health
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 health | the general condition of body and mind |
| physical health | how well your body functions |
| life expectancy | an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities |
| mental health | the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment |
| emotional health | the state of being free of mental disturbances that limit functioning also the state of having developed healthy perceptions and responses to other people and life events based on thoughts emotions and values also called mental health |
| social health | HOW WELL YOU GET ALONG WITH OTHERS |
| continuum | a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct of distinguishable from adjacent parts |
| wellness | a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease |
| heredity | the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next |
| gender | the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles |
| environment | the area in which something exists or lives |
| culture | the raising of plants or animals |
| habit | a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition |
| media | term applied to agencies of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, and telecommunications |
| risk factor | anything that increases the chance of disease or injury |
| personality | the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual |
| psychologist | a scientist trained in psychology |
| modeling | the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior |
| peer group | contemporaries of the same status |
| identity | the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity |
| self esteem | one's feelings of high or low self-worth |
| self-actualization | according to Maslow, the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one's potential |
| heiarchy of needs | begins at the base with physiological needs that must be satisfied before higher-level saftey, needs and then psychological needs become more active |
| mental disorder | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion |
| anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
| anxiety disorder | a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom |
| phobia | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations |
| obsession | an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone |
| compulsion | using force to cause something |
| mood disorder | a disorder in which a person undergoes changes in mood that seem inappropriate or extreme |
| depression | a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity |
| schizophrenia | any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact |
| personality disorder | inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior |
| eating disorder | a disorder of the normal eating routine |
| anorexia nervosa | an eating disorder in which a normal-weight person diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve |
| bulimia | a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation |
| binge eating disorder | significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive exercise that marks bulimia nervosa. |
| psychiatrist | a physician who specializes in psychiatry |
| neurologist | a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it |
| clinical psychologist | a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders |
| psychiatric social worker | a social worker with some training in therapy methods who focuses on the environmental conditions that can have an impact on mental disorders, such as poverty, overcrowding, stress, and drug abuse |
| therapy | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) |
| nutrient | any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue |
| metabolism | the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life |
| calorie | term used by scientists to measure the energy stored in foods; 1000 calories |
| carbohydrate | an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals |
| fiber | a slender and greatly elongated solid substance |
| fat | excess bodily weight |
| unsaturated fat | A lipid made from fatty acids that have at least one double bond between carbon atoms |
| saturated fat | fat in which all three fatty acid chains contain the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms |
| cholesterol | an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver |
| trans fat | An unsaturated fat containing one or more trans double bonds. |
| protein | any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells |
| amino acid | organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group |
| vitamin | any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism |
| antioxidant | substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides |
| mineral | solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
| anemia | lack of a normal number of red blood cells |
| homeostasis | metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes |
| electrolyte | a solution that conducts electricity |
| dehydration | the process of extracting moisture |
| hunger | a physiological need for food |
| appetite | a feeling of craving something |
| basal metabolic rate | the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state |
| daily values | nutrient standards that are printed on food labels. Based on nutrient and energy recommendations for a general 2,000-calorie diet, they allow consumers to compare the nutrient and energy contents of packaged foods. |
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