PSYA02H3 Chapter 16: chapter 16 broken down/high lighted
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Cultural evolution culture"s adaptive change to recurrent environmental pressures; driven by psychological forces. Lifestyle the aggregate behaviour of a person, or the way a person leads their life. Unhealthy behaviours have reinforcing consequences in the short run and damaging consequences in the long run. Coronary heart disease (chd) nar rowing of blood vessels that supply nutrients to the heart. Cancer malignant and intrusive tumour that destroys body organs and tissue. Serum cholesterol a chemical that occurs naturally in the bloodstream, where it serves as a detoxifier; main culprit in chd. Cholesterol as two forms: h d l (high density; good cholesterol, protects against chd) and ldl (low density; bad cholesterol, promotes plaque) Aerobic exercises exercises that expend considerable energy, increase blood flow and respiration, and increase body"s efficiency in using oxygen. Passive smoking inhalation of smoke from others" cigarettes; second hand smoking.
