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