Health Choices and Behavior

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Health Choices and Behavior

• Wellness and Your Choices

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Section 1

• What Do You Think?
• People make hundreds of choices every day that
  affect their health.
• The way adults contract most diseases is by
  catching them from somebody else.
• Accidents are among the major causes of death for
  teens.

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• Health- a range of states with physical, mental/
  emotional, spiritual, and social components.
• Wellness- maximum well-being the top of the
  range of health states

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• Daily Choices Affect Your Health
• Lifestyle diseases- are diseases that may be
  caused by neglect or poor choices
• Examples Heart Disease, Lung Disease, Cancer,
  Diabetes and Liver Disease

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• The Leading Causes of Death
• 1890s 2000s
• 1. Flu 1. Heart Disease
• 2. Pneumonia 2. Cancer
• 3. Tuberculosis 3. Stroke
• 4. Digestive diseases 4. Chronic Lung
  Disease
• 5. Bronchitis 5. Pneumonia/flu
• 6. Scarlet Fever 6. Other accidents
• 7. Stroke 7. Motor accidents
• 8. Kidney Disease 8. Suicide

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Section 1

• Physical Health Yesterday and Today
• Infectious Diseases- Diseases that are caused by
  infecting organisms
• Examples smallpox and polio
• Lifestyle Diseases- Diseases that are made likely
  by neglect of the body
• Examples heart disease, cancer, diabetes
• Lifestyle Choices Choices made daily of how to
  treat the body and mind
• Examples what we eat, and when to exercise

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• Family Medical History and Environment
• Heredity- In some people the tendency to develop
  certain diseases may be common within in a
  family.
• - Eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly,
  avoiding tobacco and other substances can still
  reduce the persons risk

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• Family Medical History and Environment
• Environment- This includes infectious diseases
  caused by pollution of the air, water, and food.
• - Environmental impacts include physical, social,
  and cultural environmental factors.

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• 3 types of Environment
• 1. Physical environment refers to the place where
  you live.
• Include things like air pollution, availability
  of safe places to play, access to parks and other
  recreational activities.

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• 3 types of Environment
• 2. Social Environment refers to the people around
  you, including your family and friends.
• - If the people around you tend to live a healthy
  lifestyle the more likely you will be to also
  engage in healthy behaviors.

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• 3 types of Environment
• 3. Cultural environment refers to the beliefs and
  customs that your family practices.
• - Familys culture can influence the food you
  eat, whether or not you exercise, and other
  aspects of your life.

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• Chronological Age vs. Physiological Age
• Chronological age- is your age measured in years
  from date of birth
• Physiological age- is your age as estimated from
  the bodys health and probable life expectancy

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• 5 Factors that Influence Physiological Age
• Get 8-9 hours of sleep each night
• Eat regular, nutritious meals, including
  breakfast
• Engage in regular physical activity
• Avoid the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other
  drugs.
• Maintain a healthy body weight.

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• Personal Responsibility is Central to Wellness

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Section 1

• Personal Responsibility is Central to Wellness
• Centenarians- people who have reached the age of
  100 years old or older.
• Common traits- balanced diet, not overweight,
  non-smokers, dont abuse alcohol or other drugs,
  good sleep habits and physically active

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• Portrait of a Well Person
• Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual
• Maintains a strong self
• Is willing to accept new ideas and try new
  behaviors
• Handles setbacks without loss of self-esteem
• Feels life has meaning
• Lives by a set of strong values

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• Portrait of a Well Person
• Physical Health
• Sleeps enough to function well
• Maintains appropriate weight
• Does not abuse any drugs including alcohol and
  tobacco
• Eats well balanced diet
• Maintains appropriate weight
• Good decision making regarding personal safety

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Section 2

• Portrait of a Well Person
• Social Health
• Develops supportive friendships
• Effectively resolves conflicts
• Can form a successful long-term partnership
• Socializes well with the others without the
  influence of drugs and alcohol
• Continues growing, learning, and facing new
  challenges throughout life

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Section 2

• The Factors That Affect Health

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Section 2

• Group Activity
• Creating a Portrait of Wellness
• In Groups of 3-4, draw a picture of a person,
  list their Chronological Age and their
  Physiological Age, then give evidence(Physical,
  Social, Spiritual, Mental/Emotional) to support
  your claim

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Section 3

• Making Behavior Changes
• Motivation- the force that moves people to act
• Drives- motivation that comes naturally from
  instincts
• Examples Hunger, thirst, fear

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Section 3

• Obstacles to Change
• 3 General Areas
• Competence- The person lacks needed knowledge or
  skill to make the change
• Confidence- The person has the needed knowledge
  but believes that making a change is beyond the
  scope or his/her ability
• Motivation- The person possesses both competence
  and confidence, but lacks sufficient reason to
  change

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• Motivation Shaped by 4 factors
• The value of the reward- how big is the reward
• Its timing- how soon will the reward come
• The costs- what will be the risk or consequences
  of seeking the reward
• Its probability- how likely is the reward, and
  how certain the price

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Section 3

• Action Goal Setting
• 6 Steps to goal setting
• Pick a goal
• List three behaviors
• Preparation
• My time commitment
• How Ill measure my progress
• Reward

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• Smart Model of Goal Setting
• Specific - A vague goal only has a slim chance of
  ever being realized.
• Measurable - A specific goal can be measured by
  answering questions that begin with 'how'. How
  much? How many? How long?
• Attainable - Setting challenging goals will make
  you grow. It will boost your self-esteem and
  create confidence. An attainable goal must be
  within the realm of reason - challenging, but
  reasonable.
• Realistic - A realistic goal is something that is
  realistic for you. You define what is realistic
  or not. The way to define what is realistic for
  you is to ask yourself if you are both willing
  and able to work persistently and tenaciously
  toward this goal.
• Timely - Your goal has to have a start and an end
  date. Without these boundaries around your goal,
  procrastination, the arch enemy of achievement,
  will sabotage your best efforts to attain a good
  goal.

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Section 3

• Commitment
• Commitment- a decision adhered to for the
  long-term, Commitment to a behavior depends on
  continued rewards from it
• Will- a persons intent which leads to action
• Self-efficacy- a persons belief in his or her
  ability to succeed at the task at hand