Quiz #1 Flashcards
Number #1 killer of Americans each year?
Physical Inactivity / Diet
The years of illness subtracted from life expectancy.
Healthy Life Expectancy
What causes disease / health problems.
A combination of genetics and lifestyle diseases.
Excess body weight against a given standard, such as height or recommended body fat. BMI >25.
Overweight
A chronic disease characterized by excessive body fat in relation to lean body mass, usually at least 30% above recommended bodyweight or a BMI >30.
Obese
The complete physical condition and
functioning of the body.
Physical Wellness
Your ability to carry on your day-to day activities while understanding your feelings and expressing them in constructive and appropriate ways.
Emotional / Mental Wellness
Focuses on developing and enhancing one’s knowledge base and critical thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills.
Intellectual Wellness
Focuses on one’s ability to develop and maintain positive, healthy, satisfying interpersonal relationships and appropriate support networks.
Social Wellness
Focuses on developing a set of values, beliefs, or principles that give meaning and purpose to your life and help guide your choices and actions.
Spiritual Wellness
Dimension of wellness that focuses on
the condition and livability of the local
environment and the planet as a whole.
Environmental / Occupational Wellness
The constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and achieve the highest potential for well-being; It integrates seven dimensions.
Wellness
T/F
Physical inactivity leads to disease and
premature death
true
T/F
Physically active
people do not live longer
false
Do I get enough sleep?
* Do I use alcohol and drugs responsibly?
* Do I use sunscreen?
* Do I get regular physical exercise?
Examples of…
Physical Wellness
Optimism
* Enthusiasm
* Self-confidence
* Self-acceptance
* Resiliency
* Self-esteem
Examples of…
Mental / Emotional Wellness
Relish learning new skills
* Solving problems
* Explore ideas and open to new ideas
* Creative
* Motivated to learn new information
Examples of…
Intellectual Wellness
Building relationships inside and outside one’s family
* Contributes to the community in which you live
* Communicates effectively
* Has developed a capacity for intimacy
* Gets along with others
* Communicates with respect despite differences
* Good listener
Examples of…
Social Wellness
Compassion
* Forgiveness
* Unselfish helping of others
* Tolerance
* A capacity to love
Examples of…
Spiritual Wellness
Does your physical environment support wellness
* Are there Toxins in your environment?
* Second hand smoke
* Pollution
* High degree of violence
* Take action to make your environment a cleaner and safer place
Examples of…
Environmental / Occupational Wellness
Based on Measurements of
- Blood Pressure
- Body Fat
- Bone Density
- Triglycerides
- HDL/LDL Cholesterol
- Glycated Hemoglobin
- Muscle Mass
Wellness Continuum
Components or areas of fitness that
contribute to the ability to function in
a skilled and efficient way and don’t
have a direct effect on overall health.
Skill-Related Fitness
Components or areas
of fitness that have a
direct effect on overall
health and disease risk.
Health-Related Fitness
Cardiorespiratory endurance
* Muscular Strength
* Muscular Endurance
* Flexibility
* Body Composition
Examples of…
Health-Related Fitness