Relaxation
Monitoring and regulating this can quickly release tension and improve focus.
What is breathing?
Name the 3 types of exercise.
What is aerobic, strengthening, and flexibility?
Current research shows that this is the most common substance being used on college campuses.
What is alcohol?
This is the recommended amount of sleep a teenager should have each night.
What is 8-10 hours of sleep?
This is the most crucial nutrient for life.
What is water?
The formal name for enjoyable healthy activities that you should engage in for stress relief.
What are leisure activities/hobbies?
The type of exercise that uses resistance training.
What is strength training/strengthening?
This is defined as the continued involvement with a substance or activity despite negative consequences of that involvement.
What is addiction?
Sleeping more than this many hours per day for an extended period of time can lead to feelings of isolation and depression.
What is 9 hours of sleep?
This nutrient is the most important for repair and growth of body tissue.
What is protein?
A relaxation technique in which words and/or sounds are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings and thoughts.
What is guided imagery?
Exercise directly reduces this stress hormone.
What is cortisol?
A person has developed this if they need progressively larger doses of a substance or more intense involvement in a behavior to produce the desired effect.
What is tolerance?
These are the two main purposes of sleep.
What is body repair and improved memory/concentration?
This is important to consume because it maintains proper bowel function and helps make you feel full.
What is fiber?
This type of relaxation involves alternating tensing and relaxing muscle groups in a pattern.
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
This type of exercise stimulates the heart and lungs to build endurance.
What is aerobic exercise (cardiovascular)?
A series of temporary physical and psychological symptoms that occur when someone abruptly sustains from an addictive behavior or substance.
What is withdrawal?
Name 4 mental and physical symptoms that lack of sleep can lead to.
(1) Drowsiness, (2) fatigue, (3) poor concentration, (4) memory issues, (5) increased irritability, (6) increased emotional reactions
This vitamin gives carrots and sweet potatoes their orange color, and is important for vision and a health immune system.
What is vitamin A?
The system in our body that regulates the stress response.
What is the nervous system?
Name 5 benefits of exercise.
(1) Improves heart health, (2) improved mood, (3) boosts energy, (4) decreases cortisol, (5) better sleep, (6) improved self-esteem, (7) improves overall physical health
A person who knowingly tries to protect someone from the natural consequences of their destructive behavior is called this.
What is an enabler?
Name at least 5 things you should do/not do in order to improve sleep.
(1) Avoid caffeine late in the day, (2) avoid large meals before bed, (3) put away electronics, (4) limit daytime naps, (5) get exercise during the day, (6) leave the bed for sleeping, (7) have a consistent night time routine
Name the 5 food groups that make up "MyPlate."