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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