EXHS-155 McGough, Health Compromising Behaviors Review

This is the chief cause of disability

Obesity

Depression

Work place injury

Sports injury

More than _____ of the adult population in the U.S. Is overweight.

1/4

1/3

1/2

3/4

Set Point Theory of Weight is the idea that

People who gain weight in the abdomen have greater health risks

Each individual has an ideal biological weight that can be modified

Yo-yo dieting lowers the metabolic rate

Each individual has an ideal biological weight that cannot be modified

People who grow up in families who value activity and healthy eating are more likely to

Be low in conscientiousness

Continue these habits as an adult

Diet to lose weight

Need cognitive behavioral maintenance

Women who develop eating disorders often wrongly believe that other women are _____ than they are.

Larger and heavier

More attractive

Smaller and thinner

Less attractive

Bulemia effects

1 to 3% of women

3 to 5% of women

5% of women and 3% of men

Overly thin women

Most bulemics think that

They do not have a serious problem

Medical intervention will help them overcome it

Bingeing is ok as long as they purge

Purging is ok as long as others do it with them

Binge eating disorder suffers

Do not care about diet and exercise

Have excessive concern with body image and weight

Are better at dealing with stress than anoretics

Are more likely to seek treatment

An estimated ______ percent of the national health bill goes to treating alcoholism.

As many as ____ of all alcoholics stop or reduce drinking on their own.

Half

2/3

Men with high self-efficiacy were _____ likely to consume high levels of alcohol.

Less

Somewhat more

Somewhat less

In the U.S. Smoking accounts for at least _______ deaths each year.

650,000

1.2 million

360,000

480,000

Smoking increases the risk of

Lower birth weight

Lower adolecent body weight

Lower erectile dysfunction

Breast cancer before menopause

Adolecents are more likely to start smoking if

They are from a higher social class

Their parents smoked before the child turns 8

They are from a lower social class

They have high self-efficiacy

Second hand smoke kills more than _____ non-smokers every year.

7,000

3,000

62,000

41,000

EXHS-155 McGough, Health Compromising Behaviors Review

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