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Health literacy

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Knowledge of health information needed to make good choices about your health

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Lifestyle disease

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A disease that is caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors

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Public service announcement (PSA)

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A message created to educate people about an issue

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Risk factor

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Anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other health problems.

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Sedentary

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Not taking part in a physical activity on a regular basis

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Value

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A strong belief or ideal

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Action plan

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A set of directions that will help you reach your goal

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Collaborate

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To work together with one or more people

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Consumer

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A person who buys products or services

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Coping

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Dealing with problems and troubles in an effective way

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Direct pressure

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The pressure that results from someone who tries to convince you to do something you normally wouldn’t do

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Goal

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Something that you work toward and hope to achieve

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Indirect pressure

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The pressure that results from being swayed to do something because people you look up too are doing it.

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Life skill

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A tool for building a healthy life

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Peer pressure

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A feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want

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Refusal skill

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A strategy to avoid doing something you don’t want to do

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Resource

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Something that you can use to help achieve a goal

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Chronic disease

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A disease that develops gradually and continues over a long period of time

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Circadian rhythm

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The body’s internal system for regulating sleeping and waking patterns

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Dehydration

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A state in which the body has lost more water than has taken in

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Dietary supplement

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Any product that is taken by mouth, that can contain a dietary ingredient, and is labeled as a dietary supplement

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FITT

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A formula made up of the four parts of fitness training: frequency, intensity, time, and type.

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Health- related fitness

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Fitness qualities that are necessary to maintain and promote a healthy body.

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Insomnia

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An inability to sleep even if someone is physically exhausted

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Sleep apnea
A sleeping disorder characterized by interruptions of normal breathing patterns during sleep
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Sleep deprivation
Lack of sleep
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Target heart rate zone
A heart rate range within which the most gains in cardio respiratory health will occur.
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Carbohydrate
A class of energy-giving nutrients that include sugars, starches, and fibers.
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Dietary guidelines
A set of diet and lifestyle recommendations developed to improve health and reduce nutrition-related disease risk in the U.S. population
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Fat
A class of energy-giving nutrients; also the main form of energy storage in the body
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Mineral
A class of nutrients that are chemical elements that are needed for certain body processes, such as enzyme activity and bone formation
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Nutrient deficiency
The state of not having enough of a nutrient to maintain good health
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Protein
A class of energy-giving nutrients that are made up of amino acids, which are needed to build and repair body structures and to regulate processes in the body
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Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
Recommended nutrient intakes that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people
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Vegetarian
Dietary pattern that includes few or no animal products
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Vitamin
A class of nutrients that contain carbon and that are needed in small amounts to maintain health and allow growth.
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Anorexia nervosa
An eating disorder that involves self-starvation, a distorted body image, and low body weight
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Basal metabolic rate (BMR)
The rate at which energy is used to keep the body alive when in a resting and fasting state
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Bingeing
Eating a large amount of food in one sitting; usually accompanied by a feeling of being out of control
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Body composition
The proportion of body weight that is made up of fat tissue compared to lean tissue
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Body image
A measure of how you see and feel about your appearance and how comfortable you are with your body
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Body mass index (BMI)
An index of weight in relation to height that is used to assess healthy body weight
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Advocate
To speak or argue in favor of something
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Bulimia nervosa
An eating disorder in which the individual repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then uses behaviors such as vomiting or using laxatives to rid the body of the food
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Fad diet
A diet that requires a major change in eating habits and promises quick weight loss
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Food allergy
An abnormal response to a food that is triggered by the immune system
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Lactose intolerant
The inability to completely digest the milk sugar lactose
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Obesity
The state of having a significant amount of excess body fat; the state of weighing more than 20 percent above ones recommended body weight
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Overweight
Heavy for ones height
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Purging
Engaging in behaviors such as vomiting or misusing laxatives to rid the body of food
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Atherosclerosis
A disease characterized by the buildup of fatty materials on the inside walls of the arteries
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Benign tumor
An abnormal, but usually harmless cell mass
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Blood pressure
The force that blood exerts against the inside walls of a blood vessel
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Malignant tumor
A mass of cells that invades and destroys healthy tissue
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Cancer
A disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
A disease or disorder that results from progressive damage to the heart and blood vessels
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Chemotherapy
The use of drugs to destroy cancer cells
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Diabetes
A disorder in which cells are unable to obtain glucose from the blood such that high blood glucose levels result
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Diabetic coma
A loss of consciousness that happens when there is too much blood sugar and a buildup of toxic substances in the blood
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Heart attack
A sudden loss of blood flow to the heart muscle
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Insulin
A hormone that causes cells to remove glucose from the bloodstream
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Stroke
A sudden attack of weakness or paralysis that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts or becomes blocked

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