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©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS 12/3/2024 11:27AM EXSC 387 Exam Questions With Correct Answers. According to Ezra Taft Benson, what are the four basic areas that make a difference in health ? - answerrighteousness, food, exercise, and sleep. T or F: A person can have a terminal disease and still hav...

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EXSC 387 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.


According to Ezra Taft Benson, what are the four basic areas that make a difference in health ? -

answer✔righteousness, food, exercise, and sleep.


T or F: A person can have a terminal disease and still have an optimal level of wellness. -

answer✔T


T or F: Exercise is physical activity, but physical activity is not exercise. - answer✔T


T or F: Chronic diseases are sometimes called diseases of choice. - answer✔T


The leading cause of death in the US is...? - answer✔Heart Disease


The actual leading cause of death in the US is...? - answer✔Tobacco


Modifiable vs Non-Modifiable Risk Factors - answer✔non = age, gender, family history/genetics


modifiable = smoking, high bp, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity, diet

Which is a non-modifiable risk factor?

high blood pressure

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smoking

age


diet - answer✔AGE


What term would describe the following statement from the abstract of the article: "Although the

living of much longer lives is highly gratifying, understandable, all wish to have longer 'healthy

life expectancy,' i.e. to suffer as little as possible before death."

live long and prosper

compression of morbidity

morbidity and mortality


eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die - answer✔COMPRESSION OF MORBIDITY


Incidence and prevalence...one refers to proportion and one refers to rate. Which one is which? -

answer✔Incidence refers to rate while prevalence refers to the proportion




- Incidence = # of new cases of disease

- Prevalence = total # of disease cases

a. Colon cancer = ______ % avoidable

b. Stroke = ______ % avoidable

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c. Coronary heart disease = ______ % avoidable


d. Type 2 diabetes = ______ % avoidable - answer✔a. Colon cancer = 71% avoidable




b. Stroke = 70% avoidable




c. Coronary heart disease = 82%




d. Type 2 diabetes = 91%

What is the term used to describe a weaker or low-penetrance gene that can cause disease in the

presence of environmental/lifestyle risks? (It can cause disease if the person has an unhealthy

lifestyle) - answer✔polymorphisms


Define population attributable risk. - answer✔Amount of disease or death that could be avoided

if risk factors are removed or eliminated.

Which is more important for chronic disease prevention, genetic predisposition or environmental

(lifestyle) factors? - answer✔Environmental factors

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