Chapter 1

Question 1

What is Health?

Answer 1

• overall condition of a persons body or mind
• Absence of illness or injury
• Can be determined by factors beyond our control

Question 2

What is wellness?

Answer 2

Optimal health and vitality, How we live day to day, Includes the seven dimensions of wellness

Question 3

Dimensions of wellness

Answer 3

physical
emotional
intellectual 
interpersonal (social)
Spiritual 
environmental
financial

Question 4

Physical Wellness

Answer 4

body's overal condition
absence of disease
fitness level
eating well and exercising
avoid drug use and alcohol consumption

Question 5

Emotional Wellness

Answer 5

dealing with feelings
being optimistic, trustworthy toward others
Self-esteem, sharing feelings with others

Question 6

Intellectual Wellness

Answer 6

Challenging your mind
Open to new ideas, question things improve sense of humor
be curious

Question 7

Interpersonal/Social Wellness

Answer 7

Develop and maintain satisfying, healthy and supportive relationships
Improve communication skills and sense of intamacy
do not let peer pressure affect you

Question 8

Spiritual Wellness

Answer 8

Possess a set of guiding beliefs, principles or values that give meaning or purpose to your life

• love, forgive, laugh, care for others
• compassion, be part of something

Question 9

Environmental Wellness

Answer 9

Livability of your surroundings

Recycle whenever possible

Question 10

Financial Wellness

Answer 10

• live within your means and manage your money
• Have an understanding how money works
• Avoid debt
• Save money for future use

Question 11

Infectious Diseases

Answer 11

main reason for death in the early 1900’s due to poor environmental conditions such as water pollution

-pneumonia, diarrhea, tuberculousis

Question 12

Leading Cause of Death

Answer 12

#1Chronic diseases: develop slowly due to lifestyle choices
#2Cancer

Question 13

What is the most commonly affected areas when discussing Chronic Dieases?

Answer 13

heart and lungs

Question 14

Top 4 causes of death in the US

Answer 14

1. Heart Disease (23.7%)
2. Cancer (22.9%)
3. Chronic Lower Respiratory (5.7%)
4. Stroke (5.1%)

Question 15

Recommendations for Exercise are?

Answer 15

150 mins of moderate exercise or 75 min of vigorus

Question 16

less than……of all americans engage in some sort of moderate exercise

Answer 16

1/3

Question 17

silent killer in today’s society?

Answer 17

sedentary lifestyle

Question 18

Transtheoretical model of change?

Answer 18

Pre contemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance 
relapse

Question 19

precontemplation

Answer 19

no intention of changing within the next 6 months

Question 20

contemplation

Answer 20

intention to change behavior within the next 6 months

Question 21

preparation

Answer 21

intention is happening within the month

Question 22

action

Answer 22

making the behavioral change

Question 23

maintenance

Answer 23

successfully maintaining new behavior for 6 consecutive months or longer

Question 24

relapse

Answer 24

going back to unwanted behavior OR starting again to increase more changes

Question 25

SMART

Answer 25

specific
measurable
attainable 
realistic
time frame