Health Of America Unit 1

Question 1

What’s type 2 diabetes?

Answer 1

Insulin does not do its job effectively , relative deficiency , preventable

Question 2

What are the other Types of diabetes?

Answer 2

Gestational, prediabetes, no specified

Question 3

How many people in the us have diabetes?

Answer 3

29 million and 28% are undiagnosed

Question 4

How many people have hypertension?

Answer 4

70 million . About 29% of all adults, known as the “silent killer” because there are no symptoms

Question 5

What is metabolic syndrome and what number of people have it?

Answer 5

Multitude of things such as abdominal obesity hypertension insulin resistance increase in triglycerides and decrease in good cholesterol . 34% of population have this and must have 3 of these things to qualify

Question 6

What did the surgeon generals report say in 1995?

Answer 6

Every adult should accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate intensity physical activity on most days of the week

Question 7

What did the public health for older adults say in 2007 to add on to the 1995 surgeon general report?

Answer 7

Defined moderate intensity and added things such as balance for older adults

Question 8

What is a disease of poverty?

Answer 8

Diseases that are prevalent among the poor, usually infectious, contagious, communicable, such as AIDS, malaria, measles, pneumonia, and diarrheal disease. The United States has the resources to treat these usually

Question 9

What are diseases of affluence?

Answer 9

Diseases that are thought to be the result of increasing wealth in a society. Such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, cerebreovasvular disease, peripheral vascular disease, obesity, cancer, alcoholism, asthma, depression. With the increase in technology they think they don’t have to do as much

Question 10

What are some contributing factors to decrease in physical activity?

Answer 10

Societal values such as priorities and taking shortcuts( surgery), role models , economy (funding for healthy lifestyle, can’t afford healthy meals), access( no bike path),loss of PE in school, discrimination claims ( police don’t want fitness testing),public acceptance of obesity,relying on modern medicine( treat symptoms but not fix problem),misinformed public( weight loss pill), lack of incentive, technology

Question 11

How has the leading cause of death changed in past 100 years?

Answer 11

Heart disease is not 23.4 percent when it used to be 8. Pneumonia was the big killer back then . Most on the list for now are preventable

Question 12

What is type 1 diabetes?

Answer 12

Death of cells no insulin produced or not enough, insulin dependent , absolutely deficiency