Chapter 1: Living a Healthy Lifestyle Key concepts to review: 1. What are health and wellness ? Health: the absence of disease or illness, merges and balances 6 physical and psychological dimension of health, physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual and environmental.
Nutrition is the study of essential nutrients and the processes by which nutrients are used by the body.
oThe body makes cholesterol
Essential
Non essential
Beneficial fats: plant protein (no cholesterol)
● Wellness: lifestyle (pattern of behaviors) that enhances level of health. ● Pasteurization and sanitation have reduced risk of foodborne and environmental hazards. ● Rene Dubos (1968) Definition of Health “Health is quality of life involving social, emotional, mental, spiritual, and biologic
fitness on the part of the individual, which results from adaptations to the environment.” Dimensions of Health Physical Health : efficient body functioning, maintaining immunity to disease and meet energy requirements Intellectual Health : use of intellectual abilities to learn and adapt to environment Emotional Health : ability to control emotions, express or suppress emotions appropriately. Social Health: interactions and relationships with other and sustaining relationship with people. Spiritual Health : cultural beliefs about the purpose of life, give purpose to human existence. Environmental Health : external factors that impact living and work setting, like ethnicity, education, income, and occupation. Disease prevention is the recognition of a danger to health that could be reduced or alleviated through specific actions or changes in lifestyle behaviors.
Primary- initial treatment for prevention of a disease. Focus on promotion. Ex: immunization, low fat diet, high fiber (plant based) eating style. Secondary- early detection to try and decrease or halt the progression of disease. So already has been diagnosed. Ex. reducing sodium intake for a patient who has hypertension . Tertiary prevention- disease has developed, prevent complications related to disease
Ex: receiving chemotherapy for cx may have side effects of nausea and loss of appetite so a diet plan should include a diet that should have the patient well-
nourished as possible A healthy female middle-aged client asks what she can do to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes. Weight control and nutrition strategies discussed are considered
a. primary treatment. b. primary prevention. c. secondary prevention. d. tertiary prevention. ANS: B
Healthy People 2020: What is its vision and mission? nutrition priorities and goals for older American adults. ● society in which all people live long, healthy lives. ●: ○ Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death. ○ Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of all groups. ○ Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all. ○ Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across
all life changes. A nurse has just been assigned to a community health program for older adults. She should
check the document Healthy People 2020 to become familiar with 1.nutrition priorities and goals for older American adults. 2.dietary standards for Americans older than 50 years. 3.dietary guidelines recommended for older adults. 4.MyPlate recommendations for older adults.
Nutrition is the study of essential nutrients and the processes by which nutrients are used by the body.
oThe body makes cholesterol
Essential
Non essential
Beneficial fats: plant protein (no cholesterol)
● Wellness: lifestyle (pattern of behaviors) that enhances level of health. ● Pasteurization and sanitation have reduced risk of foodborne and environmental hazards. ● Rene Dubos (1968) Definition of Health “Health is quality of life involving social, emotional, mental, spiritual, and biologic
fitness on the part of the individual, which results from adaptations to the environment.” Dimensions of Health Physical Health : efficient body functioning, maintaining immunity to disease and meet energy requirements Intellectual Health : use of intellectual abilities to learn and adapt to environment Emotional Health : ability to control emotions, express or suppress emotions appropriately. Social Health: interactions and relationships with other and sustaining relationship with people. Spiritual Health : cultural beliefs about the purpose of life, give purpose to human existence. Environmental Health : external factors that impact living and work setting, like ethnicity, education, income, and occupation. Disease prevention is the recognition of a danger to health that could be reduced or alleviated through specific actions or changes in lifestyle behaviors.
Primary- initial treatment for prevention of a disease. Focus on promotion. Ex: immunization, low fat diet, high fiber (plant based) eating style. Secondary- early detection to try and decrease or halt the progression of disease. So already has been diagnosed. Ex. reducing sodium intake for a patient who has hypertension . Tertiary prevention- disease has developed, prevent complications related to disease
Ex: receiving chemotherapy for cx may have side effects of nausea and loss of appetite so a diet plan should include a diet that should have the patient well-
nourished as possible A healthy female middle-aged client asks what she can do to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes. Weight control and nutrition strategies discussed are considered
a. primary treatment. b. primary prevention. c. secondary prevention. d. tertiary prevention. ANS: B
Healthy People 2020: What is its vision and mission? nutrition priorities and goals for older American adults. ● society in which all people live long, healthy lives. ●: ○ Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death. ○ Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of all groups. ○ Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all. ○ Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across
all life changes. A nurse has just been assigned to a community health program for older adults. She should
check the document Healthy People 2020 to become familiar with 1.nutrition priorities and goals for older American adults. 2.dietary standards for Americans older than 50 years. 3.dietary guidelines recommended for older adults. 4.MyPlate recommendations for older adults.
