Chapter 3: what is health-risk behaviors?

Question 1

behavioral pathogen

Answer 1

unhealthy behaviour

Question 2

behavioral immunogen

Answer 2

healthy behavior

Question 3

Alameda Seven (Belloc and Breslow)

Answer 3

 Sleeping 7-8 hours a night’
 Not smoking;
 Consuming no more than 1-2 alchoholic drinks per day;
 Getting regular exercise;
 Not eating between meals;
 Eating breakfast;
 Being no more than 10 percent overweight.

Question 4

WHO-guidelines for sensible drinking

Answer 4

Women should not drink more than two drinks per day on average
 For men, no more than three drinks a day on average
 Try not to exceed four drinks on any one occasion
 Do not drink alcohol in some situations, such as when driving, if pregnant, or in certain work situations
 Abstain from drinking at least once a week.

Question 5

chronic obstructive

airways disease

Answer 5

veroorzaakt door carcinogenic tars and carbon monoxide. COPD

Question 6

carcinogenesis

Answer 6

Process by which normal cells become cancer cells

Question 7

predisposition

Answer 7

a liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way.
“a child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia”

Question 8

beta-endorphins

Answer 8

natural opiates, which menas someone has to keep smoking for example in order not to experience withdrawal symptoms

Question 9

social learning theory and the conditioning theory

Answer 9

based on learning through observation and reward

Question 10

Difference between primary prevention and secondary prevention

Answer 10

primary prevention in terms of educating children about ‘safe’ levels of
consumption and the risks of smoking, drinking or drug use, and secondary prevention in terms of changing the
behavior of those who already engaged in such behaviors.

Question 11

LDL

Answer 11

Many fatty foods (especially fast foods) contain many of the bad types of fat, which causes many Low Density
Lipoproteins better known as LDL. This LDL brings cholesterol into the bloodstream, where it sticks to the veins. This
can lead to atherosclerosis.

Question 12

HDL

Answer 12

good cholestrol

Question 13

atherosclerosis

Answer 13

formation of fatty plaque in the arteries

Question 14

arteriosclerosis

Answer 14

loss of elasticity and hardening of the arteries

Question 15

systolic pressure

Answer 15

the maximum pressure in arterial vessels when the blood is pumped into the veins

Question 16

diastolic pressure

Answer 16

(the minimum pressure in the artery vessels that remains when the heart relaxes).

Question 17

BMI berekenen

Answer 17

gewicht / lengte ^ 2
 Normal weight if their BMI is between 20 and 24.9.
 Mildly obese or ‘overweight’ (grade 1) if their BMI is between 25 and 29.9,
 Moderate or clinically obese (grade 2) if their BMI falls between 30 and 39.9
 Severly obese (grade 3) if theit BMI is 40 or greater