HES 345 Exam 2 ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is "I-Don't-Care-itis"? A common condition in which an individual has no interest in adopting a healthy
lifestyle
What are some symptoms of "I-Don't-Care-itis"? - Believe that food and lifestyle traditions of your family and culture are okay
because that's the way it's always been
- feel threatened when someone suggests that you could be healthier if you
changed the way you eat
- think you already have a healthy lifestyle and don't need to change
What is the moral behind the grasshopper and ant story? Take action now to prevent disease, prepare early rather than later
What are the percents of how Americans died in 2016? Cancer - 23%
Cardiovascular Disease - 36%
Other accidents, suicide, infections, organ failure - 41%
What is the 4 most common chronic disease that is Cancers (71%), Stroke (70%), Heart Disease (82%), Diabetes (91%)
caused by an unhealthy lifestyle?
At what age do you see plaque buildup in arteries in the Starting at age 20
US?
At what age do you see plaque buildup in arteries in Starting at age 70
Japan?
What did they find in the immigration study (1983 & 2012)? - Japanese who lived in Japan had no heart disease
- Japanese who had migrated to Hawaii had disease
- Japanese who migrated to America had twice the heart disease as Japanese
Hawaiians
What are the common ethnic groups that migrate to African - Americans
America that adopt the western lifestyle and get poor Mexican - Americans
health? Latin Americans
Pacific Islanders
What did they find with the Bogalusa Study? They found that heart disease starts in children and is evident at 5-8 years of age,
and that poor diet and sedentary living lead to healthy risks which lead to disease,
so lifestyles and behaviors are learned early in life. Chronic disease prevention in
adults should begin in childhood
What is Cancer? Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells
How does death occur with cancer? Death occurs when vital passages are blocked, preventing oxygen and nutrients
from being delivered
, What is the Cancer Process? Normal Cell -> Abnormal Cell -> Cell Proliferation -> Tumor -> Metastasis
Who gets cancer? One out of every three American adults will get cancer, and 23% of all Americans
will die of it
What are free radicals? Any atom with a single electron in its outmost bonding orbital
Are free radicals unstable and how do they try to fix it? Yes and they look for another atom from which it can obtain another electron
What are the 3 things free radicals can do in the body? - disrupt or destroy cells
- damage DNA, lipid membranes, mitochondria, and proteins
- disrupt vital functions
Where doe free radicals come from? - Most are produced by our own bodies
- UV light
- Burned food
- Toxic chemicals
- Industrial
- Automobile pollution
- Unknown sources
What is one of the largest sources of free radicals? How Cigarette smoke, 100,000,000,000,000,000 free radical species
many free radicals does one puff of smoke contain?
What are antioxidants and what do they do? They are free radical scavengers, and they are able to donate electrons or
hydrogen ions without having to replace it
What is an example of antioxidants? Vitamins C and E
What are phytochemicals? biologically active, naturally occurring chemical compounds in plant foods, act as
natural defense for the plant, react with radical species, but don't become radicals
themselves
What are some common phytochemicals? Carotenoids, Lutein, Alkaloids, etc.
Where do fruits, vegetables, and whole grains with lots of protect against cancer by supporting immune function, reducing inflammation,
phytochemicals and antioxidants affect cancer and repairing damaged cells, inhibit tumor growth, reduce DNA damage, and
prevention? help cells resist cancer
What can stop cancer at dozens of different places along A healthy diet and regular physical activity
the cancer process?
What is "I-Don't-Care-itis"? A common condition in which an individual has no interest in adopting a healthy
lifestyle
What are some symptoms of "I-Don't-Care-itis"? - Believe that food and lifestyle traditions of your family and culture are okay
because that's the way it's always been
- feel threatened when someone suggests that you could be healthier if you
changed the way you eat
- think you already have a healthy lifestyle and don't need to change
What is the moral behind the grasshopper and ant story? Take action now to prevent disease, prepare early rather than later
What are the percents of how Americans died in 2016? Cancer - 23%
Cardiovascular Disease - 36%
Other accidents, suicide, infections, organ failure - 41%
What is the 4 most common chronic disease that is Cancers (71%), Stroke (70%), Heart Disease (82%), Diabetes (91%)
caused by an unhealthy lifestyle?
At what age do you see plaque buildup in arteries in the Starting at age 20
US?
At what age do you see plaque buildup in arteries in Starting at age 70
Japan?
What did they find in the immigration study (1983 & 2012)? - Japanese who lived in Japan had no heart disease
- Japanese who had migrated to Hawaii had disease
- Japanese who migrated to America had twice the heart disease as Japanese
Hawaiians
What are the common ethnic groups that migrate to African - Americans
America that adopt the western lifestyle and get poor Mexican - Americans
health? Latin Americans
Pacific Islanders
What did they find with the Bogalusa Study? They found that heart disease starts in children and is evident at 5-8 years of age,
and that poor diet and sedentary living lead to healthy risks which lead to disease,
so lifestyles and behaviors are learned early in life. Chronic disease prevention in
adults should begin in childhood
What is Cancer? Uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells
How does death occur with cancer? Death occurs when vital passages are blocked, preventing oxygen and nutrients
from being delivered
, What is the Cancer Process? Normal Cell -> Abnormal Cell -> Cell Proliferation -> Tumor -> Metastasis
Who gets cancer? One out of every three American adults will get cancer, and 23% of all Americans
will die of it
What are free radicals? Any atom with a single electron in its outmost bonding orbital
Are free radicals unstable and how do they try to fix it? Yes and they look for another atom from which it can obtain another electron
What are the 3 things free radicals can do in the body? - disrupt or destroy cells
- damage DNA, lipid membranes, mitochondria, and proteins
- disrupt vital functions
Where doe free radicals come from? - Most are produced by our own bodies
- UV light
- Burned food
- Toxic chemicals
- Industrial
- Automobile pollution
- Unknown sources
What is one of the largest sources of free radicals? How Cigarette smoke, 100,000,000,000,000,000 free radical species
many free radicals does one puff of smoke contain?
What are antioxidants and what do they do? They are free radical scavengers, and they are able to donate electrons or
hydrogen ions without having to replace it
What is an example of antioxidants? Vitamins C and E
What are phytochemicals? biologically active, naturally occurring chemical compounds in plant foods, act as
natural defense for the plant, react with radical species, but don't become radicals
themselves
What are some common phytochemicals? Carotenoids, Lutein, Alkaloids, etc.
Where do fruits, vegetables, and whole grains with lots of protect against cancer by supporting immune function, reducing inflammation,
phytochemicals and antioxidants affect cancer and repairing damaged cells, inhibit tumor growth, reduce DNA damage, and
prevention? help cells resist cancer
What can stop cancer at dozens of different places along A healthy diet and regular physical activity
the cancer process?
