Assignment

Make sure you completely answer the questions. Most of the questions have 2 or more parts. Responses need to be at LEAST 150-250 words. Please do not just copy the answers directly from the text - I want you to formulate the response in your own words.

1.     What are the five developmental tasks of young adulthood, and how can the accomplishing of one influence the accomplishing of any of the remaining four?

2.     What is the function of fat in nutritional health besides serving as the body's primary means of storage for excess calories? What is the basis of our current concern about saturated fats, cholesterol, and trans-fatty acids?

3.     Identify those risk factors for cardiovascular disease that cannot be changed. Identify those risk factors that can be changed. Lastly, identify the risk factors that can be contributing factors.

4.     What role does Medicare and Medicaid play in meeting the health care needs of the American public? Which portion of Medicare is universal? What elective option does Medicare offer?

5.     Examine the effects of nicotine on the body outside of the central nervous system. How does the influence of nicotine resemble that associated with the stress response?