Chapter 1, Section 1 Review

State the type of disease that causes most deaths in the United States today.

Heart Disease

Identify the term for "a disease caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors."

Lifestyle Disease

Use Table 1 to give another example of a "best" behaviors you can do for the controllable factor physical activity.

Never start smoking.

List three of your behaviors that you can change to improve your health.

Not eating one meal a day, continue to exercise regularly, and eat nutritional food.

Compare the leading causes of death for teens with those of all ages.

Older people die more from diseases due to bad health. Younger people die from life choices not really diseases.

Identify the term for "not taking part in physical activity on a regular basis."

Sedentary

State the six risk behaviors that lead to health problems in teens.

Sedentary lifestyle, alcohol and drug use, sexual activities, behaviors that cause injury, tobacco use, and poor eating habits.

Identify the risk behavior that is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.

Tobacco use.

List three examples of uncontrollable risk factors.

Age, gender, and heredity

Identify the risk behavior that leads to the most deaths in teens.

Alcohol and drug use.

Identify which of the following is not a controllable risk factor.

C. Age