CHAPTER 4 LS1 Defining Health and Disease

Defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

• World Public Health

• The WHO

Health is not a condition that is _______, but rather an ever-changing condition.

• unique

• static

The human body is uniquely designed to respond to stressors and, if necessary, make changes to maintain optimal health and physiological functioning. This is called ______.

• homeostasis

• maintainence

The term health refers to the objective state in which the body is functioning, ranging from a high level (optimal well-being), to moderate compromise (transition zone), to a state of poor health

• True

• False

Known as moderate compromise health level.

• transition zone

• optimal well-being

A state of poor health often accounts for multiple physical and mental ______, which may or may not be preventable or recoverable.

• pathologies

• conditions

A general definition of ________ includes any abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of a part of the body.

• unhealthiness

• disease

_______ can affect one area of the body or they can be systemic, affecting every part of the body (e.g., various forms of cancer).

• Diseases

• Infection

Diseases may be caused by external conditions or internal problems and are further classified by their specific signs and symptoms. The classification of disease is typically broken down further into two categories:

• noncommunicable, communicable

• curable, incurable

The term ____________ disease (NCD) is more commonly referred to as chronic disease

• noncommunicable

• communicable