Chapter 12: Personal Health Care

Cleanliness

• hygeine

• body odor

• cuticle

• hangnail

Smell from your body.

• ingrown toenail

• body odor

• consumer

• hygiene

A fold of epidermis around the fingernails and toenails.

• hangnail

• ingrown toenail

• cuticle

• advertisement

A split in the cuticle along the edge of a fingernail.

• ingrown toenail

• consumer

• consumer skills

• hangnail

A condition in which the nail pushes into the skin on the side of the toe.

• ingrown toenail

• hangnail

• infomercial

• hygiene

A person who buys products and services.

• consumer skills

• consumer

• media literacy

• endorsement

Techniques that enable you to make wise, informed purchases.

• consumer

• advertisements

• consumer skills

• infomerical

A message designed to influence consumers to buy a product or service.

• infomercial

• endorsement

• media literacy

• advertisement

The ability to understand the goals of advertising and the media.

• media literacy

• generic products

• comparison shopping

• endorsement

A statement of approval.

• coupons

• endorsement

• generic products

• infomercial