A Patient Who Has Smoked Two Packs a Day for 10

question 18

True/False

A patient who has smoked two packs a day for 10 years has a 12 pack-year history.

Know the psychological and medical models of understanding health and disease.

Analyze the effectiveness and consequences of dieting for weight control.

Identify risk factors for and approaches to preventing heart disease.

Discuss the impact of genetics versus environment on health behaviors and outcomes.

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Definitions:

Elevation

The raising of a body part.

Depression

A common, serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and how you act, marked by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest.

Connective Tissue

The type of biological tissue that supports, connects, or separates different types of tissues and organs in the body.

Muscles

Tissues in the body composed of fibers that have the ability to contract, thereby producing movement or maintaining the position of parts of the body.