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iHealth: Childhood Obesity
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Undergraduate 1
09/19/2011

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39%
Definition
Approximately ___% of children age 5 -17 who are classified as overweight using BMI already have two or more risk factors for heart disease.
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Health Behaviors
Definition
-Social Cognitive Theory
-Health Belief Model
-Trans-theoretical Model of Behavior Change
are the 3 ways to understanding _________ _________.
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Barriers to Change
Definition
-Procrastination
-Cultural Expectations or Beliefs
-Invincibility
-Rationalization
are all examples of ________ to ________.
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65
Definition
Over ___ million Americans meet the criteria for
obesity.
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47.3
Definition
Life expectancy was just ___ years in 1900.
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Relative Risk
Definition
________ _________ is:
-A measure of comparative risk of a health-related event between two groups.
-The chance that a person receiving an exposure will develop a condition, compared to the chance that a non-exposed person will develop the same condition.
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Health Risks (Risk Factors)
Definition
__________ _________ are
-Any factors which increase susceptibility or have an association with the occurrence, onset, or progression of a disease or injury.
-The concept that relates specific health-compromising factors to increased likelihood of developing disease or higher death rates.
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Epidemiology
Definition
The scientific discipline of studying the occurrence, distribution, control and prevention of disease (observational).
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Increasing, Eliminating
Definition
Healthy People 2010 Primary Goals:
(1) _________ the years of Healthy Life
(2) _________ Health Disparities
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