HSC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Insulin Resistance, Biofeedback
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2. intellectual wellness - open mind: spiritual wellness -harmony, occupational wellness - career, social wellness -relationships, physical wellness - the body self efficacy. The belief that one can influence the nature and quality of one"s life, rather than believing that one"s fate is determined by reacting to circumstances not in one"s control. Medical model of health relies almost exclusively on biological explanations of disease and illness. The wellness model promotes the prevention of illness rather than merely the treatment of symptoms of disease. health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being type 1 diabetes insulin dependent. The pancreas ( a digestive organ) is diseased and is unable to manufacture the hormone insulin, which regulates the level of sugar in the blood. You are born with this disease and it is also known as juvenile onset diabetes type 2 diabetes non-insulin dependent. Too much sugar in the blood causes body cells to resist the actions of insulin (insulin resistance)