Health Review

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Across
  1. 1. Medicines that can only be obtained with a prescription from a healthcare professional.
  2. 3. Information printed on food packaging to help consumers make healthier choices.
  3. 4. Nutrients required by the body in small amounts, such as vitamins and minerals.
  4. 6. A compulsion to continue taking a drug for the sense of improved well-being it provides.
  5. 7. Techniques intended to equip a person with effective coping mechanisms for dealing with psychological stress.
  6. 10. Any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits.
  7. 12. The habitual taking of addictive or illegal drugs.
  8. 14. A sleep disorder that is characterized by difficulty falling and/or staying asleep.
  9. 16. An addiction to the consumption of alcoholic drink; alcohol dependence.
  10. 18. The quality of being trusted or believed in.
  11. 20. The process of making your body absorb water or other liquid.
  12. 21. Drugs used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
  13. 23. The ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for personal or professional reasons.
  14. 27. Something that causes a state of strain or tension.
  15. 29. An irregularity, disturbance, or interruption of normal bodily functions.
  16. 32. Nutrients needed by the body in large amounts, including proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
  17. 34. A damaging immune response by the body to a substance to which it has become hypersensitive.
  18. 35. Also known as eustress, this type of stress is associated with beneficial experiences or outcomes.
  19. 37. The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
  20. 38. The health of the mouth, which is essential to a person's overall well-being.
  21. 40. Strategies or techniques that people use to deal with stressful situations.
  22. 41. The subjective picture or mental image of one's own body.
  23. 42. Also known as distress, this type of stress is associated with adversity and can lead to physical and mental health problems.
  24. 43. The process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities.
  25. 44. a type of electromagnetic radiation that can cause damage to the skin and eyes.
Down
  1. 2. The body's inability to digest or be comfortable with a certain food.
  2. 5. Habits and practices that are conducive to sleeping well on a regular basis.
  3. 8. A specific condition that negatively affects the structure or function of part or all of an organism.
  4. 9. A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other but the extremes are quite distinct.
  5. 11. The ratio of fat to non-fat mass in the body.
  6. 13. Knowledge Information derived from applying the scientific method.
  7. 15. Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
  8. 17. The amount of alcohol in a person's blood, used to measure their level of intoxication.
  9. 19. The length of time for which a person or animal lives or a thing functions.
  10. 22. Lack of proper nutrition caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat.
  11. 24. Excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health.
  12. 25. A brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences.
  13. 26. Medicines that can be bought without a prescription.
  14. 28. A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.
  15. 30. Factors such as emotions, attitudes, and motivation that can affect a person's behavior and mental state.
  16. 31. A physiological state of adaptation to a substance, with withdrawal symptoms if use is reduced or stopped.
  17. 33. The patterns of shifting through the stages of sleep, typically repeating every 90 minutes.
  18. 36. A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
  19. 39. Practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.