Sleep
This hormone, produced by the pineal gland, rises in the evening to make you sleepy.
What is melatonin?
In the United States, this is the number one cause of death.
What is heart disease?
This organ is primarily responsible for metabolizing alcohol in the body.
What is the liver?
This type of fitness is considered the best indicator of overall fitness and helps reduce the risk of premature death.
What is cardiorespiratory fitness?
This disorder involves binge eating followed by purging through vomiting or laxatives.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
This type of sleep increases in duration throughout the night and is associated with dreaming.
What is REM sleep?
In the United States, this is the average life expectancy at birth.
What is 78.8 years?
This is the most commonly used tobacco product among youth in the United States.
What is electronic cigarettes (vapes)?
This acronym stands for the four variables that can be modified to achieve progressive overload.
What is FITT (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type)?
This term refers to a weight resulting in a BMI of 30 or higher and is associated with increased health risks.
What is obesity?
This part of the brain sends signals to initiate REM sleep and paralyze muscles during dreaming.
What is the pons?
According to the CDC, there are four common behaviors responsible for most of the early death related to chronic disease: lack of physical activity, tobacco use, poor nutrition, and _______.
What is drinking too much alcohol?
This chemical, derived from the tobacco plant, is responsible for smoking’s psychoactive and addictive effects.
What is nicotine?
This principle states that fitness improves by increasing the stress placed on your body through exercise.
What is overload?
Environmental factors, physical inactivity, and this are all factors that have contributed to Americans’ dramatic weight gain.
What is increased calorie consumption?
Using this type of device before bed can disrupt melatonin production and delay sleep.
What are blue light electronics?
This dimension of health reflects your ability to maintain nurturing relationships and pursue meaningful goals.
What is psychological health?
For women, binge drinking is defined as consuming this many alcoholic drinks within two hours.
What is 4 drinks?
This type of cholesterol is raised through physical activity, helping to keep blood vessels healthy.
What is HDL cholesterol?
This rate measures the energy output when a person is awake and resting quietly.
What is Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)?
This process helps transfer short-term memories to long-term storage during REM sleep.
What is memory consolidation?
This model outlines six stages including precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination.
What is the Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change)?
When you smoke, nicotine hijacks this pathway of the brain making us feel warm and fuzzy, like we need another cigarette.
What is the reward pathway?
Aerobic intensity is usually measured by this.
What is heart rate?
This disease is caused when excess fat makes cells resistant to insulin, leading to high blood sugar levels.
What is Type 2 Diabetes?