NBHWC CORE MAIN EXAMINATION MANUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Waist-to-hip Ratio (Risk for heart attack or stroke increases steadily at which point?)
Women:
Men: - ✔✔Women: 0.85
Men: 0.95
✔✔Consequences of obesity - ✔✔All-causes of death (mortality)
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia
Type 2 diabetes
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Gallbladder Disease
Osteoarthritis
Sleep Apnea & breathing problems
Some cancers (endometrial, breast, colon, kidney, gallbladder and liver)
Low quality of life
Mental illness (clinical depression, anxiety and other mental disorders)
Body pain and difficulty with physical functioning
✔✔________ is the cause of Coronary Artery Disease - ✔✔Plaque build up
, ✔✔The process of arteries narrowing over time where blood flow is partially or totally
blocked is called __________ - ✔✔Atherosclerosis
✔✔Angina is ________ - ✔✔chest pain
✔✔Two ways to to diagnose Coronary Artery Disease are_______ and ___________ -
✔✔EKG & Stress test
✔✔A myocardial infarction is a ____________ - ✔✔heart attack
✔✔Three key risk factors for heart disease are: - ✔✔HBP, Smoking & High cholesterol
✔✔A ____________ occurs when blood clots or other particles blood blood flow to the
brain - ✔✔Ischemic Stroke
✔✔Symptoms of a heart attack - ✔✔Chest pain or discomfort
Weakness, light-headedness nausea or a cold sweat
Pain or discomfort in the arms or shoulders Shortness of breath
✔✔Signs & symptoms of a stroke - ✔✔SUDDEN numbness or weakness of face, arm
or leg - especially on one side of the body.
SUDDEN confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech
SUDDEN trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
SUDDEN trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
SUDDEN severe headache with no known cause.
✔✔You must have at least ____ of the 5 risk factors to be diagnosed with Metabolic
Syndrome - ✔✔3
✔✔Another name for metabolic syndrome is: - ✔✔Insulin Resistance Syndrome
✔✔Those with metabolic syndrome often have two other conditions: - ✔✔Blood Clotting
& Low grade inflammation
✔✔most common form of arthritis - ✔✔osteoarthritis
✔✔rheumatoid arthritis is an - ✔✔autoimmune & inflammatory disease
✔✔People with _______may be more sensitive to pain than those without it - ✔✔Fibro
✔✔Women who breastfeed their infants are less susceptible to - ✔✔Rheumatoid
Arthritis
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Waist-to-hip Ratio (Risk for heart attack or stroke increases steadily at which point?)
Women:
Men: - ✔✔Women: 0.85
Men: 0.95
✔✔Consequences of obesity - ✔✔All-causes of death (mortality)
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia
Type 2 diabetes
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Gallbladder Disease
Osteoarthritis
Sleep Apnea & breathing problems
Some cancers (endometrial, breast, colon, kidney, gallbladder and liver)
Low quality of life
Mental illness (clinical depression, anxiety and other mental disorders)
Body pain and difficulty with physical functioning
✔✔________ is the cause of Coronary Artery Disease - ✔✔Plaque build up
, ✔✔The process of arteries narrowing over time where blood flow is partially or totally
blocked is called __________ - ✔✔Atherosclerosis
✔✔Angina is ________ - ✔✔chest pain
✔✔Two ways to to diagnose Coronary Artery Disease are_______ and ___________ -
✔✔EKG & Stress test
✔✔A myocardial infarction is a ____________ - ✔✔heart attack
✔✔Three key risk factors for heart disease are: - ✔✔HBP, Smoking & High cholesterol
✔✔A ____________ occurs when blood clots or other particles blood blood flow to the
brain - ✔✔Ischemic Stroke
✔✔Symptoms of a heart attack - ✔✔Chest pain or discomfort
Weakness, light-headedness nausea or a cold sweat
Pain or discomfort in the arms or shoulders Shortness of breath
✔✔Signs & symptoms of a stroke - ✔✔SUDDEN numbness or weakness of face, arm
or leg - especially on one side of the body.
SUDDEN confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech
SUDDEN trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
SUDDEN trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
SUDDEN severe headache with no known cause.
✔✔You must have at least ____ of the 5 risk factors to be diagnosed with Metabolic
Syndrome - ✔✔3
✔✔Another name for metabolic syndrome is: - ✔✔Insulin Resistance Syndrome
✔✔Those with metabolic syndrome often have two other conditions: - ✔✔Blood Clotting
& Low grade inflammation
✔✔most common form of arthritis - ✔✔osteoarthritis
✔✔rheumatoid arthritis is an - ✔✔autoimmune & inflammatory disease
✔✔People with _______may be more sensitive to pain than those without it - ✔✔Fibro
✔✔Women who breastfeed their infants are less susceptible to - ✔✔Rheumatoid
Arthritis
