Lifestyle Diseases

Which of the following is not an example of a controllable risk factor for your health?

• heredity
• daily levels of physical activity
• smoking and alcohol abuse
• diet and body weight

Which of the following is not an example of an uncontrollable risk factor for your health?

• amount time you spend in the sun
• heredity
• ethinicity
• age

The risk factor for health that also determines an individual’s gender is

• race
• heredity
• age
• ethnicity

The incidence of heart disease is lower in

• women
• African Americans
• Hispanics
• men

Heart attack, atherosclerosis, stroke, and high blood pressure are all different kinds of

• uncontrollable lifestyle diseases
• cancer
• CVD
• type 1 diabetes

Your risk of developing CVD increases if you

• are female
• have diabetes
• exercise regularly
• limit your salt intake

One way to detect cardiovascular disease is

• EKG
• take your pulse
• angioplasty
• take high blood pressure medication

Blood pressure is considered high if it is

• between 120/80 and 130/90
• over 140/90
• under 140/90
• over 110/70

Stroke occurs when there is an interruption of blood flow to the

• liver
• heart
• brain
• pancreas

A metal cage that helps keep an artery open is called a

• transplant
• surgical bypass
• pacemaker
• stent