Post Test: Personal Health, Nutrition, and Fitness

Which person seems to have the best emotional health?

• Kurt spends time reading and makes friends with people who share his interests.

• Ryan schedules every minute of his day to study or to participate in one of several demanding sports.

Which person engages in habits that are most harmful to his or her health?

• Martina eats nutritious food, avoids physical exertion, and enjoys spending time with friends.

• Mathew skips meals, sleeps an irregular number of hours, and smokes cigarettes daily.

Which of these problems can be best solved through community action?

• Rebecca, who lives in a town with inadequate medical facilities, needs to see a doctor regularly to monitor her diabetes.

• Conner is thinking about joining the high school basketball team, but he is not very tall and he feels inferior to other boys his age.

Why would a person's self-esteem affect his or her health?

• because low self-esteem can lead to depression and make it hard for a person to have healthy relationships with others

• because if you don't think highly of yourself, you won't have many friends, and your social health will be poor

What are the five food groups recommended by the USDA's MyPlate Food Guidance System?

• fruits, grains, dairy, salt, vegetables

• fruits, grains, protein, dairy, vegetables

Which is most likely the healthiest serving of meat?

• honey-battered and fried shrimp

• baked, skinless chicken breast with a tomato sauce

For lunch, Dawn chose green salad, fruit salad, and minestrone soup. Her lunch is rich in which nutrient?

• vitamins

• protein

According to the food plate, which of these food groups should make up the largest portion of your diet?

• grains

• dairy

Ladonna is overweight and loves fast food. Which is the best diet for Ladonna to adopt?

• a diet high in fiber and low in fat and sugar

• a diet high in calcium and low in fiber

What are malignant tumors?

• tumors that grow slowly and do not spread from their original site

• tumors that grow fast and spread to neighboring tissues