WGU C458
WGU C458
Health, Fitness and Wellness / Practice Questions
and Fully Detailed Practice Answers
This set has the following topics:
Infection and Disorders of Immunity
Adolescent Health
Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System
Foundations of Pathophysiology
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Virology
General Principles in Pharmacology
Neuropsychiatric Complications of Substance Abuse
Loss and Grief
Disorders of Pigmentation
Parasitology
Systemic Bacteriology
Immunology
Disorders
Cell Injury, Inflammation, and Alterations of Cell Growth and Regulation
Drugs Affecting the Peripheral Nervous System and the Skeletal and Smooth Muscle
Pre-Conception Counselling
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Geriatric Syndromes
Infectious Disease Medicine
Health Systems and Geriatric Medicine
Medical Gerontology
Selected Clinical Rules, Scores, Mnemonics
Consent for Treatment and Withholding Consent
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Head, Neck, and Respiratory System
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Puerperium and Lactation
Diseases of the Female Reproductive System
General Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
1. Nutrition
ANSWER: Provides the body with the nutrients it needs to perform its daily tasks
2. Undernutrition
ANSWER: Implies that the individual is not getting enough nutrients. This can occur
even if the person is consuming more than enough calories
3. Malnutrition
ANSWER: An imbalance of proper nutrients
4. Anorexia nervosa
ANSWER: Literally means loss of appetite, but this is a misnomer: A person with this is
hungry, but denies the hunger because of an irrational fear of becoming fat. Self-
starvation, food preoccupation and rituals, compulsive exercising, and often an absence
of menstrual cycles in women. Untreated, can be fatal.
5. Bulimia
ANSWER: Characterized by recurring periods of binge eating, during which large
amounts of food are consumed in a short period of time followed by purging (through
self-induced vomiting, abuse of laxatives and/or diuretics) or periods of fasting
6. Binge eating disorder (BED)
ANSWER: Episodes of binge eating characterized by eating rapidly, eating large
amounts of food even when not feeling hungry, and feeling guilty or depressed after
overeating.
7. Obesity
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WGU C458
Health, Fitness and Wellness / Practice Questions
and Fully Detailed Practice Answers
This set has the following topics:
Infection and Disorders of Immunity
Adolescent Health
Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System
Foundations of Pathophysiology
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Virology
General Principles in Pharmacology
Neuropsychiatric Complications of Substance Abuse
Loss and Grief
Disorders of Pigmentation
Parasitology
Systemic Bacteriology
Immunology
Disorders
Cell Injury, Inflammation, and Alterations of Cell Growth and Regulation
Drugs Affecting the Peripheral Nervous System and the Skeletal and Smooth Muscle
Pre-Conception Counselling
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Geriatric Syndromes
Infectious Disease Medicine
Health Systems and Geriatric Medicine
Medical Gerontology
Selected Clinical Rules, Scores, Mnemonics
Consent for Treatment and Withholding Consent
Page 1 of 8
, WGU C458
Head, Neck, and Respiratory System
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Puerperium and Lactation
Diseases of the Female Reproductive System
General Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
1. Nutrition
ANSWER: Provides the body with the nutrients it needs to perform its daily tasks
2. Undernutrition
ANSWER: Implies that the individual is not getting enough nutrients. This can occur
even if the person is consuming more than enough calories
3. Malnutrition
ANSWER: An imbalance of proper nutrients
4. Anorexia nervosa
ANSWER: Literally means loss of appetite, but this is a misnomer: A person with this is
hungry, but denies the hunger because of an irrational fear of becoming fat. Self-
starvation, food preoccupation and rituals, compulsive exercising, and often an absence
of menstrual cycles in women. Untreated, can be fatal.
5. Bulimia
ANSWER: Characterized by recurring periods of binge eating, during which large
amounts of food are consumed in a short period of time followed by purging (through
self-induced vomiting, abuse of laxatives and/or diuretics) or periods of fasting
6. Binge eating disorder (BED)
ANSWER: Episodes of binge eating characterized by eating rapidly, eating large
amounts of food even when not feeling hungry, and feeling guilty or depressed after
overeating.
7. Obesity
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