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29 Cards in this Set
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Health |
Your overall level of functioning at any point in time ( a dynamic concept) |
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Wellness |
The experts the choices you make from moment to moment it does not refer to your functional status 3 |
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3 categories of factors determine our behavior |
1 predisposing factors 2 reinforcing factors 3 enabling factors |
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Geriatrics |
Medical speciality focusing on diseases and physical problems that occur in. Old age |
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Gerontology |
The study of the aging process that spans all adult hood |
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Atherosclerosis |
Gradual accumulation of fat on blood vessel walls |
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Ischemia |
Inadequate blood flow in certain body area |
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Embolism |
A floating clot lodged in a vessel too small for it |
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Arthritis |
Persistent joint swelling recurrent pain and inability to move joint normally |
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Wellness lifestyle |
Striving to develop your abilities in each dimension of life |
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Predisposing factors |
Braces for motivation or the produce position to act one way versus another include our knowledge believe attitudes and values |
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Predisposing factors |
Braces for motivation or the produce position to act one way versus another include our knowledge believe attitudes and values |
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Reinforcing |
Person or event that encourages |
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Enabling factors |
Personal skills and resources |
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Lifespan |
85 without diseases were accidents |
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Lifespan |
85 without diseases were accidents |
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Estimated maximum life potential |
120 years |
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Average life expectancy |
71 male. 81 female |
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Write a decline in organ systems for physical work |
.75% to 1% per year after the age of 30 |
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Maximum cardiac output decreases |
About 1% per year |
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Maximum cardiac output decreases |
About 1% per year |
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Kidney loses about |
50% of functional units at age 30 to 75 and brain weight may decline 1/4 pound |
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Decline in BMR also known as RMR resting metabolism rate |
Average 3 1/2 %per decade |
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Chronic diseases |
Ore major hazard to health longevity and no cure is present |
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Heart disease/cancer |
Causes 60% of all deaths in the US |
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Heart and blood vessel disease |
Causes 43.2% of all deaths in 1988 |
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Heart and blood vessel disease |
Causes 43.2% of all deaths in 1988 |
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CVD also known as cardio vascular disease |
Causes 1 million deaths |
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Accidents are |
Leading cause of death in children and young adults |
