General Flashcards
What are the Positive Risk Factors?
Age Cigarette Smoking Sedentary Lifestyle Obesity Hypertension Dyslipidemia Pre-diabetes Family History of Heart Problems
Age Risk Factor
45+ for Men
55+ for Women
Cigarette Smoking Risk Factor
Has smoking within the last 6 months
Sedentary Lifestyle Risk Factor
Not participating in Moderate Intensity Activity for at least 30 minutes / 3 days a week / 3 months
Obesity Risk Factor
BMI of = 30 kg/m2
Obesity Risk Factor; Waist Circumference
Men: >102 cm
Women: >88 cm
Hypertension Risk Factor
SBP >/= 140 mmHg
DBP >/= 90 mmHg
Dyslipidemia Risk Factor
LDLC >/= 130 mg/dl
HDLC >/= 40 mg/dl
Total Cholesterol >/= 200 mg/dl
Family History
55+ Men
65+ Women
Health Behavior Strategies
Health Belief Model Theory of Planned Behavior Goal Setting Theory Small Changes Model Socioecological Theory
Newton’s Three Laws?
- Inertia
- Acceleration
- Reaction
Newton’s Law of Inertia (#1)
To overcome something’s inertia requires a force to be applied.
Newton’s Law of Acceleration (#2)
A force is equal to the product of an object’s mass times its acceleration.
Newton’s Law of Reaction (#3)
For every force there is a reaction equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
“Work” definition
Metabolic amount of activity someone does