exam ii vocab i keep forgetting lol

Question 1

food borne illness

Answer 1

unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemical substances

Question 2

health

Answer 2

not merely an absence of disease, optimal wellness in all aspects of being

Question 3

wellness

Answer 3

lifestyle that enhances our level of health

Question 4

nutrition

Answer 4

study of essential nutrients and the processes by which nutrients are used by the body

Question 5

disease prevention

Answer 5

recognition of a danger to health that could be reduced or alleviated through specific actions or changes in lifestyle behaviors

Question 6

micronutrient toxicity

Answer 6

too much nutrient intake –> accumulate in the body –> toxic or teratogenic

Question 7

nutrigenomics

Answer 7

science studying the relationship between human genome, human nutrition, and health; diet + genes = affect a person’s health and risk of dev diseases

Question 8

DASH diet

Answer 8

dietary approaches to stop hypertension

Question 9

DRI

Answer 9

dietary reference intakes; set values for dietary nutrient intakes of healthy ppl in north america

Question 10

growth

Answer 10

quantifiable change in structure, MOST important indicator of a child’s overall health and dev

Question 11

growth patterns

Answer 11

expected dev for everyone (dev patterns are predictable, timing is individual)

Question 12

learning

Answer 12

process of gaining knowledge and skills from exposure, education, experiences = results in behavioral changes

Question 13

maturation

Answer 13

increased competence due to changes in structural complexity that make higher level functioning possible

Question 14

development

Answer 14

process by which child develops his/her psychomotor skills; gradual change, and expansion of ability and skill

Question 15

complementary approach to health

Answer 15

a broad spectrum of nontraditional medical and nursing practices and healing arts

Question 16

complementary and integrative medicine

Answer 16

an array of health care approaches with a history of use or origins outside of mainstream medicine

Question 17

complementary therapies

Answer 17

therapies used in addition to conventional treatment

Question 18

alternative therapy

Answer 18

therapies that replace allopathic medical care

Question 19

whole medical systems

Answer 19

based on different philosophies and life system

Question 20

whole medical systems

Answer 20

based on different philosophies and life system

Question 21

integrative nursing

Answer 21

advances health and wellbeing through caring-healing relationships, uses evidence to inform traditional and emerging interventions that support whole person and whole systems healing

Question 22

preconception care

Answer 22

set of interventions that aim to ID and modify risks to the woman’s health or pregnancy outcome through prevention and manageent

Question 23

prenatal care

Answer 23

should start ASAP! reduce complications during pregnancy and prevents problems during delivery and postpartum

Question 24

childbearing

Answer 24

process of giving birth to babies, women of child bearing age