___?___ are weaker genes that can cause diseases if a person has an
unhealthy lifestyle - ANS ✓Polymorphisms
___?___ ___?___ are genes that almost always cause disease.
These are rare and cause less than 5% of chronic diseases. - ANS
✓Aggressive Genes
Which action provides the most years of life gained? - ANS ✓Are Vegetarian
*Maintain Normal Weight
Exercise Regularly
Have Normal Blood Pressure
Morbidity = ___?___ - ANS ✓Disease
Mortality = ___?___ - ANS ✓Death
What is the shortening of the amount of years between suffering from a
severe medical condition and death? - ANS ✓Compression of Morbidity
What is the most prevalent lifestyle related risk factor? - ANS ✓Inactivity
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Smoking
Obesity
*Poor Diet
1.82 with an 82% increase risk - ANS ✓Relative Risk = % w/disease in
exposed group ÷
% w/disease in not-exposed group
___?___ ___?___ happens when the cause precedes the effect - ANS ✓Temporal
Sequence
___?___ is the cause-effect relationship seen in the presence and absence of
other influences - ANS ✓Independence
Increased exposure to cause yields corresponding change in risk of
condition is called ___?___-___?___ - ANS ✓Dose-response
Estimate of actual time-at-risk in years, months, or days that all persons
contributed to a study - ANS ✓Person Time
___?___ is the coexistence of two or more disease processes with unrelated
pathologies - ANS ✓Comorbidity
What is the #1 reason for not exercising? - ANS ✓*Lack of time
Too expensive
No drive
Not interested
Recommendation: 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on all,
preferably most days of the week - ANS ✓Physical Activity
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