Chapter 4: Health

Question 1

Accidents

Answer 1

Leasing cause of death in children
Due to care giver behavior: smoking, drinking, unsafe driving
Or also the child itself:
Falling, impulse control, curiosity

Question 2

Osteoporosis

Answer 2

Aging disorder involving extensive bone tissue loss related to calcium differences
Effect thin, white, small framed women
80% of women get it
2/3 of them are over the age of 60

Question 3

Dementia

Answer 3

Neurological disorder, deterioration of mental functioning

Question 4

Alzheimer’s

Answer 4

Progressive and irreversible brain disorder that deteriorated memory, reasoning, language and eventually physical function
No cure
Age and genes play a role
Healthy life style and medication can slow down progression

Question 5

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 5

Physical
Muscle tremors, slowing movement and partial facial paralysis
Chronic and progressive
Triggered by dopamine production
Drug treatment can be used to slow down but eventually it will loose its effect overtime

Question 6

Obesity

Answer 6

95% of children overweight will be obese by the age of 35
Consequences: medical problem risks increase, low self esteem, depression and bullying
Treatment: diet & exercise, behavior modification

Question 7

Adult obesity

Answer 7

69% of Americans over 15 are overweight or obese
10% with no obese parents = obese
40% with 1 obese parent = obese
70% with 2 obese parent = obese

Question 8

Anorexia

Answer 8

Pursuit of thinness
Weigh less then 85% of normal for age+weight
Begins in early to middle teen years
Occurs more in white, middle/upper income competitive families

Question 9

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 9

Consistently follows a binge and purge eating pattern
Fear of becoming overweight
Resulting in depression and anxious
Beings in late adolescents- early adulthood
70% recover