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