Nutrients
Disease prevention
Managing your weight
Improving eating habits
Exercise
100
The nutrient required for repair and growth of tissue.
What is protein?
100
The greatest public health achievement of the 20th century.
What are vaccinations?
100
Fat distribution in this region is considered more health threatening than other parts of your body.
What is the abdomen or abdomenal area?
100
A simple step to avoid overuse of sodium in your diet.
What is eating canned foods?
100
Regular exercise lowers the risk of this type of cancer.
What is breast cancer?
200
The nutrient responsible for the main component of our blood?
What is water?
200
Actions that increase susceptibility to negative health outcomes.
What are risky behaviors?
200
A waistline greater than 40 inches.
What is increasing health risk for men?
200
A simple way to improve your breakfast.
What is eating complex carbohydrate and protein?
200
Increasing physical activity is effective against this type of diabetes.
What is Type 2?
300
Protects our bodies against diabetes, obesity, breast cancer, and our instructor is always reminding us of this.
What is fiber?
300
The leading cause of death in the United States.
What is heart disease?
300
3500 calories
What is the amount of calories equal to one pound of fat?
300
Changing the meat and potato diets common to many Americans aids this.
What is reducing the risk of colon cancer?
300
A moderate to high level of activity increases life span by this amount.
What is one to four years?
400
Drinking a glass of orange juice with a bowl of oatmeal aids this
What is lowers the glycemic index?
400
Morbidity factors describe this.
What are disease rates?
400
A learned response to food that is tied to emotional or psychological craving.
What is appetite?
400
This vitamin improves calcium absorption.
What is Vitamin D?
400
The target heart rate zone for a 20 year old who engages in a vigorously intense cardiovascular workout.
What is 140 to 170 beats per minute?
500
Animal products like pork, liver, kidneys; beans and legumes; brown rice, whole wheat bread, are all good sources of these vitamins.
What are B vitamins?
500
Zyban works on this this neurotransmitter to decrease craving and withdrawal symptoms.
What is dopamine?
500
This theory explains why thin people can eat a lot of food without gaining weight.
What is adaptive thermogenesis?
500
The food pyramid has been replaced by this.
What is myplate.gov?
500
The type of stretching that involves slow, gradual stretching held at the point of mild discomfort.
What is static stretching?
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