Ch.1 Food, Nutrition, and Wellness

Genetics is the biggest factor for determining life expectancy.

• True

• False

What are the three major components of wellness?

• Nutritional, Mental, Social

• Lifestyle, Physical, Mental

• Social, Mental, Physical

• Lifestyle, Social, Nutritional

Social health, mental health, and physical health are equally important for lifelong personal wellness outcomes.

• False

• True

Why is it often difficult to make changes in personal health habits?

• Patterns form, both in behavior and in the brain and this can make it difficult to make changes.

• No one likes change.

• Some people are just not willing enough to make changes.

Define Wellness.

• A proposed answer to a scientific question, which can be tested and verified.

• All of the foods and beverages a person routinely consumes over time, or their dietary intake.

• The state of being in good health, especially as an actively pursued goal.

Epidemiology: A branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.

• True

• False

Define Quality of Life.

• A person’s satisfaction with his or her looks, lifestyle, and responses to daily events.

• The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.

• A state of wellness characterized by peak physical, mental, and social well-being.

Mental Health: A person's condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.

• True

• False

Define Environmental Quality.

• The state of the physical world.

• A state of wellness characterized by peak physical, mental, and social well-being.

• The state of being in good health.

Define Eating Pattern.

• The fitness of the body.

• The basic component of food that nourishes the body.

• All of the foods and beverages a person routinely consumes over time, or their dietary intake.