NFSC 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, High-Density Lipoprotein, Low-Density Lipoprotein

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Nutrition and Food Science
• Course: NFSC 100
• Professor: Lee

Document Summary

Health: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-bring, not merely absence of disease or infirmity. Public health: what society does to assure the conditions in which people can be health. Healthy people documents: a set of goals/objectives with 10-year targets. Levels of prevention: primary prevention of disease symptoms, secondary early detection, diagnosis, intervention, tertiary treating and rehabilitating diagnosed patients to delay further disease progression. Diet and inactivity contribute to 4/6 of the leading causes of death. Contributing factors to mortality: behavior/lifestyle, biological/genetic, social and physical environment, medical care. Unhealthy eating causes about 1,000 deaths everyday. Risk factor: a factor that increases the probability of developing a disease or health problem. Food security: access by all members at all times to enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle. Food deserts: area with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly an area composed of predominantly lower income neighborhoods.