Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle

LessonLesson 22Participating in fun activities with family members enhances

your health.

The actions you take regarding one aspect of your health have an effect on the other aspects as well.

Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle

LessonLesson 22In this lesson, you will learn to:

• Demonstrate how to take responsibility for your health

• Analyze how influences such as heredity, environment, culture, media, and technology impact health

• Compare how health messages are delivered through media and technology

Lesson Objectives

LessonLesson 22Elements of the Health Triangle

• The three elements of health—physical, mental/emotional, and social—are interconnected, like the sides of a triangle.

• When one side receives too much or too little attention, the whole triangle can become lopsided and unbalanced.

Your Health Triangle

LessonLesson 22Physical Health

Your physical health has to do with how well your body functions.

Being physically healthy involves:

• Being physically active on a regular basis.

• Practicing good hygiene.

• Getting regular medical and dental checkups.


LessonLesson 22Mental/Emotional Health

People with good mental/emotional health are in touch with their feelings and can express them in appropriate ways.

People with good mental/emotional health:

• Enjoy challenges and see mistakes as opportunities to grow and change.

• They can usually deal with the frustrations of life without being overwhelmed by them.


LessonLesson 22Social Health

Your social health involves the way you get along with others.

It includes your ability to:

• Make and keep friends to work and play in cooperative ways.

• Seek and lend support when necessary.

• Communicate well and show respect and care for yourself and others.


LessonLesson 22Keeping a Balance

• Each side of your health triangle is equally important to your health.

• When you work to keep your physical, mental/emotional, and social health in balance, you are much more likely to function at your highest level.


LessonLesson 22Influences on Your Health

There are several important influences on your health:

• Heredity

• Environment

• Media and technology

• Values

• Attitude

• Behavior

Influences on Your Health

LessonLesson 22Heredity

• You might be familiar with heredity in terms of your physical traits such as eye color, hair color, and height. Heredity influences your general level of health.

• Beyond your physical health, heredity can also influence personality and basic intellectual abilities and talents.


LessonLesson 22Environment

Your environment includes your family, your neighborhood, your school, your job, and your life experiences.


LessonLesson 22Environmental Influences

Physical Environment

Social Environment

Culture


LessonLesson 22Physical Environment

• Your physical environment influences every aspect of your health.

• A person who lives in a safe environment is likely to enjoy good physical and mental/emotional health.

• Environmental factors such as air pollution also affect health.


LessonLesson 22Social Environment

• Your social environment includes your family and other people with whom you come into contact each day.

• A supportive social environment made up of family and other adult role models can help a person develop positive values, a commitment to learning, and confidence in future success.

• Your peers also play an important part in your social environment.


LessonLesson 22Culture

• Your culture gives you a sense of identity.

• The language your family speaks, the foods you enjoy, the traditions you have, and the religion you practice are all part of your cultural environment.

• Understanding culture can help you know yourself better and be tolerant of others.


LessonLesson 22Attitude

• The way you view situations—your attitude—greatly affects the choices you make.

• Try to view challenging situations positively and think in realistic terms.


LessonLesson 22Behavior

• Your behavior affects not only your physical health but also your mental/emotional and social health.

• Learning how to resolve conflicts peacefully can have a positive influence on your relationships with others.


LessonLesson 22Media

• Media includes radio, television, film, newspapers, magazines, books, and the Internet.

• Although the media’s main purpose has been to provide information and entertainment, it also plays a powerful role in shaping public opinion.


LessonLesson 22Technology

• Advances in medical screenings and treatment for diseases have helped large numbers of people live longer, healthier lives.

• Advances in technology can have a downside. Technology has replaced many of the physical activities that once were part of daily life.


LessonLesson 22

Choose the appropriate option.

1. culture

2. environment

3. media

4. health

Q. Radio and television are

examples of _________.

Quick Review

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A. 3. Media

Radio and television are examples of media.

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Quick Review - Answer

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Q. How has technology affected the health status of

individuals, families, communities, and the world?

1. By creating advances in medical screenings and treatment for diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and AIDS

2. By creating advances in measuring the pollutants in the air we breathe

3. By providing information that inspires the passage of laws to restrict pollution

4. All of the above

Quick Review

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A. 4. All of the above Technology has impacted the health status of individuals, families, communities, and the world by creating advances in medical screenings and treatment of diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and AIDS; and by creating advances in the measurement of the pollutants in the air we breathe while inspiring laws to restrict the pollution of our land and water.


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Q. Culture refers to the collective

beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.

Quick Review


True

False

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A. True. Culture refers to the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.

LessonLesson 22Quick Review

Q. Media refers only to television,

radio, and newspapers.


True

False

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A. False. Media can refer to more than just television, radio, and newspapers. It also includes magazines, books, and the Internet.



LessonLesson 22Quick Review

Q. Only two sides of your health

triangle—mental/emotional and social—are affected by your personal behavior.


True

False

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A. False. All three sides of your health triangle are affected by your personal behavior.



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A. Correct! Radio and television are examples of media.



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LessonLesson 22Heredity

• You might be familiar with heredity in terms of your physical traits such as eye color, hair color, and height. Heredity influences your general level of health.

• Beyond your physical health, heredity can also influence personality and basic intellectual abilities and talents.


Heredity refers to all the traits that are biologically passed from parents to their children.

Heredity refers to all the traits that are biologically passed from parents to their children.

LessonLesson 22Environment

Your environment includes your family, your neighborhood, your school, your job, and your life experiences.


Your environment is the sum of your surroundings.

Your environment is the sum of your surroundings.

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• Your social environment includes your family and other people with whom you come into contact each day.

• A supportive social environment made up of family and other adult role models can help a person develop positive values, a commitment to learning, and confidence in future success.

• Your peers also play an important part in your social environment.

Social Environment


Peers are people of the similar age who share similar interests.

Peers are people of the similar age who share similar interests.

LessonLesson 22Culture

• Your culture gives you a sense of identity.

• The language your family speaks, the foods you enjoy, the traditions you have, and the religion you practice are all part of your cultural environment.

• Understanding culture can help you know yourself better and be tolerant of others.


Culture refers to the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.

Culture refers to the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.

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• Media includes radio, television, film, newspapers, magazines, books, and the Internet.

• Although the media’s main purpose has been to provide information and entertainment, it also plays a powerful role in shaping public opinion.

Media


Media refers to the various methods of communicating information.

Media refers to the various methods of communicating information.

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A. Correct! Technology has impacted the health status of individuals, families, communities, and the world by creating advances in medical screenings and treatment of diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and AIDS; and by creating advances in the measurement of the pollutants in the air we breathe while inspiring laws to restrict the pollution of our land and water.



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LessonLesson 22

A. Correct! Culture refers to the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.



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LessonLesson 22

A. Correct! Media can refer to more than just television, radio, and newspapers. It also includes magazines, books, and the Internet.



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LessonLesson 22Quick Review - Answer

A. Correct! All three sides of your health triangle are affected by your personal behavior.


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