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The UMD superstition about the Mckeldin Mall ODK fountain
What is: Students have to swim in it or they won't graduate.
This simple action of separating paper, plastic, and glass helps to reduce landfill waste.
What is recycling?
PAE stands for...
What is Phi Alpha Epsilon?
This disease occurs when the body cannot regulate blood sugar levels.
What is diabetes?
The father of epidemiology.
Who is John Snow?
The name of the student-run newspaper at UMD
What is the Diamondback?
This greenhouse gas is released by cows.
What is methane?
The GPA all members are required to maintain.
What is 3.50?
The number of minutes of moderate exercise recommended per week for adults.
What is 150 minutes?
This vaccine-preventable disease was declared eradicated in 1980.
What is smallpox?
This year marked UMD's first season competing in the Big Ten Conference after leaving the ACC.
What is 2014?
The number of times aluminum can be recycled.
What is infinitely?
The number of executive board members.
What is 5?
In the United States, someone has a heart attack every ___ seconds.
What is 40 seconds?
An epidemic.
What is a rapid increase in the number of disease cases within a specific community, population, or region that significantly exceeds what is normally expected?
The number of Testudo statues that can be found on campus
What is 7?
Which type of particulate matter, PM₂.₅ or PM₁₀, poses the greatest risk because it penetrates deepest into the lungs?
What is PM₂.₅?
The number of points required each semester to maintain active membership.
What is 3?
This measure, calculated using height and weight, is commonly used to screen for categories such as underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity.
What is BMI?
This framework describes the social, economic, and environmental conditions influencing health outcomes.
What are the social determinants of health?
This U.S. Supreme Court Justice, the first African American to serve on the court, has a major academic building at UMD named after him that houses several social science departments
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This concept describes the combined health effects of exposure to multiple environmental stressors, including chemical, physical, and social factors.
What is cumulative risk/exposure?
Name all of the current executive board members and their positions.
President - Saili
Vice President - Erin
Secretary - Maiya
Treasurer - Bella
PR - Lauren
This physiological variable represents the maximum rate of oxygen consumption and is widely used to assess cardiorespiratory fitness.
What is VO2 max?
This level of prevention aims to stop disease before it starts through education, vaccination, and lifestyle changes.
What is primary prevention?