Question 1
What are the American College of Lifestyle Medicine's "pillars"?
a. Exercise, nutrition, meditation, music and sleep
b. Nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky
substances, and positive social connections
c. Feet, medications, self-management, rest and relaxation
d. Autonomy, running, communication, hobbies and watching tv
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky
substances, and positive social connections
Question 2
Which of the following is NOT true of lifestyle medicine?
a. Patients who utilize lifestyle medicine will not need traditional medicine.
b. It is evidence based.
c. The goal is to prevent, treat, and reverse disease.
d. It is interdisciplinary and collaborative.
CORRECT ANSWER
a. Patients who utilize lifestyle medicine will not need traditional medicine.
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,Question 3
Which of the following lifestyle pillars has improved in the past 30 years?
a. Diet
b. Smoking
c. Sedentary behavior among older adults
d. Sedentary behavior among all adults
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Smoking
Question 4
To what 3 factors are 80% of all US premature deaths attributable?
CORRECT ANSWER
Tobacco use
Poor diet
Inadequate physical activity
Question 5
What % of people have healthy behaviours in ALL of the following areas?
non-smoker
BMI <25
5 portions fruit and veg / day
regular physical activity (Rafferty 2000)
CORRECT ANSWER
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, 3%
Question 6
What is the Healthy People initiative?
CORRECT ANSWER
Gov programme setting out 10-yr national objectives for improving health (science-
based)
Question 7
What effect can stress have on the immune system?
a. immunity suppression
b. increases immunity
c. increases prolactin
d. suppresses CNS regrowth
CORRECT ANSWER
a. immunity suppression
Question 8
Typical unhealthy behavioural responses to stressful jobs put people at increased risk of
HTN and obesity. This intern may lead to what risk factors for developing CVD?
CORRECT ANSWER
Stress -> HTN & Obesity -> risk factors for CVD:
Sleep disturbance
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, Decreased HRV
Inflammation
Hypercoagulability (atherosclerosis)
Decreased immune system functioning
Question 9
What percentage of primary care visits are stress- and lifestyle-related?
a. 40%
b. 50%
c. 70%
d. 10%
CORRECT ANSWER
c. 70%
Question 10
What assessment tool may be used to assess an individual's stress levels?
CORRECT ANSWER
The perceived stress scale assessment
(created by psychologist Dr Sheldon Cohen in 1983)
Question 11
What mental health disorders ought to be excluded prior to diagnosing stress in someone?
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What are the American College of Lifestyle Medicine's "pillars"?
a. Exercise, nutrition, meditation, music and sleep
b. Nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky
substances, and positive social connections
c. Feet, medications, self-management, rest and relaxation
d. Autonomy, running, communication, hobbies and watching tv
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky
substances, and positive social connections
Question 2
Which of the following is NOT true of lifestyle medicine?
a. Patients who utilize lifestyle medicine will not need traditional medicine.
b. It is evidence based.
c. The goal is to prevent, treat, and reverse disease.
d. It is interdisciplinary and collaborative.
CORRECT ANSWER
a. Patients who utilize lifestyle medicine will not need traditional medicine.
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,Question 3
Which of the following lifestyle pillars has improved in the past 30 years?
a. Diet
b. Smoking
c. Sedentary behavior among older adults
d. Sedentary behavior among all adults
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Smoking
Question 4
To what 3 factors are 80% of all US premature deaths attributable?
CORRECT ANSWER
Tobacco use
Poor diet
Inadequate physical activity
Question 5
What % of people have healthy behaviours in ALL of the following areas?
non-smoker
BMI <25
5 portions fruit and veg / day
regular physical activity (Rafferty 2000)
CORRECT ANSWER
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, 3%
Question 6
What is the Healthy People initiative?
CORRECT ANSWER
Gov programme setting out 10-yr national objectives for improving health (science-
based)
Question 7
What effect can stress have on the immune system?
a. immunity suppression
b. increases immunity
c. increases prolactin
d. suppresses CNS regrowth
CORRECT ANSWER
a. immunity suppression
Question 8
Typical unhealthy behavioural responses to stressful jobs put people at increased risk of
HTN and obesity. This intern may lead to what risk factors for developing CVD?
CORRECT ANSWER
Stress -> HTN & Obesity -> risk factors for CVD:
Sleep disturbance
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, Decreased HRV
Inflammation
Hypercoagulability (atherosclerosis)
Decreased immune system functioning
Question 9
What percentage of primary care visits are stress- and lifestyle-related?
a. 40%
b. 50%
c. 70%
d. 10%
CORRECT ANSWER
c. 70%
Question 10
What assessment tool may be used to assess an individual's stress levels?
CORRECT ANSWER
The perceived stress scale assessment
(created by psychologist Dr Sheldon Cohen in 1983)
Question 11
What mental health disorders ought to be excluded prior to diagnosing stress in someone?
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