| A | B |
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| wellness | the state of being in good health |
| quality of life | a person's satisfaction with his or her own looks, lifestyle, and responses to daily events |
| premature death | death that occurs due to lifestyle behaviors that lead to a fatal accident or the formation of an avoidable disease |
| optimum health | a state of wellness characterized by peak physical, mental, and social well-being |
| physical health | the fitness of your body |
| mental health | the way you feel about yourself |
| social health | the way you get along with others |
| holistic medicine | an approach to healthcare that focuses on all aspects of patient care- physical, mental, and social |
| risk factor | a characteristics or behavior that influences a person's chance of getting a disease |
| environmental quality | the state of the physical world around you |
| diagnosis | the identification of a disease |
| diet | all the foods and beverages that you consume |
| peer pressure | the influence people in your age group have on your behavior |
| nutrition | the sum of the processes by which a person take in and uses food |
| nutrients | the basic components of food that nourish the body |
| scientific method | the steps researchers use to find the answers to questions |
| hypothesis | a suggested answer to a scientific questions |
| theory | a principle that tries to explain something that happens in nature |
| life expectancy | the average length of people living in the same environment |
