You decide you are going to make more responsible health decisions. Which of the following risk factors can you control?

Question

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Responses

Your friends have recently started smoking.
Your friends have recently started smoking.

There is a history of heart disease in your family.
There is a history of heart disease in your family.

Unintentional accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.
Unintentional accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.

There is a higher incidence of high blood pressure in your ethnic group.

Answer 1

Out of the options provided, you can control the following risk factor:

• Your friends have recently started smoking.

You have the ability to choose whether to associate with them and whether to start smoking yourself. The other factors mentioned (family history of heart disease, unintentional accidents, and ethnic predisposition to high blood pressure) are not controllable.

Answer 2

Tanya decided that she wanted to enter the next charity marathon. She set up a schedule for daily exercise that would prepare her for the long run. This is an example of

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Responses

health advocacy.
health advocacy.

an action plan.
an action plan.

a value.
a value.

a risk.

Answer 3

Tanya's decision to set up a schedule for daily exercise to prepare for the charity marathon is an example of an action plan.

Answer 4

Lifestyle choices and health awareness affect your position on the health

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Responses

continuum.
continuum.

wellness scale.
wellness scale.

risk factor chart.
risk factor chart.

rating.

Answer 5

Lifestyle choices and health awareness affect your position on the health continuum.

Answer 6

Which of the following habits will most likely move you toward the “illness end” of the health continuum?

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Responses

maintaining supportive relationships with family and friends
maintaining supportive relationships with family and friends

getting enough rest
getting enough rest

eating healthy foods
eating healthy foods

isolating yourself from others

Answer 7

The habit that will most likely move you toward the “illness end” of the health continuum is isolating yourself from others.

Answer 8

True or False: Teens experience mental and emotional changes during adolescence because their brains experience significant changes before and during puberty

Answer 9

True. Teens experience mental and emotional changes during adolescence due in part to significant changes in their brains before and during puberty.

Answer 10

The start of puberty varies greatly and can begin as early as ___ years old and as late as ___ years old.

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Answer 11

The start of puberty can vary greatly and can begin as early as 9 years old and as late as 14 years old.