Lifetime Nutrition & Wellness Semester Review

Wellness is defined as:

• A doctor’s verification that a person is healthy.
• A person’s level of satisfaction with their appearance, lifestyle, and mental outlook.
• A state of health as described by friends.

The person who focuses on all three aspects of wellness (physical, mental and social) is practicing what type of care?

• holistic
• simplistic
• unrealistic

Opposite premature death on the wellness continuum is

• mental health
• optimum health
• social health

A health-related factor of which a person has no control over is

• heredity
• lifestyle choices
• social health

The disease that is NOT one of the three major causes of death among adults in the United States is

• heart disease
• malnutrition
• cancer

The factor that is NOT one of the four components of fitness is

• muscle strength
• diet
• muscle endurance

Diagnosis is defined as

• A characteristic that influences the chance of being injured or getting a disease
• The identification of a disease
• The state of the physical world, including the condition of water, air, and food

Diet is defined as

• The state of the physical world, including the condition of water, air, and food
• The identification of a disease
• All of the foods and beverages a person consumes

Risk factor is defined as

• The level of physical condition in which all body systems function together efficiently
• The way a person feels about himself or herself, their life, and the world
• A characteristic that influences the chance of being injured or getting a disease

Environmental quality is defined as

• The sum of the processes by which a person takes in and uses food substances
• Describes the way you get along with other people
• The state of the physical world, including the condition of water, air, and food