PFW 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reward System, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Health Equity
14 Mar 2017
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Exercise for 30 minutes 5 days a week. Healthy life expectancy is the number of years a person is expected to live in good health. Us ranks 42nd, monaco is first: life expectancy 89. 63 years. Factors affecting longevity: heredity social circustances, medical care, environmental conditions, lifestyle behaviors (tobacco use, poor diet, lack of exercise, alcohol abuse) Top causes of death for all ages: heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic respiratory disease, accidents. Top causes of death for ages 15-24: accidents, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease. Healthy people 2020- plan for how the us will get healthier every ten years. Wellness- an integrated and dynamic level of functioning oriented toward maximizing potential, dependent on self-responsibility: wellness lifestyle involves taking responsibility for lifestyle behaviors, biggest factor in determining longevity- personal lifestyle behaviors. Wellness concept strongly emphasizes personal responsibility for well-being. Identify your goal: listing pros and cons. The decision to move to the next stage is based on weight given pros and cons.
