Midterm #1 Flashcards
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Describe health
- looks at overall condition
- a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease
- influenced by genes-age-family
Describe wellness
- health and includes ability to achieve optimal health and vitality
- refers to living life to the fullest
What are the 9 dimensions of wellness?
- physical (exercise, eating well)
- emotional (self-esteem, confidence)
- intellectual (think critically, openess, humuor)
- interpersonal (communica. skills, relationship)
- cultural (maintaining values of culture, being open)
- spiritual (to love, altruism, caring)
- environment (reducing pollution)
- financial (avoid debt, basic understanding)
- occupational ( enjoying job)
What are the leading causes of death now?
chronic diseases 1- cancer 2- heart diseases 3- cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) 4- accident
What contributes to wellness?
- physical activity
- healthy diet
- healthy weight
- managing stress
- avoid tobacco, drugs, limit alcohol
- hereditary, env,
others: meaning full relationships, acting responsiblity
Name benefits of regular physical activity
- inc. endurance, strengh
- increase energy
- increase energy expdenditure
- improved ability to cope with stress
- easier time to fall asleep
- reduces risk of dying
- developing heart diseases
- risk of obesity
- risk of falls
Does physical activity make a difference in overall cause of mortality?
yes
inverse relationship exists with all people
30% lower risk of dying for active ppl - 150 min/ wk is sufficient
- dose response
What is lifestyle management?
- moving towards wellness means cultivating healthy behaviours, and working to overcome unhealthy ones
What are the different steps for lifestyle management?
- get serious bout health
- build motivation to change
- enhance your readiness to change
- dealing with relapses
- developing skills for change (dev. personal plan)
- putting plan into action
- staying with it
Describe the getting serious about health step of lifestyle management
- examine current health habits
- chose target behavior
describe building motivation to change step
- examine + and - or change
- boost self confidence
- identify barriers to overcome and overcome them
what is the transtheoretical model of behavior change (TMBC)
used to asses if a person is ready to change
Describe steps of transtheoretical model of behavior change (TMBC)
- precontemplation stage (no intention)
- contemplation stage (intend to take action in 6 months)
- preparation stage (intend in 1 month - ieL gym membership, shoes)
- action stage (successful behavior change <6 months)
- maintenance stage (change >6 months)
- termination stage (behavior change has been adopted >5 years, not tempted to go back)
strategies to go from pre contemplation to contemplation?
- raise awareness, be self aware
strategies to get from contemplation to preparatio stage
- keep journal
- cost/benefit analysis
- identify barriers
Strategies from prep stage to action stage
- create plan
strategies from action to maintenance
involve friends, monitor progress, reward yourself, dont discourage
strategies from maintenance to termination
- keep going, be role model, be prepared for lapses
How do you deal with relapses
- forgive yourself
- give yourself credit for progress made
- move on
What is difference between lapse and relapse?
lapse: temporary slip or return to bad behavior
relapse: full blown return to a pattern or behavior that you tried to quit
How to develop personalized plan?
1- monitor behavior and gather data 2- analyze data and identify pattern 3- be SMART about setting goals 4- devise plan of action 5- make personal contract (statement, goal, date to reach)
What is being SMART about goals
specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-frame specific
What are barriers to sticking with a behavioural change?
- social influences
- levels of motivation/commitment
- stress barrier
- procastinating, rationalizing, blaming
What is the relative risk of death
risk of death/year of sedentary ppl compared to ppl in various activity levels