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Fitness, Wellness, And Nutrition Flashcards

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Health literacy

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Knowledge of health information needed to make good choices about your health

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Lifestyle disease

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A disease that is caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors

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Public service announcement (PSA)

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A message created to educate people about an issue

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Risk factor

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Anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other health problems.

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Sedentary

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Not taking part in a physical activity on a regular basis

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Value

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A strong belief or ideal

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Action plan

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A set of directions that will help you reach your goal

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Collaborate

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To work together with one or more people

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Consumer

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A person who buys products or services

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Coping

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Dealing with problems and troubles in an effective way

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Direct pressure

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The pressure that results from someone who tries to convince you to do something you normally wouldn’t do

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Goal

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Something that you work toward and hope to achieve

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Indirect pressure

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The pressure that results from being swayed to do something because people you look up too are doing it.

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Life skill

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A tool for building a healthy life

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Peer pressure

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A feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want

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Refusal skill

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A strategy to avoid doing something you don’t want to do

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Resource

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Something that you can use to help achieve a goal

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Chronic disease

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A disease that develops gradually and continues over a long period of time

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Circadian rhythm

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The body’s internal system for regulating sleeping and waking patterns

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Dehydration

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A state in which the body has lost more water than has taken in

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Dietary supplement

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Any product that is taken by mouth, that can contain a dietary ingredient, and is labeled as a dietary supplement

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FITT

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A formula made up of the four parts of fitness training: frequency, intensity, time, and type.

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Health- related fitness

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Fitness qualities that are necessary to maintain and promote a healthy body.

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Insomnia

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An inability to sleep even if someone is physically exhausted

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Sleep apnea

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A sleeping disorder characterized by interruptions of normal breathing patterns during sleep

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Sleep deprivation

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Lack of sleep

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Target heart rate zone

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A heart rate range within which the most gains in cardio respiratory health will occur.

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Carbohydrate

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A class of energy-giving nutrients that include sugars, starches, and fibers.

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Dietary guidelines

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A set of diet and lifestyle recommendations developed to improve health and reduce nutrition-related disease risk in the U.S. population

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Fat

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A class of energy-giving nutrients; also the main form of energy storage in the body

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Mineral

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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

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The state of not having enough of a nutrient to maintain good health

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Protein

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A class of energy-giving 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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Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)

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Recommended nutrient intakes that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people

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Vegetarian

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Dietary pattern that includes few or no animal products

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Vitamin

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A class of nutrients that contain carbon and that are needed in small amounts to maintain health and allow growth.

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Anorexia nervosa

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An eating disorder that involves self-starvation, a distorted body image, and low body weight

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Basal metabolic rate (BMR)

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The rate at which energy is used to keep the body alive when in a resting and fasting state

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Bingeing

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Eating a large amount of food in one sitting; usually accompanied by a feeling of being out of control

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Body composition

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The proportion of body weight that is made up of fat tissue compared to lean tissue

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Body image

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A measure of how you see and feel about your appearance and how comfortable you are with your body

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Body mass index (BMI)

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An index of weight in relation to height that is used to assess healthy body weight

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Advocate

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To speak or argue in favor of something

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Bulimia nervosa

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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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Fad diet

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A diet that requires a major change in eating habits and promises quick weight loss

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Food allergy

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An abnormal response to a food that is triggered by the immune system

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Lactose intolerant

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The inability to completely digest the milk sugar lactose

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Obesity

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The state of having a significant amount of excess body fat; the state of weighing more than 20 percent above ones recommended body weight

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Overweight

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Heavy for ones height

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Purging

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Engaging in behaviors such as vomiting or misusing laxatives to rid the body of food

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Atherosclerosis

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A disease characterized by the buildup of fatty materials on the inside walls of the arteries

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Benign tumor

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An abnormal, but usually harmless cell mass

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Blood pressure

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The force that blood exerts against the inside walls of a blood vessel

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Malignant tumor

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A mass of cells that invades and destroys healthy tissue

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Cancer

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A disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD)

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A disease or disorder that results from progressive damage to the heart and blood vessels

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Chemotherapy

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The use of drugs to destroy cancer cells

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Diabetes

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A disorder in which cells are unable to obtain glucose from the blood such that high blood glucose levels result

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Diabetic coma

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A loss of consciousness that happens when there is too much blood sugar and a buildup of toxic substances in the blood

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Heart attack

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A sudden loss of blood flow to the heart muscle

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Insulin

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A hormone that causes cells to remove glucose from the bloodstream

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Stroke

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A sudden attack of weakness or paralysis that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts or becomes blocked

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