Science of Wellness - Midterm

When trying to adopt new healthy behaviors, it is important to...

Be flexible, be patient, respect how complex a thorough change can be, recognize that this involves your whole being

Dynamic flexibility helps to maintain

Better posture

Three types of muscle tissue in the body include

Cardiac, smooth, skeletal

V02 max is a good predictor of

Cardiorespiratory fitness

Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to

Contract repeatedly over time

Functional fitness helps correct dysfunctional fitness by

Creating a solid foundation

The principle of progression, when applied to flexibility, means that

Everybody should ease into flexibility exercises and do some everyday

One of the best ways to regulate ghrelin and leptin is with

Exercise

Wellness includes:

Feelings of peace and harmony of being, optimal energy, the desire and capacity to thrive, health, fitness, and overall wellbeing

The capacity to move a joint through its full range of motion is called

Flexibility

The relationship between flexibility and muscle strength dictates that

Flexibility is most effective when muscles are strong

Stressors release hormones that slow down digestion resulting in

Food stagnating and sending toxins into the bloodstream

Good posture contributes to

Good functioning of many systems of the body, a better supply of oxygen to the lungs, communicating confidence, good relationships

Health benefits of being flexible include

Improved posture and reduced risk of injury

The glycemic index and glycemic load impact

Insulin levels in the blood

You can estimate your current cardiorespiratory fitness level by

Measuring how far you can move in a given time

Holism claims that the reality of human life is

Mind and body

Body tissue that can generate force is called

Muscle

In 2011, the USDA replaced the Food Guide Pyramid with

MyPlate

Immaterialism claims that the reality of human life is

Not matter

The fat-storing fold of the peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity, is called the

Omentum

Materialism claims that the reality of human life is

Only the body

Cardiorespiratory fitness contributes to

Overall well-being including neurogenesis

Good posture is the

Proper alignment of the musculoskeletal system

Thoughts and feelings affect how the cells function according to

Psychoneuroimmunology

Muscle strength and endurance is capable of

Reducing back pain, helping a person avoid osteoporosis, improving balance

Behaviorism and operant conditioning work on people but may result in......

Resentment towards authority

The behavior and the value of each individual can be kept distinct from each other. This is best accomplished by having...

Self-acceptance self esteem

Which of the following is most important for wise goal setting? -Giving yourself rewards -Setting goals as high as possible -Accomplishing goals quickly

Setting goals as high as possible

Anorexia Nervosa is a mental illness in which a person

Starves himself or herself

The two types of flexibility are

Static and dynamic

Muscular fitness can help hypertensive individuals lower their

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure

Functional fitness improves real life movements by

Teaching muscles to work together

Hydrogenation converts unsaturated fats to a semisolid or solid form called

Trans fat

The nutrient most needed for survival is

Water

A pedometer reading of 10,000-14,000 steps per day is considered to be

Active

Ghrelin and leptin are two hormones that control

Appetite

A healthy approach to improving cardiorespiratory wellness includes

Awareness of the effects of hot and humid condition

A person is considered obese when their BMI is

30 or greater

Changing to living a healthy lifestyle is... -the most difficult change to make -dependent on how others are living -facilitated by a fixed mindset -dependent on determinism -none of the above

none of the above