Drugs
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Health vocabulary
Nutrition 1
Nutrition 2
100
This is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that affects the strength of the drug.
What is THC?
100
These drugs speed up the body's central nervous system.
What are stimulants?
100
When a person likes both the good things and bad things about themselves, it means they have high ______.
What is self-esteem?
100
This eating disorder is where a person starves themselves.
What is anorexia nervosa?
100
This mineral helps build strong bones and teeth.
What is calcium?
200
Steroids are made to resemble this male hormone.
What is testosterone?
200
These drugs slow down the body's central nervous system.
What are depressants?
200
This type of health refers to how well your body functions.
What is physical health?
200
A person's diet should contain more ______ carbohydrates because they are starches and provide the body with energy.
What is complex?
200
These carbohydrates are found naturally in fruits and vegetables.
What are simple?
300
These steroids are known as muscle building.
What is anabolic?
300
These drugs have no medical purpose and cause users to have trouble telling the difference between real and fake.
What are hallucinogens?
300
This type of health refers to how well you get along with others.
What is social health?
300
This eating disorder is where a person binges and purges.
What is bulimia nervosa?
300
To stay healthy and keep your arteries clean, you want high levels of ______ cholesterol.
What is HDL?
400
These are unwanted effects that sometimes accompany a medicine.
What are side effects?
400
Alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco are known as ______ drugs.
What are gateway drugs?
400
This health refers to how well you manage stress and problems as well as how you feel about yourself.
What is mental health?
400
This type of cholesterol is bad for you because it accumulates in your arteries and can cause blockages that could lead to a heart attack.
What is LDL?
400
The more _____ a food has, the more energy it provides.
What are calories?
500
When a person cannot control their drug intake and they are relying on the drug to function, they are _______.
What is addicted?
500
These drugs cut off the oxygen supply to your brain.
What are inhalants?
500
Any action or decision done by someone that puts them at risk for injury, illness, or other serious outcome.
What is a risk factor?
500
This eating disorder is where a person cannot control their eating and they binge eat.
What is binge eating disorder?
500
This is how quickly a person's body breaks down food and uses the nutrients provided by the food.
What is metabolism?
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