1Discuss the nature of public health promotion and disease prevention in the US.

2List the leading causes of death and describe leading theories of health behavior.

3Define the components of psychological health and describe the basic traits shared by psychologically healthy people.

4Describe the nature of stress, the physiology of the stress response, and the relationship of stress to health/disease; identify the major sources of stress in contemporary society and discuss interventions for stress management.

5Discuss categories of drugs, routes of administration and drug interactions.

6Describe the relationship of alcohol, tobacco and caffeine to health and disease.

7Describe the general concepts of nutrition, list and explain the recommendations made to the public by various health agencies to decrease risk of chronic disease.

8Describe various theories of obesity, discuss concepts of weight management, define/describe body image and the disordered eating continuum, define anorexia and bulimia nervosa, and list symptomatology and risk factors.

9Discuss the relationship of physical activity and physical fitness to health and/or disease and provide rationale (based on evidence from exercise epidemiology) for the recommendations made to the public concerning activity/exercise participation.

10Describe the anatomy and basic functions of the cardiovascular system and the prevalence/incidence of heart disease, identify risk factors and describe the features of atherogenesis and other diseases of the heart and vascular system.

11Describe the prevalence and incidence of the various types of cancer and identify cancer risk factors.

12Describe the prevalence and incidence of diabetes and list risk factors for diabetes.