Exam 5: Health-Compromising Behaviors

_____ is required to complement formal alcohol intervention efforts so more people can receive formal treatment.

Overweight is defined as greater than or equal to the _____ percentile of age and sex-specific BMI.

Fat should ideally constitute about _____ percent of body tissue in women.

Most treatment programs for alcoholism begin with a _____, and is followed by some cognitive behavioral techniques.

Maxwell is a smoker.He works long hours for a low pay, and has a considerable amount of stress at work.He also suffers from high cholesterol and blood pressure.The doctor suspects that Maxwell's problems may be related to his smoking habit.This is called the ____ effects of smoking.

Cognitive behavioral techniques can produce weight losses of two pounds every week for up to _____ weeks, maintained over a two-year period.

The first phase of treatment for alcoholics begins with _____.

Which among the following is the strongest addictive?

Alcoholics Anonymous was one of the earliest _____ for people suffering from health problems.

Many obese people have high _____ which promotes overeating due to increased hunger.

_____ is secreted by fat cells that signal the neurons of the hypothalamus to determine if the body has sufficient stores of fat.

Alcohol abuse and smoking share a window of vulnerability especially during _____.

Passive smoking or secondhand smoke is a documented health risk.

Social influence programs are known to reduce smoking rates for as long as _____ years.

In the United States, the most common cause of smoking-related mortality is _____.

AlcoholEdu® is an on-campus alcohol prevention program used by more than 500 college and university campuses.

_____ is the single greatest cause of preventable death.

Which of the following components, if included, can produce up to a 40% treatment success rate for alcoholism?

Individuals who possess genes that regulate the functioning of _____ are likely candidates for inheriting smoking influences.

_____ is a process by which the body increasingly adapts to the use of a substance, requiring larger and larger doses of it to obtain the same effects, and eventually reaching a plateau.