[[Health Week 6]]

22. One controllable behavior that can increase risk for type 2 diabetes is eating an unhealthy diet. This can often lead to being overweight or obesity which is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. By eating healthier foods you can lose weight and lower your risk for type 2 diabetes. On this note, education is a determinant of health that can increase or decrease risk for type 2 diabetes. If young kids are taught how to eat healthy and manage their weight and cardiovascular health, they will have a smaller chance of becoming overweight as adults and having a higher risk of diabetes. If these ideas are not taught though, these people likely won't know the best ways to stay healthy and have an increased risk for type 2 diabetes.
23. - The two types of cancer with the highest 5-year relative survival rates are thyroid and prostate with 98% and 97% survival rates, respectively. The two types of cancer with the lowest 5-year relative survival rates are pancreas and liver & intrahepatic bile duct with 13% and 22% survival rates, respectively.
- Higher survival rates of cancer likely communicate that cancers such as thyroid and prostate and more easily or widely detected earlier in their life cycle than others like pancreas or liver and intrahepatic bile duct. At the first signs of these cancers, steps can be taken to halt the progress of the cancer and stop it as a form of secondary prevention.
24. For stage four: action Medina might be reaching out to more people and going out more often to parties and events to network and gain more friends. This stage will consume a lot of energy and likely be hard for her which has the possibility of leading to a relapse and her deciding to stop reaching out to others and returning back to where she started or an earlier stage. Before reaching the next stage, the benefits of her knowing new people and feeling more socially connected have to outweigh the extra time and effort spent to build and foster these connections.

	For stage five: maintenance Medina might be continuing to go out with her new friends and connections and working on maintaining their relationships. In this stage, she enjoys the new people that she knows and feels much better about her social life and connections than she did at the start of the process. She likely has learned a better sense of empathy and can connect with others better than she could before. There is still a chance of relapse, although less likely than the previous stage due to the positive effects from her improved social wellness.
25. The video starts out with the heart beating several times and the chart rises with each beat up to about 180 mm Hg. After this, the heartbeat stops and the measurement slowly decreases linearly until is is at 127 mm Hg which is the systolic blood pressure. The sound of the heartbeat returns, but quieter this time and the value continues to decline in pulses with each beat until 79 mm Hg which is the diastolic blood pressure reading. The value then decreases at an increasing rate and the video ends.
26. One of the stress management techniques described in HEA150 is the use of breathing techniques where there is a focus on deeper, less frequent breathing helping to bring a more relaxed state. There are many different timings or approaches that can be used, but generally someone will breathe in deeply, hold their breath for some time and then release it slowly. This can help to improve emotional wellness since it can aid in dealing with emotionally challenging situations evoking anger, anxiety, or sadness. Breathing techniques can help to recenter and lower your heart rate and control your emotions in a more positive way.