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Health-enhancing behaviors are |
| | A) | mainly for patients who are very ill and need to change their behaviors in order to continue to live. |
| | B) | exercise, a healthy diet, and not smoking, but they do not include professional procedures such as medical screenings for healthy persons. |
| | C) | behaviors practiced by asymptomatic individuals to maintain their current and future health. |
| | D) | behaviors that medical personnel other than physicians recommend to healthy people to maintain their current level of functioning. |
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Fitful, harsh snoring |
| | A) | is normal and therefore is nothing to worry about. |
| | B) | can be a symptom of sleep apnea. |
| | C) | runs in families and it's main problem is to the other family members who cannot get a good night's sleep. |
| | D) | is not normal, but there is little that can be done about it. |
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The most common sleep disorder is |
| | A) | insomnia. |
| | B) | narcolepsy. |
| | C) | apnea. |
| | D) | modest sleep disturbance. |
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If a college student thinks that one of his/her friends or roommates is anorexic, the best recommendation to make is |
| | A) | to tell the friend that will power alone can change most anorexic behavior. |
| | B) | you, with the help of other friends, are sufficient to modify your friend's eating disorder. |
| | C) | to not call attention to the eating disorder because it usually goes away without intervention. |
| | D) | you, with the help of other friends, can talk with your friend and encourage professional intervention to get help from your health center |
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An example of changed negative self-talk to positive self-talk is, |
| | A) | "If I cannot do it today, then I will have to wait until I can do the behavior tomorrow." |
| | B) | "I'll never lose weight until a new diet pill is on the market that helps with my will power." |
| | C) | "I'll ask someone else to tell me how they lost weight, and then I'll do exactly what they did." |
| | D) | "I didn't succeed today, but I can try again tomorrow." |
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All of the following are examples of social support EXCEPT |
| | A) | following each step as designed by a behavioral therapist in order to set a good example for the people around you. |
| | B) | encouraging family members to be supportive of positive eating habits. |
| | C) | setting up work-site weight loss and exercise programs. |
| | D) | posting positive health messages on company Web site or email messages. |
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Set point theory of weight |
| | A) | explains why continual dieting may lead to increased weight gain. |
| | B) | explains the yo-yo dieting effect. |
| | C) | theorizes that each person has a genetic ideal weight. |
| | D) | is all of above. |
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Being overweight in childhood is now considered |
| | A) | a major health problem rather than a mere problem. |
| | B) | a problem, but not a major health problem yet. |
| | C) | a major health problem in the US, but not in other countries. |
| | D) | a problem in childhood, but no data connects it to diseases later in life. |
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Americans are the fattest people in the world. According to your text, why has this occurred? |
| | A) | Americans are lazy and do not like to exercise. |
| | B) | Americans have historically been raised on farms and have big genetic appetites. |
| | C) | American food industry and advertising companies spend billions to encourage us to "super-size". |
| | D) | Americans have dieted for many years and now are yo-yoing on their diets. |
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BSE stands for: |
| | A) | before standard error. |
| | B) | breast self-examination. |
| | C) | behavioral steps excel. |
| | D) | behavioral-standard effects. |
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