Blood Pressure and Heart Health
What does heart rate measure?
The number of times your heart beats per minute
What is a shot you can get to boost your immunity to a virus?
Vaccine
True or False: Mental health issues are a result of personality weakness or character flaws, and people can "snap out of it" if they try hard enough.
FALSE
Are french fries an example of whole foods, processed foods, or ultra-processed foods?
Ultra-processed foods
How often do we need to get the flu and COVID-19 vaccines?
Every year!
What is the medical term for high blood pressure?
Hypertension
What are the best two ways to reduce risk from diabetes and hypertension?
Diet and exercise
Increased risk of becoming sick
You should start every meal by eating from which of the 5 food groups?
Vegetables
Name a population at higher risk for catching a cold.
Children, elderly, people with chronic health conditions, people who smoke, people with poor hygiene practices
What is considered as normal blood pressure? VALUES!!!
<120/<80
Not 120/80!
Blood sugar
What is one way to practice mindfulness?
journaling
What is the first thing you should look at when reading a nutrition label?
Serving size
More people indoors, drier nasal passages, rhinoviruses
Which type of blood pressure measures when the heart contracts, and which type of blood pressure measures when the heart is relaxed? (You must get both!)
HINT -> Blood pressure reading: (S/D)
Contraction = Systolic blood pressure
Relaxed = Diastolic blood pressure
What two measurements dies your BMI account for?
Height and weight
What is one long-term effect of stress?
migraine/headache, hypertension, chronic acne, hair loss, type 2 diabetes, insomnia, panic attacks, fertility attacks
Which vitamin is essential for healthy vision?
Vitamin A
How is COVID-19 spread?
Respiratory droplets
What is the most preventable cause of heart disease?
Smoking (and other uses of tobacco)
What is the name of the clinic that comes here every week for free health checkups?
Unity Healthcare
Name one thing that you should avoid just before going to sleep.
electronics, big meals, caffeine
Roughly how many calories should the average adult man consume a day? (we'll accept a range)
2000-3000
Name the 4 most common seasonal respiratory illnesses.
Common cold, flu, COVID-19, RSV