Living a Healthy Life

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Living a Healthy Life
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Objectives

• Examine the influences on physical, mental/
  emotional, and social health
• Explain how influences impact health status
• Analyze health messages delivered through media
  and technology

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Why is this important?

• The choices and decisions you make now in your
  teen years will affect you in the future, and can
  possibly prevent illnesses when youre an adult

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Health Continuum
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Lifestyle Factors

• 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night
• Start each day with a healthy breakfast
• Eat a variety of nutritious foods
• Workout 20 minutes a day, 3 or more times a week
• Maintain a healthy weight
• Avoid tobacco, alcohol, and drugs

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Lifestyle Factors

• Abstain from sex before marriage
• Manage stress
• Maintain positive relationships
• Practice safe behaviors to prevent injuries.

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Healthy People 2010

• Government initiative to improve the Health of
  all americans
• Goals are reviewed and updated every 10 years

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Health Triangle
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Health Influences

• Attitude
• Behavior
• Media
• Technology

• Heredity
• Environment
• Physical
• Social Environment
• Culture

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Heredity
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Physical Environment
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Social Environment
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Culture
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Attitude

• You control and only you control your attitude
• Optimist
• Pessimist

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Behavior

• You control your behaviors