, structured, and relatively high-intensity activities like fitness/conditioning activities and sports |
Benefits of exercise | Reduced risk of cadiovascular disease cancer and diabetes/Increased bones mass/Delayed aging/Increased longevity/Improved psychological well-being |
Cardiorespiratory Endurance | Measure of the heart's ability to pump O2 rich blood to the working muscles during exercise and of the muscles' ability to take up and use the O2. |
Muscular Strength | Maximal ability of a muscle to generate force. |
muscular endurance | Ability of a muscle to generate submaximal force over and over again. |
Flexibility | Ability to move joints freely through their full range of motion. |
Body composition | The relative amount of fat and fat-free tissue (muscle, organs, bone) found in the body. |