Understanding Health and Wellness

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What is the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion's view on health?

  • Health is the absence of disease
  • Health is a resource for living (correct)
  • Health is the absence of illness or injury
  • Health is the objective of living

How does the text define wellness?

  • The presence or absence of illness or injury
  • Optimal health and vitality (correct)
  • The overall condition of body or mind
  • Living life to its fullest

What are some factors that can determine or influence health according to the text?

  • Genes, age, and access to cancer screening services
  • Social determinants of health, mental well-being, and age
  • Access to health care system, family history, and rural community living
  • Genes, age, and the health care system (correct)

Why is it important not to become obsessed with health according to the text?

<p>Because becoming obsessed with health can be unhealthy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are social determinants of health?

<p>Factors that influence the health of individuals and groups (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can a 60-year-old man reduce his risk of cancer?

<p>Eating sensibly, exercising, and having screening tests (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does enhanced wellness involve?

<p>Making conscious decisions to control risk factors that contribute to disease or injury (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are modifiable risk factors?

<p>Some behaviors such as smoking, exercising, and eating a healthy diet (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, what is health promotion?

<p>A process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to recognize that different people define their level of wellness differently?

<p>Because wellness is largely determined by individual decisions and perspectives (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion emphasize about health?

<p>Health is a resource for living (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does wellness differ from health based on the text?

<p>Wellness focuses on living life to its fullest, while health refers to the absence of disease or injury (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What factors can influence health, according to the text?

<p>Genes, age, and access to cancer screening services (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to avoid becoming obsessed with health, according to the text?

<p>Becoming obsessed with health can cause unhealthy behavior (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are non-modifiable risk factors according to the text?

<p>Age and family history (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is health promotion?

<p>A process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can a 60-year-old man reduce his risk of cancer according to the text?

<p>By eating sensibly, exercising, and having screening tests when available (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does enhanced wellness involve according to the text?

<p>Making conscious decisions to control risk factors contributing to disease or injury (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, how should individuals approach wellness?

<p>By playing an active role in decisions related to each dimension of wellness (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are modifiable risk factors according to the text?

<p>Smoking, exercising, and eating a healthy diet (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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