HEED-110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Mental Health Association, Saturated Fat, Resting Metabolic Rate
3 Feb 2017
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What is health: word (cid:272)o(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) (cid:858)hal(cid:859) meaning whole! Wellness: you have control over it, your ability to handle stress. 6 components of wellness: social, physical, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, emotional. Transtheorectical model of change: enhancing your readiness to change contemplation. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death for canadian. Health a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ell(cid:374)ess do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g. Health is over condition of the body or mind and presence or absence of illness or injury. 34% of university students suffer from stress. Normality is not a key component of psychological health. According to the canadian mental health association, about 6 million canadians will have a diagnosable psychological disorder at some point. Depression is a disorder strongly linked to brain chemistry. Cortisol & epinephrine chemical messages a& actions of sympathetic nerves cause the release of key hormones. The liver releases extra sugar into the bloodstream to boost energy. The brain release endorphins- chemicals that can inhibit or block sensations of pain.
