Questions and CORRECT Answers
Life Expectancy for Men - CORRECT ANSWER - 76.1 years
Life Expectancy for Women - CORRECT ANSWER - 81.1 years
Life expectancy has increased over the past 20 years. What is the USA ranked @? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 43rd; Monaco 1st
Life expectancy may decrease over the next decade. Why? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
CVD
2. Cancer
3. Respiratory Diseases
What are 4 major factors that influence health and longevity? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Lifestyle (plays the biggest roles; about 53%)
2. Environment (ex. air quality, sidewalks, access to PA; 21%)
3. Genetics (ex. CVD; 16%)
4. Health Care Quality (ex. do we have access to health care & what level do we get?; 10%)
Describe Optimal Health - CORRECT ANSWER - A state of health which encompasses
all the dimensions of well-being
How can you achieve a state of wellness? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Regular PA
2. Proper nutrition
3. Emotional/Spiritual balance (ex. mental health)
4. Eliminating unhealthy behaviors
,What are the 8 Wellness Components? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Physical wellness
2. Emotional wellness
3. Intellectual wellness
4. Spiritual wellness
5. Social wellness
6. Environmental wellness
7. Occupational wellness
8. Financial wellness
Describe Physical wellness - CORRECT ANSWER - All the behaviors that keep your
body healthy (maintaining a health weight and achieving physical fitness)
Describe Emotional wellness - CORRECT ANSWER - aka Mental health - social skills
and interpersonal relationships (emotional stability, mental disorders are the leading cause of
disability between 15-44y)
Describe intellectual wellness - CORRECT ANSWER - active minds throughout life
(keeping mind stimulated over time)
Describe Spiritual wellness - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to understand your purpose in
life; experience love, pain, peace, sorrow, etc. (ex. religion, meditation, mindfulness,
visualization, taking a walk and being mindful, etc.)
Describe Social wellness - CORRECT ANSWER - development and maintenance of
meaningful interpersonal relationships (Quality not Quantity)
Describe Environmental wellness - CORRECT ANSWER - + or - impact on total wellness
(e.g polluted air, contaminated water, "safe environment"; more park, playgrounds, sidewalks,
etc.)
, Describe Occupational wellness - CORRECT ANSWER - high level of satisfaction in
your job or career (aka -> enjoy your work and keep an open mind)
Describe Financial wellness - CORRECT ANSWER - live comfortably on your income, in
addition to managing money in a responsible way
Why do we need to set goals for the nation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sense of
accountability, raises life expectancy, decrease health care cost, country spends less money
Healthy People 2020 - CORRECT ANSWER - "healthy people" - started in 1980s, right
now in 2020; also updated every 10 years
What are the Healthy People 2020 Goals? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. attaining high
quality and longer lives
2. reducing risk of injury and premature death
3. achieving health equity (equal heath care access)
4. eliminating disparities
5. overall improvement of health
Describe Physical Activity - CORRECT ANSWER - - Any unplanned contraction of
skeletal muscle that increase energy expenditure (literally anything, walking or pacing, walking
to class, going to the grocery store, lawn work, taking a shower, etc.)
Describe Exercise - CORRECT ANSWER - - A sub-category of PA
- planned, structured, and repetitive physical activities done to improve or maintain 1 or more
aspect of physical fitness (actually going to the gym and working out; goal oriented)
How many Americans adults actually do the recommenced amount of exercise to promote
health? - CORRECT ANSWER - less than 50%