Personal Health Updated Questions and Answers
| 2025/26 Update | 100% Correct
1. Simply defined, health means being sound in body, mind, and spirit.
True
2. The World Health Organization defines health as the absence of disease or illness
False
3. Even more so than the elderly, young adults today are experiencing the greatest health
deficits and most years lost to illness, disability, and premature death
True
4. More than 35 percent of undergraduates are considered overweight or obese, according
to their body mass index (BMI).
True
5. High blood pressure and high cholesterol—two risk factors for heart disease—are rarely
found among college students
False
6. People who believe their actions will make a difference in their health have an internal
locus of control.
True
7. Which dimension of health primarily includes your ability to think and learn from life
experience?
, Intellectual
8. Which dimension of health focuses on an optimal state of physical, mental, and social
well-being—not merely the absence of disease or infirmity?
Physical
9. Which dimension of health refers to both the emotional and mental states of a person,
that is, feelings and thoughts?
Psychological
10. Which dimension of health refers to identifying one's own purpose in life, and to
enjoying love, joy, and peace?
Spiritual
11. Which dimension of health focuses on the complex interrelationships between one
person's health and the health of the community and environment?
Social
12. Which dimension of health focuses on the impact your world has on your well-being?
Environmental
13. On average, life expectancy at birth for women is____, and they can expect to spend
approximately _____of those years in good health.
82 years; 70 years
14. According to the text, what major factors have contributed to the decline in life
expectancy in the United States?
| 2025/26 Update | 100% Correct
1. Simply defined, health means being sound in body, mind, and spirit.
True
2. The World Health Organization defines health as the absence of disease or illness
False
3. Even more so than the elderly, young adults today are experiencing the greatest health
deficits and most years lost to illness, disability, and premature death
True
4. More than 35 percent of undergraduates are considered overweight or obese, according
to their body mass index (BMI).
True
5. High blood pressure and high cholesterol—two risk factors for heart disease—are rarely
found among college students
False
6. People who believe their actions will make a difference in their health have an internal
locus of control.
True
7. Which dimension of health primarily includes your ability to think and learn from life
experience?
, Intellectual
8. Which dimension of health focuses on an optimal state of physical, mental, and social
well-being—not merely the absence of disease or infirmity?
Physical
9. Which dimension of health refers to both the emotional and mental states of a person,
that is, feelings and thoughts?
Psychological
10. Which dimension of health refers to identifying one's own purpose in life, and to
enjoying love, joy, and peace?
Spiritual
11. Which dimension of health focuses on the complex interrelationships between one
person's health and the health of the community and environment?
Social
12. Which dimension of health focuses on the impact your world has on your well-being?
Environmental
13. On average, life expectancy at birth for women is____, and they can expect to spend
approximately _____of those years in good health.
82 years; 70 years
14. According to the text, what major factors have contributed to the decline in life
expectancy in the United States?
