The "times-greater chance" a person has of acquiring a specific negative health effect based on the extent to which a certain variable is present is called ________.
A. health risk
B. relative risk
C. variable risk
D. a risk factor
Answer: B
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A. Quaaludes B. Valium C. Librium D. Xanax
Who tends to be the least affected by workplace stress??
A) ?a female with no college education B) ?a highly educated male C) ?a male high school dropout D) ?a highly educated female E) ?a male with no college education
A 56-year-old man with chest pain is diagnosed with stable angina and treated with several drugs including nitroglycerin. Every day he has to discontinue nitroglycerin for some hours to re-establish reactivity of his body to the drug. The clinical observation of a rapidly decreasing response to nitroglycerin after administration of just a few doses is called
A. idiosyncrasy. B. tachyphylaxis. C. heterologous desensitization. D. refractoriness. E. receptor downregulation.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. One's basal metabolic rate (BMR) typically slows throughout life. 2. Basal metabolic rate (BMR) can be defined as "the rate of energy required to sustain aerobic activity for a minimum of 20 minutes." 3. Very low-calorie diets slow body metabolism. 4. A regular program of moderate exercise has a tendency to increase one's appetite. 5. Athletes may not get an accurate reading of body fat using the body mass index (BMI).