Alarm reaction/Fight-or-flight response stage

Body prepares to cope with a stresson; warning signal that a stressor is present; rapid, intense, short-lived, comes in handy when there is a true emergency

Resistance stage

Body actively resists and attempts to cope with the stressor and to regain normal balance; body eventually wears out

Exhaustion stage

Adaptation energy is exhausted and signs of fight-or-flight reappear; immunity/organ systems begin to break down; disease or death can occur; this point is not usually reached

Function: mahor source of energy for the body

Sources: plants, sugars (soft drinks, baked goods, fruit drinks, dairy desserts, candy), and starches (potatoes, rics, whole grains, beans, and vegetables

List the functions and sources of proteins:

Functions: build and repair tissue, maintain chemical balance, regulate the formation of hormones, antibodies, and enzymes, possible source of energy

Sources: meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk products, legumes, whole grains, pastas, rice, and seeds

Functions: add texture/flavor to food, satisfies the appetite, necessary for growth and health sking, transport fat-soluble vitamins in the body, hormone regulation, efficient way to store energy

Sources: red meat, cheese, whole milk, hot dogs, lunch meats, plant foods

Functions: necessary to initiate the body's complex metabolic functions

Sources: diverse food supply

Functions: critical to many enzyme functions in the body

Sources: milk (calcium), lean meats, poultry, fish, fortified cereals and grains, green vegetables, beans, peas, nuts (iron), breads/rolls, deli meats, pizza, poultry, soups, sandwiches, pasta, cheese, processed snacks (sodium)

Functions: serves as medium in which the other nutrients are transported, rids body of wastes, aids in metabolizing stored fat, helps control body temperature

Sources: drinking water, apples, lettuce, melons, potatoes, soups, tomatos, fruit juices, etc.

Focus on consuming nutrient-dense foods and beverages & maintain caloric balance ober time to achieve and sustain a healthy weight

Daily recommendations:

Vegetables: 2.5 cups

Fruits: 2 cups

Grains: 6 ounces

Dairy: 3 cups

Protein: 5.5 ounces

Body mass index (BMI) is a method of classifying overweight and obesity based on high and weight and has been universally adopted by health professionals to determine healthy weights and risky weights.

weight in pounds

  BMI =    ______________      x 703

  (height in inches)²

• The waist-to-hip ratio can be used to assess the risk of chronic disease

•  Equation = inches around waist/inches around hips

• Men with 0.95 or greater and women with 0.80 or higher are at greater risk

• Apple-shape obesity is fat primarily distributed in the abdominal area and is linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease, hypertension, high colesterol, type 2 diabetes, and several forms of cancer. (more commen in men)
• Pear-shaped obesity is fat distributed around the hips, buttocks, and thighs and does not present great risk. (more commen in women)

• Bulemia nervosa
• Anorexia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder
• Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS)

They usually resemble surrounding tissue, remain localized, and spread by expansion - they do not spread to other parts of the body

• They can be removed by surgery and are usually nonthreatening and seldon cause death.

They are cancerous, differ from surrounding tissue, and tend to spread through metastasis.

• They have lethal potential because they invade and destroy normal tissues and spread to other parts of the body.

• Primary risk factors

Tobacco use, sun overexposure, poor diet, inactivity, obesity 

• Secondary risk factors

Exposure to some viral infections, radiation, workplace hazards, and certain chemicals

Assymetry - one half doesn't match the other

Border - edges are ragged or irregular in outline

Color - color is uneven (black, brown, tan, white, gray, red, pink, blue)

Diameter - change in size (usually increase)

Evolving - growing or changing in shape, size color, or elevation

Change in bowel or bladder habits

A sore that does not heal

Unusual bleeding or discharge

Thickening or lump in the breasts or elsewhere

Indigestion or difficulty swallowing

Obvious change in a wart or mole

Nagging cough or hoarseness

Body weight - smaller people affected more quickly

Gender - women can get drunk faster than men

Food intake - full stomach slows absorption of alcohol

Beverage imbibed - carbonated drinks absorbed faster

Speed of consumption - gulping/chugging increases absorption

Low-risk alcohol use = drinking no more than one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks per day for men

High-risk alcohol use = drinking more than the guidelines for low-risk alcohol use suggest

Binge drinking = five drinks for a man and four drinks for a woman in about 2 hours

• mental confusion, stupor, coma, can't be roused
• vomiting
• seizures
• slow breathing
• irregular breathing
• hypothermia, bluish skin color, paleness

• know the warning signs
• don't wait for all the symptoms to be present
• be aware that a person who's passed out may die
• call 911 if there is any suspicion of alcohol overdose

HIV: flulike or no symptoms

AIDS: night sweats, pneumonia, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, frequent infections, other syptoms of immunodeficiency