NR 228 Exam 1 Nutrition ROKS(Questions And Answers)

NR 228 Exam 1 Nutrition ROKS(Questions And Answers)Chapter 1: Living a Healthy Lifestyle Key concepts to review: 1. What are health and wellness? • Health: the absence of disease or illness, merges and balances 6 physical and psychological dimension of health, physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual and environmental. ● Wellness: lifestyle (pattern of behaviors) that enhances level of health. ● Pasteurization and sanitation have reduced risk of foodborne and environmental hazards. ● Rene Dubos (1968) Definition of Health ○ “Health is quality of life involving social, emotional, mental, spiritual, and biologic fitness on the part of the individual, which results from adaptations to the environment.” ● 6 Dimensions of Health ○ Physical Health: efficient body functioning, maintaining immunity to disease and meet energy requirements ○ Intellectual Health: use of intellectual abilities to learn and adapt to environment ○ Emotional Health: ability to control emotions, express or suppress emotions appropriately. ○ Social Health: interactions and relationships with other and sustaining relationship with people. ○ Spiritual Health: cultural beliefs about the purpose of life, give purpose to human existence. ○ Environmental Health: external factors that impact living and work setting, like ethnicity, education, income, and occupation. 2. Healthy People 2020: What is its vision and mission? ● Vision: a society in which all people live long, healthy lives. ● Mission/Overarching Goals: ○ Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death. ○ Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of all groups. ○ Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all. ○ Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life changes. 3. What is health literacy? ● Health Literacy: being able to receive and comprehend basic health concepts, such as nutrition and applying them to our own health decision.