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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 stress | the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) |
| stressor | Anything, internal or external, which applies psychological pressure on an individual. |
| stress response | the physical and psychological changes due to a stressor |
| coping | A person's constantly changing cognitive and psychological efforts to manage stressful situations. |
| eustress | Positive Stress |
| distress | negative stress |
| fight or flight response | physiological arousal response in which the body prepares to combat or escape a real or perceived theat |
| homeostasis | balnce |
| genral adaptation syndrome | the pattern followed in the physiological reponse to stress, consisting of alarm, resistance, and exdaustion phases |
| overload | a condition in which a person feels overly pressured by demands |
| burnout | exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation, usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration |
| background distressors | Environmental stressors of which people are often unaware. |
| appraisal | the interpreation and evaluation of nformation provided to the brain by the sense |
| suicidal ideation | A desire to die and thought about suicide |
| overweight | increased body weight in relation to height |
| body mass index | a techniqu of weitght assessent based on the relationship of the weight to height |
| obesity | weight disorder characterized by an accumulation of fat beyond that cnsidered normal for a person based on age, sex, and body type |
| hunger | strong desire for something (not food or drink) |
| appetite | a feeling of craving something |
| satiety | fullness |
| basal metabolic rate | body's resting rate of energy expenditure of the body under resting conditions at normal room temperature |
| calorie | unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure |
| resting metabolic rate | the energy expenture of the body under BMR conditions plus other daily sedntary activites |
| exercise metabolic rate | the energy expenture that occur during exercise |
| very-low-calorie-deit | diets with a daliy calorie value of 400 to 700 calories |
| bias | negative or unfair attitdues or actions stemming romprejudice |
| anorexia nervosa | a disorder of self-starvation to the extreme |
| bulimia nervosa | an eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by inappropriate measures, such as puring, to prevent weight gain |
| binge eating disorder | eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating, without excessive measures to prevent weight gain |
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