What is Health All About? Chapter 1

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What is Health All About?Chapter 1
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• Health is the combination of Physical,
  Mental/Emotional, and Social well being
• Wellness is an overall state of well being or
  total health

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• Health Education provides accurate health
  information and teaching health skills to help
  people make healthy decisions

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• Balancing it all out
• The Health Triangle (PMS Triangle)
• Please write the definition and the examples for
  each part of the triangle.

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• Physical Health
• Is all about how well your body functions.
• Having a high level of physical health means
  having enough energy to perform your daily
  activities, deal with everyday stresses, and
  avoid injury.

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• What are some examples of physical health?
• Sleep
• Exercise
• Diet
• Avoiding Tobacco, Alcohol, and other drugs

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• Mental/Emotional Health
• Is all about your feelings and thoughts.
• It is a reflection of how you feel about
  yourself, how you meet the demands of your daily
  life, and how you cope with the problems in your
  life.

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• Mental/Emotional Health also includes Spiritual
  Health.
• Spiritual Health is a deep-seated sense of
  meaning and purpose in life.

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• What are some examples of Mental/Emotional
  Health?
• Challenging yourself
• Accepting responsibility for Actions
• Sense of Control over your life
• Dealing with lifes stresses and frustrations

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• Social Health
• Is getting along with others.
• What are examples of Social Health?

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• The Health Continuum
• Your health and wellness are always changing
  you may feel great one day and get sick the next.
  This continuum spans the complete range of
  health.
• Look on sheet for diagram!

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• Your Turn
• Please write down 4 healthful behaviors that can
  help you stay on the right side of the continuum.

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• Influences on Your Health Vocabulary
• Heredity Refers to all the traits that were
  biologically passed to you from your parents 
• Your Environment is the sum of your surroundings
• Peers Refers to the people of the same age who
  share similar interests

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• Culture Refers to the collective beliefs,
  customs, and behaviors of a group. 
• Attitude is the way you view situations
  optmist/pessimist seeing the glass as half
  full.
• Behavior is something that can be controlled. You
  can choose to avoid high-risk behaviors and
  choose healthful behaviors

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• Media is various methods of communicating
  information.
• Technology are things like TV, Radio, and the
  Internet.

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• Identifying Health Risks When you engage in risk
  behaviors, it can harm your HEALTH
• Risk Behaviors are actions that can potentially
  threaten your health or the health of others.

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• The Centers for Disease Control has identified
  these 6 risk behaviors that account for most of
  the deaths and disability among young people
  under the age of 24.
• Tobacco Use
• Unhealthy dietary behaviors
• Inadequate physical activity
• Alcohol and Drug use
• Sexual behaviors that can result in STDs and
  unintended pregnancies
• Behaviors that contribute to unintentional
  injuries or violence

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• Vocabulary
• Cumulative Risks are related risks that increase
  in effect with each added risk. Example Using a
  cell phone while driving. 
• Prevention means taking steps to keep something
  from happening or getting worse.
• Abstinence is a deliberate decision to avoid
  high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity
  and the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.

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• Promoting Your Health
• Lifestyle Factors are the personal habits
• or behaviors related to the way a person
• lives.
• People who practice positive health habits
  regularly tend to be healthier and live longer.

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• Scientists have found that these habits make a
  difference in peoples overall health, happiness,
  and longevity
• Getting 8 hours of sleep each night
• Healthy Breakfast everyday
• Eating a variety of healthy foods each day
• Being active 30-60 min. most days of the week
• Maintaining a healthy weight
• Abstaining from tobacco products and smoking
• Abstaining from alcohol and other drugs

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• Interesting
• Knowledge DOES NOT equal behavior change. What
  does this statement mean?
• Please write your answer down on your sheet.