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support can affect your health almost as strongly as exercise and good nutrition.
Social and emotional
While up to 90 percent of the trash in the United States is recyclable, we currently recycle only about __________.
34 percent
is an important skill for communication that includes nodding and smiling, using positive body language, showing empathy, and not interrupting.
Active listening
accurate regarding physiological age versus chronological age
People who "look their age" are showing that their physiological age matches their chronological age. "My friend's father looks and feels so much younger than he is. He is physiologically much younger than his chronological age."
As Jane ages, she notices a lot of changes in her skin. Which of the following is a common skin change as a person ages?
The skin becomes thinner
All except which of the following changes may occur as we age?
ability to see up close increases
Someone suffering from allergies chooses to use acupuncture to relieve his symptoms, instead of taking an allergy medication. This is an example of using __________.
alternative medicine
Being proactive in your own health care includes __________.
asking for a written summary to the visit to your health care provider and any lab test results
What can you, as an individual, do to protect your own health and that of the planet?
conserve water, energy, paper, and other resources, and recycle the materials that you do use
You should consult a physician if you __________.
experience sudden or severe chest pains or breathing difficulties
A recent survey reported that both __________ rose steadily after age 50.
happiness and satisfaction
Which term refers to the relative amount of time you are healthy and living without chronic disease?
health span
An approach which employs herbal medicine, minerals, and chemicals in extremely diluted forms to treat disease is called __________.
homeopathic medicine
In women, a drop in estrogen can result in all except which of the following?
increased sex drive
Characteristics that make a good friendship include __________.
mutual respect, confiding, and understanding
Regular stretching, strength training, and aerobics in later years can help preserve muscle and bone mass as well as __________.
reduce rates of cancer and cardiovascular disease
A research study examined which factors correlated best with healthy aging and found that not smoking was the most significant, but other factors included __________.
regular exercise
Knowing your body and taking appropriate action to stop progression of illness or injury is __________.
self-care
Practicing which of the following may help with your own mental state and simultaneously help you develop relationships with others?
self-disclosure
Which of the following is the process of revealing your inner thoughts, feelings, and beliefs to another person?
self-disclosure
Which of the following is a lifestyle factor that causes the brain to decline more slowly?
stress management
According to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) report, climate change could be responsible for __________.
stronger ultraviolet light penetration potentially leading to more cancers heat stress potentially causing more cardiovascular disease increasing temperatures potentially causing more heat strokes and heat-related illnesses
Lifestyle choices that preserve and protect the planet's resources are __________.
sustainable choices
Name the aging theory that states that from birth, our cells are genetically programmed to divide or reproduce a limited number of times, and that once these cells reach the end of their reproductive cycle, they die, and the organs they make up begin to deteriorate.
the cellular theory
While the population of China is four times larger than America, America's daily oil consumption is equivalent to nearly __________ that of China's.
twice
Which theory on aging relies on the idea that damage and environmental stresses accumulate and wear the body out over time?
wear and tear theory
