Personal Care

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Personal Care

• Teen Living Skills
• Unit 4

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Take Care of Yourself

• Girls who are involved in sports are less likely
  to consider themselves overweight.
  http//www.girlpower.gov/

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Take Care of Yourself

• Flossing using a soft thread to remove food and
  plaque from between the teeth.
• Hygiene the science of health and the
  prevention of disease and infection.
• Junk food food with little or no nutritive
  value.
• Stress mental or emotional strain or fatigue on
  the body.

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Take Care of Yourself

• Exercise
• Starting to exercise now will help you start a
  habit that will be needed throughout your life.
• Exercise helps you sleep better at night.
• Exercise keeps you mentally alert.
• It also helps to relieve stress.
• Exercise will also help you avoid weight gain by
  burning calories.
• Teens need to exercise 60 minutes a day.

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Take Care of Yourself

• Participation in all types of physical activities
  declines as age or grade in school increases.
• www.medicinenet.com

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Take Care of Yourself

• Good Grooming.
• Keeping your skin clean is essential.
• Good grooming also involves using deodorant or
  antiperspirant daily.
• Washing and brushing your hair is important. How
  often you will need to wash your hair will
  depend on the dryness or oiliness of your hair.

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Take Care of Yourself

• Good Nutrition.
• Whether you want to believe it or not, you are
  what you eat.
• It is important to drink 8 glasses of water a
  day.
• Follow the food guidelines based on the USDA food
  pyramid.
• The most important meal of the day is breakfast.

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Take Care of Yourself

• Good Hygiene.
• It is important to bathe daily.
• Brush your teeth twice a day.
• Flossing once a day is also needed.

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Who Looks Good?

• An individuals self-concept is the core of
  his personality. It affects every aspect of
  human behavior the ability to learn, the
  capacity to grow and change, the choice of
  friends, mates, and careers. It is no
  exaggeration to say that a strong, positive
  self-image is the best possible preparation for
  success in life.
• Dr. Joyce Brothers

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Oh No! Whats Happening?

• People are always blaming their circumstances
  for what they are. The people who get on in this
  world are the people who get up and look for the
  circumstances that they want and if they cant
  find them, they make them.
• George Bernard Shaw

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Oh No! Whats Happening?

• Pubic the area of the body located in the
  lower abdomen.
• Menstruation discharge of the lining of the
  uterus through the vagina.
• Acne skin condition, most often on the face,
  characterized by pimples inflammation of the oil
  glands and hair follicles.
• Nocturnal Emission when semen is forced from
  the penis when sleeping or relaxed at night.

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Oh No! Whats Happening?

• Physical changes in teens
• Breast development
• Menstruation in females
• Growth of pubic hair and underarm hair
• Muscle development
• Voice changes in boys
• Growth of the sex organs
• Development of sweat glands and oil glands
• Nocturnal emissions in boys
• Growth spurts in weight gain and height
• Facial hair develops in males
• Body proportion changes

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Oh No! Whats Happening?

• Growth of the sex organs
• Development of sweat glands and oil glands
• Nocturnal emissions in boys
• Growth spurts in weight gain and height
• Facial hair develops in males
• Body proportion changes

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Looking Good!

• The majority of our lifetime sun exposure happens
  by the age of twenty. -
  http//www.cancerresearchuk.org/
• Sun Protection Factor (SPF) a number that
  designates the amount of protection you receive
  from the sun.

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Looking Good!

• Steps for good skin care
• Bathe in warm bath water.
• Pat skin dry after bathing.
• Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water each day.
• Apply sunscreen with a 15-30 or higher SPF.
• Apply sunscreen 30 minutes before going into the
  sun so it has time to absorb. Reapply after
  going into the water.
• Wash face 2 times daily.

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Looking Good!

• Eat healthy meals.
• Avoid deliberate outdoor tanning, tanning beds
  and sun lamps.
• Sleep on your back, it will help prevent
  wrinkles. If you must sleep on your side, be
  sure to rotate sides to prevent future wrinkles.
• Dont smoke over time it will create wrinkles.
• Dont pop pimples this can create skin scarring
  and spread the infection.
• Get adequate rest 8 to 10 hours is recommended.

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I Dont Feel So Good

• Only about 10 of people with anorexia or
  bulimia are males. -
  www.anred.com
• Immunization medicine given to a person to
  protect them against a disease.

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I Dont Feel So Good

• The following are reasons to visit a doctor
• Illness or infection
• Routine exam
• Treatment for an accident
• Immunization
• Medical procedure

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Thats Personal!

• You are free to choose, but the choices you
  make today will determine what you will have, be,
  and do in the tomorrow of your life.
  - Zig Ziglar
• Allergies an unusual sensitivity or reaction to
  exposure to your surrounding or to certain
  substances, such as eggs.

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Thats Personal!

• When choosing products, consider the following
• Cost per use.
• Quality of the product.
• Personal needs.
• Personal likes and dislikes.
• Individual allergies.

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Thats Personal!

• Although 50 of young people use sunscreen to
  protect themselves from the sun, only a quarter
  choose a sunscreen with a high protection factor.
• www.sunsmart.org.uk

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Heads Up!

• Store up calcium in your bone bank while you
  are young because 45 of your peak bone mass is
  achieved during the ages of 9-17. Calcium and
  Vitamin D intake for ages 11-18 is 1200-1500 mg.
  - http//www.geriatricspt.org/
  
• Posture a position of your body or body parts
  how you carry your body.

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Heads Up!

• Good posture
• Prevents fatigue/tiredness
• Creates flatter and stronger stomach muscles
• Creates fewer back problems
• Increases lung capacity
• Helps your body organs and systems function
  correctly
• Prolongs your ability to do work/activity

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Heads Up!

• Pounds of Individual Weight of Backpack
• 100 15
• 125 18
• 150 20
• 200 or more 25
• No one should carry more than 25 pounds in a
  backpack.
• Cornell Universityhttp//ergo.human.cornell.edu/M
  bergo/schoolguide.html

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Career Corner

• Dermatologist
• Physician
• Registered Nurse
• Facialist or Esthetician
• Nail Technician
• Cosmetologist
• Fitness Trainer
• Dietician

• Product Service Representative
• Dentist
• Dental Hygienist
• Dental Assistant
• Licensed Practical Nurse
• Chiropractor

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The End