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____ are defined as parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole
foods, usually found in impoverished areas. This is largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers'
markets, and healthy food providers. This has become a big problem bc while ___ are often short on
whole food providers, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, instead, they are heavy on local quickie
marts that provide a wealth of processed, sugar, and fat laden foods that are known contributors to our
nation's obesity epidemic. This problem has in fact become such an issue that the USDA has outlined a
map of them in our nation - correct answer ✔✔food deserts
Statistics show that poor nutrition has been linked to:
- *Diabetes*
- *Obesity*
- *Heart disease*
Secondary EOD including *kidney failure, stroke, blindness, and disabilities*
- *Behavioral* issues in kids
- Poor academic performance
- *inc stress* in the household - correct answer ✔✔Effects of poor nutrition due to living in a food desert
- Community programs
- Health system partnerships
- Urban gardens
- Aquaculture and GMO's
^Changes necessary at the state and federal levels... policy planning! - correct answer ✔✔strategies to
fight food desert
____ is the leading cause of death in the United States - correct answer ✔✔Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
,Several risk factors contribute to the development of coronary heart disease and hypertension, many of
which are preventable by improved diet and lifestyle behaviors = _____. Other risk factors are ____ such
as age, gender, family history, and race. - correct answer ✔✔modifiable risk factors
non-modifiable
- Major cause of CVD
- Fatty plaques (largely composed of cholesterol) develop on the inside lining of major blood vessels
- Narrows interior part of the blood vessel
- If affected vessel is major artery supplying nutrients and oxygen to heart muscle, can result in
myocardial infarction (MI)
- Common symptom is *angina pectoris*, chest pain usually radiating down the left arm, sometimes
brought on by excitement or physical effort
- If affected vessel is major artery supplying brain, result could be cerebrovascular accident (stroke) -
correct answer ✔✔Atherosclerosis
- Soft, fat-like, waxy substance
- Needed to: form cell membranes, aid in digestion, convert vitamin D in the skin, develop hormones
- Comes from 2 sources: *body* produces it in liver + *Food* sources = animal products = meats,
poultry, fish, eggs, butter, whole milk, and cheese - correct answer ✔✔cholesterol
- Helps *remove LDL from the arteries and back to the liver*
- May also *remove excess cholesterol from plaque in arteries, slows buildup*
Less than 40 mg/dl = Major HD factor
*60 mg/dl* and above = Gives some protection against HD - correct answer ✔✔HDL (happy)
- Contributes to *plaque deposits in the arteries* (atherosclerosis)
- *Inc risk for MI, stroke, PAD*
*Less than 100* mg/dL = Optimal (ideal)
, 100-129 mg/dL = Near/Above optimal
130- 159 mg/dL = Borderline high
160 - 189 mg/dL = High
190 mg/dL = Very high - correct answer ✔✔LDL (lowsy)
- Form of fat
- Also made in body and from diet
- Help transport dietary fat, metabolism
- *Triggers liver to make more cholesterol, rising LDL and total cholesterol*
Normal - less than *150 mg/dL*
Borderline high - 150 - 199 mg/dL
High - above 200 mg/dL
too much = bad - correct answer ✔✔Triglycerides (ugly)
____ = chronically elevated blood pressure
- may be classified as primary or secondary
- damages the endothelium of blood vessels.
- early education is critical for the prevention of cardiovascular disease! - correct answer
✔✔hypertension
- 30% of American adults have high blood pressure (_____), specific cause is unknown
- Risk factors: family history, obesity, smoking, age, ethnicity, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption,
sodium intake, chronic stress
- ___ hypertension is the result of a known cause; symptom or side effect of another primary condition;
called the "silent killer" - correct answer ✔✔essential hypertension
secondary hypertension
Systolic <120 mm Hg; diastolic <80 mm Hg
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