Ch. 11: Maintaining a Healthy Weight
This word refers to environmental conditions that promote obesity, such as the availability and marketing of unhealthy foods and social and cultural norms that lead to high calorie consumption and lack of physical activity
obesogenic
It is all body movements produced by skeletal muscles that result in substantial increases in energy expenditure.
Physical Activity
A method of quantifying the burden of premature morbidity, disability, and death for a given disease or disease group.
global burden of disease (GBD)
A disease caused by a retrovirus, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), that attacks the immune system, reducing the number of helper T cells and leaving the victim vulnerable to infections, malignancies, and neurological disorders.
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
A number calculated from a person’s weight and height that is used to assess risk for possible present or future health problems.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
_______________ time is generally considered time spent while sitting or reclining in an activity that does not increase energy expenditure more than 1.5 times the resting level
Sedentary
is the network of organs and vessels through which blood flows as it carries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body. It includes the heart, arteries, arterioles (small arteries), veins, venules (small veins), and capillaries (minute blood vessels).
The cardiovascular system
disease-causing agents
Pathogens
Having a body weight more than 20 percent above healthy recommended levels; in an adult, a BMI of 30 or more.
Obesity
It refers to a set of attributes that are either health or skill related.
Physical Fitness
Sustained high blood pressure is called ____________, known as the “silent killer".
hypertension
Having an immune system that is impaired.
immunocompromised
The feeling of fullness or satisfaction at the end of a meal.
Satiety
What does FITT stand for?
These are principles for the health-related components of physical fitness.
frequency, intensity, time, and type
is a type of arteriosclerosis in which fatty substances, cholesterol, cellular waste products, calcium, and fibrin (a clotting material in the blood) accumulate in the inner lining of an artery.
Atherosclerosis
The ability of microbes to resist the effects of drugs, to grow and proliferate, even in the face of our best weapons.
antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Consistently rated by experts as one of the top 3 or 4 most effective weight-loss programs. It emphasizes 3 components: eating healthier, fitness that fits your life, and developing skills and supportive connections to help you stay on track.
Weight Watchers
What does the SMART system stand for?
Specific.
Measurable.
Action-oriented.
Realistic.
Time-oriented.
are the combined risks that indicate physical and biochemical changes that can lead to both CVD and type 2 diabetes.
Cardiometabolic risks
The process by which a disease is likely to occur, including characteristics of the host (health of immune system, etc.), the agent (pathogen and its virulence), and the environment (whether conditions are conducive to spread).
epidemiological triad of disease