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FIT WELL

• Introduction to Wellness, Fitness,
• and Lifestyle Management
• Chapter 1

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CHOICES

• Do the choices we make really impact our health
  and well-being?
• Consequences of our choices.
• What foods do you choose to eat?
• How much sleep do you choose to get?
• How much physical activity do you engage in?
• How much time do you choose to study?
• We all have choices. What we do today, impacts
  tomorrow!

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WHAT IS HEALTH?

• World Health Organization Health is a state of
  complete physical, emotional and social health,
  not merely the freedom from disease and illness.
• Health can be described as a temporary state
  resulting from the ability of an individual to
  balance physical, mental, intellectual, social
  and spiritual dimensions in a way that makes
  him/her happy, satisfied and productive.

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HEALTH

• Some aspects can be influenced by factors out of
  your control genes, age, family history.

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WELLNESS

• High level wellness is a dynamic approach to
  health enhancement that emphasizes positive
  health behaviors and preventive practices.
• It is an ongoing process. A way of life.
• IT IS LARGELY DETERMINED BY THE DECISIONS YOU
  MAKE!

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WELLNESS
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Components of Wellness

• Emotional Feelings, positive self-concept,
  optimism, trust, determination, dedication,
  persistence. Being emotionally healthy is
  handling lifes unexpected challenges and
  problems effectively. Negative emotions can
  affect the immune system.
• Mental Thoughts, sense of humor, ability to
  think critically, creativity, curiosity, openness
  to new ideas. The mind has a substantial
  influence over the body.
• Social Meaningful relationships, network of
  friends and family, friendly, compassionate,
  supportive, good listener. Socially healthy
  people can interact well with others.
• Spiritual Set of beliefs, principles, values
  that give meaning or purpose to life, faith in
  something beyond oneself. Spiritual health helps
  to achieve a sense of inner peace, confidence.
• Physical Cardiovascular health, body
  composition, strength, flexibility, endurance.
  Most often associated with physical health.
• Occupational Having a career or job that is
  satisfying, enjoyable.
• Environmental Safe surroundings, protection
  from noise, air, and water pollution, landfills.

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Leading Causes of Death Then and Now

• 1900s Average Life Expectancy in U.S. was 47
  years old.
• Causes of death Acute diseases that were
  infectious, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis,
  influenza, diphtheria, polio, and kidney
  diseases.
• TODAY Average life expectancy is 77.8 years
  old.
• Causes of death Chronic diseases such as
  coronary heart disease, cancer, strokes (1,2,3),
  hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes,
  emphysema, and cirrhosis of the liver.
• THESE ARE DISEASES RELATED TO LIFESTYLE
  BEHAVIORS!
• CHOICES WE MAKE!

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What Has Changed?

• Decrease in physical activity.
• Increase in food consumption and portion sizes.
• Technology
• Advancements in medicine

• 55 of U.S. adults do not engage in the
  recommended amounts of physical activity.
• 15 of Americans are not active at all.

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Todays Lifestyle

• Adults
• Drive to work.
• Sit at computer.
• Drive home.
• Watch TV.
• 2004 Study by Centers for Disease Control Women
  have increased daily caloric intake by 22 -1542
  calories to 1877 calories. (1971-2000)

• Children
• Surf the Internet.
• Video games.
• Motorized toys.
• Watch TV.
• Men have increased their intake by 7, from 2450
  calories to 2618 calories, per day.

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FACTS

• 67 of American adults are overweight or obese.
• Health care expenditures have increased
  dramatically.
• 1950, U.S. Health care costs were 12 billion.
• 2002, U.S. Health care costs were 1.6 trillion.
• U.S. spends more per person (about 5,317 in
  2005) than any other industrialized nation.
• For Americans, approximately the last 11 years of
  life are spent impaired.

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Where are we going?
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Lifestyle and Wellness

• More time watching TV increased risk of obesity
  and diabetes

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Lifestyle and Wellness

• Cigarette smoking increased risk of lung cancer

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Lifestyle and Wellness

• Low intake of fruits and vegetables increased
  risk of heart disease

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Healthy People 2010

• It is a set of objectives for the health of the
  nation to be achieved over the first decade of
  the new century. 2010 builds on initiatives that
  have been going on over the past two decades. It
  is designed to achieve two overall goals.
• 1. Increase Quality and Years of Healthy Life
• 2. Eliminate Health Disparities
• We may think that the choices we make affect only
  ourselves, but the U.S. government also has an
  interest in the health of all Americans. A
  healthy population is the nations greatest
  resource, the source of its wealth and strength.
  On the other hand, a nation that is not healthy
  drains the nations resources and raises national
  health care costs.

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Benefits of Physical Activity
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BEHAVIOR CHANGE PLAN

• Ability to change unhealthy behaviors comes from
  within.
• Education and lifes experiences can assist us in
  the process to change.
• Increase your awareness of the risks with certain
  behaviors, i.e. smoking, inappropriate use of
  drugs, alcohol, lack of attention to dietary
  needs, unsafe habits.
• LOCUS OF CONTROL
• The figurative place a person designates as the
  source of responsibility for the events in his or
  her life.
• Internal A belief that you can make a
  difference and can control or positively
  influence your state of health and fitness.
• External A belief that factors beyond your
  control are impacting and controlling your life.
  Heredity, family history, environment, fate,
  luck, friends, family.

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TRANSTHEORETICAL MODELProchaska, 1979

• Pre-contemplation (I cant or I wont)
  Resistant and unwilling to change behavior within
  the next 6 months.
• Contemplation (I may) Considering change in the
  future. (lt6 mo.)
• Preparation (I will) Gathering information and
  getting ready to change in the immediate future
  (lt1 mo.)

• Action (I am) Actively attempting to change.
  This stage requires the greatest commitment of
  time and energy.
• Maintenance (I still am) Actively living the
  changed behavior (lt5 years)
• Termination Maintained the changed behavior of
  over 5 years.

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MAKING THE CHANGE

• CHOOSE A Problem Behavior
• LEARN Your Actions and Behaviors
• ESTABLISH Personal Goals and Objectives
• PREPARE a Plan of Action
• IMPLEMENT Your Plan
• REVALUATE and Modify Your Plan

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Tip of the Day!

• Change develops one step at a time!
• Make a commitment today to your total well
  being!