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Medicine Wheel
Alcohol & Tobacco
BMI & Physical Activity
Food Safety
Setting Goals & Behavior Changes
100
No matter what direction we are on the circle, we can always return to the center, collect ourselves, and continue on. The center of the Medicine Wheel represents this concept.
What is our place of balance?
100
Moderate alcohol use means not becoming intoxicated. For a woman, taking in this amount of drink(s) would be moderate drinking.
What is one? (12 ounce beer or 5 ounce glass of wine or 1.5 ounce shot of liquor)
100
Your BMI or Body Mass Index stands for this.
What is an estimate of your total body fat?
100
When washing your hands, singing the "Happy Birthday" song can be a way to make sure you wash your hands for the right amount of time, which can be counted to this many seconds.
What is 20?
100
Changing the way you eat can make it easier for you to feel full without depriving yourself of food. Eating slowly will help your brain process the amount of food you have eaten, because it takes your brain this many minutes to get the message that you have been fed.
What is 15 minutes?
200
The medicine wheel represents the many cycles of what?
Life
200
We know that drinking alcohol can have serious negative consequences on an unborn child and is recognized as the most preventable cause of mental retardation. To date, this amount of alcohol is safe to drink while pregnant or while trying to get pregnant.
What is none?
200
You are at a higher risk for Heart Disease and Diabetes, if most of your fat is located around this area of your body.
What is your waist?
200
To keep frozen and refrigerated foods at safe temperatures, your grocery shopping trip should last no longer than this amount of time - including the time the food is in the basket, car, and on the kitchen counter.
What is 2 hours?
200
People who manage their weight successfully choose this many goals at a time that are manageable.
What are 2 or 3 goals?
300
This syndrome occurs when a pregnant woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy, that can lead to physical and mental birth defects, including facial deformities.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
300
Lowering your risk factors of Heart Disease and other medical conditions can be done by losing this percentage of your total body weight.
What is 5-10 percent?
300
To help prevent illnesses caused by foods, all raw meats, seafood, and poultry should be stored in this place in your refrigerator.
What is towards the bottom? (Below any ready to eat foods.)
300
When most people try to lose weight, they only focus on weight loss, however, these two areas are the most productive to focus on that can lead to long-term weight loss.
What is exercise and nutrition?
400
When taken into the lungs, it is sent into the brain within seconds, therefore increasing your blood pressure and heart rate. This substance is an addictive central nervous system stimulant.
What is nicotine?
400
This type of movement most benefits your heart; activities include walking, jogging, bicycling, etc.
What is aerobics?
400
When cooking foods and checking the temperature, you should place the thermometer in this part of the food to gauge the right temperature.
What is the thickest part of the food? (Not touching any bone, fat, or gristle.)
400
When trying to lose weight, remember that this form of weight in your body changes from day-to-day, which really doesn't have a measureable effect on your weight loss efforts.
What is water weight?
500
This contains more than 7,000 toxic chemicals that a baby can inhale, with at least 70 toxins that are linked to cancer.
What is secondhand smoke?
500
As recommended, an individual should engage in 30-60 minutes of moderate activity this amount of days per week.
What is 5?
500
When thawing any type of food that is frozen, you should never attempt to thaw it on the counter. Always thaw foods in the microwave, refrigerator, or in cold-water. When you thaw food in cold water, the water must be changed this often.
What is 30 minutes?
500
When you are trying to handle your stress levels, it often helps to keep one of these to help monitor how you feel, what triggers stress for you, and then create patterns of stress for you. After completing this, you will be able to make changes and hopefully lead a less stressful life.
What is a stress journal?