Smoking can cause what almost anywhere in the body? - answer✔cancer
Smokers are 12-13x more likely to die of what disease than non-smokers? - answer✔COPD
In the US, 7 of 10 smokers want to what? - answer✔quit
Americans are addicted to what more than any other drug? - answer✔nicotine
People with metabolic syndrome often also have what? (2) - answer✔blood clotting and low
grade inflammation
3 key risk factors for heart disease - answer✔smoking, high cholesterol, high BP
What is the most common form of arthritis and how many people suffer? -
answer✔osteoarthritis, over 30 million
Sleep is necessary for proper functioning (3) - answer✔immune, endocrine, neurological
Adequate sleep is necessary to support what - answer✔metabolism of sugar
short sleeper = - answer✔less than 6 hrs/night
sleep-disordered breathing can lead to a 2-3 fold risk of - answer✔stroke + mortality
Insufficient sleep is linked to 4 chronic diseases - answer✔depression, diabetes, obesity,
cardiovascular disease
Holding oneself back with self-defeating behavior and repeatedly processing feelings versus
moving on require what - answer✔mental health referral
3 most common drugs involved in overdose - answer✔methadone, hydrocodone, oxycodone
side effects of opioids include - answer✔sleepiness, sweating, constipation
another class of prescription drugs involved in opioid deaths (ex. xanax) -
answer✔benzodiazepines
Primary driver of endocrine stress response - answer✔HPA axis
What can affect how quickly food moves through the body? - answer✔Stress
It is responsible for fight or flight - answer✔Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
It facilitates recovery from SNS response - answer✔Parasympathetic Nervous System response
(PNS)
Risk for what 2 conditions goes up when waist-to-hip ratio exceeds .95 for men and .85 for
women - answer✔heart attack + stroke
3 important aspects of stress management - answer✔sleep, exercise, social support
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