Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition Quiz

Study Notes

A healthy lifestyle is a balanced approach that includes physical activity, healthy eating, relaxation, sleep, and personal hygiene.

Lifestyle accounts for the largest portion of early death at 52.5%.
Human biology, healthcare system and environment each contribute to early death between 9.8% and 21.3%.

The Nutritional Facts label provides important information for selecting healthy foods.
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute-Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) recommends Filipinos aged 13-19 consume 55-70% carbohydrates, 20-30% proteins and 10-15% fats daily.
The human body needs 24-48 hours to completely replenish glycogen stores.
Eating more carbohydrates can help increase glycogen reserves.

Fueling for Performance: Athletes often plan their food intake to support their training regimens.
Emotional Eating: People may eat more or less depending on their mood. Emotional eaters may have specific foods they prefer when happy or sad.
Social Eating: Eating can be linked to traditions and celebrations. Social eating is common during holidays, family gatherings, and religious events.
Eating Out of Habit or for Recreation: Eating habits can also be influenced by specific circumstances or events, like sports events.

Stress can be defined as the body's response to any demand or change.
Hans Selye, a stress researcher, called the body's response to stress the General Adaptation Syndrome.
Stressors are triggers that cause or contribute to stress.
Physical stressors include pain, thirst, hunger and illness.
Emotional stressors include worry, fear, anger and love.
Social stressors are situations that cause stress due to interactions with other people, and can include relationships and peer pressure.

Anxiety is a feeling of distress that can cause sweating, restlessness, tension, and rapid heartbeat.
Depressive disorder is a condition that involves depressed mood or a loss of interest in activities for long periods of time.
Panic attacks are sudden episodes of intense fear, causing severe physical reactions without an apparent cause.