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

What is Health What is Health All About?All About?

Chapter 1Chapter 1

HealthHealth is the combination of Physical, is the combination of Physical, Mental/Emotional, and Social well – Mental/Emotional, and Social well – beingbeing

WellnessWellness is an overall state of well – is an overall state of well – being or total healthbeing or total health

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

Balancing it all out… Balancing it all out…

The Health Triangle The Health Triangle (PMS (PMS Triangle)Triangle)

Please write the definition and Please write the definition and the examples for each part of the examples for each part of the triangle.the triangle.

Physical HealthPhysical Health: : Is all about how well your body Is all about how well your body

functions.functions.

Having a high level of physical health Having a high level of physical health means having enough energy to means having enough energy to perform your daily activities, deal with perform your daily activities, deal with everyday stresses, and avoid injury.everyday stresses, and avoid injury.

What are some examples of What are some examples of physical health?physical health?

SleepSleep

ExerciseExercise

DietDiet

Avoiding Tobacco, Alcohol, and other Avoiding Tobacco, Alcohol, and other drugsdrugs

Mental/Emotional Health:Mental/Emotional Health:Is all about your feelings and thoughts.Is all about your feelings and thoughts.

It is a reflection of how you feel about It is a reflection of how you feel about yourself, how you meet the demands yourself, how you meet the demands of your daily life, and how you cope of your daily life, and how you cope with the problems in your life.with the problems in your life.

Mental/Emotional Health also includes Mental/Emotional Health also includes Spiritual Health.Spiritual Health.

Spiritual Health Spiritual Health is a deep-seated senseis a deep-seated sense of of meaning and purpose in life.meaning and purpose in life.

What are some examples of What are some examples of Mental/Emotional Health?Mental/Emotional Health?

Challenging yourselfChallenging yourself

Accepting responsibility for ActionsAccepting responsibility for Actions

Sense of Control over your lifeSense of Control over your life

Dealing with life’s stresses and Dealing with life’s stresses and frustrationsfrustrations

Social HealthSocial Health: :

Is getting along with others. Is getting along with others.

What are examples of Social What are examples of Social Health?Health?

The Health ContinuumThe Health Continuum

Your health and wellness are Your health and wellness are always changing – you may feel always changing – you may feel great one day and get sick the great one day and get sick the next. This continuum spans the next. This continuum spans the complete range of health.complete range of health.

* Look on sheet for diagram!* Look on sheet for diagram!

Your Turn:Your Turn:

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

Influences on Your Health Influences on Your Health – Vocabulary– Vocabulary

HeredityHeredity Refers to all the traits that were Refers to all the traits that were biologically passed to you from your parents biologically passed to you from your parents 

Your Your Environment Environment is the sum of your surroundingsis the sum of your surroundings

PeersPeers Refers to the people of the same age who Refers to the people of the same age who share similar interestsshare similar interests

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

AttitudeAttitude is the way you view situations – is the way you view situations – optmist/pessimist – “seeing the glass as half full.”optmist/pessimist – “seeing the glass as half full.”

BehaviorBehavior is something that can be controlled. You is something that can be controlled. You can choose to avoid high-risk behaviors and can choose to avoid high-risk behaviors and choose healthful behaviorschoose healthful behaviors

MediaMedia is various methods of communicating is various methods of communicating information.information.

TechnologyTechnology are things like TV, Radio, and are things like TV, Radio, and the Internet.the Internet.

Identifying Health RisksIdentifying Health Risks: When you : When you engage in engage in risk behaviorsrisk behaviors, it can harm , it can harm your your HEALTHHEALTH

Risk BehaviorsRisk Behaviors are actions that can are actions that can potentially threaten your health or the potentially threaten your health or the health of others.health of others.

The The Centers for Disease ControlCenters for Disease Control has identified these 6 has identified these 6 risk behaviors that account for most of the deaths risk behaviors that account for most of the deaths and disability among young people under the age of and disability among young people under the age of 24.24.

1)1) Tobacco UseTobacco Use

2)2) Unhealthy dietary behaviorsUnhealthy dietary behaviors

3)3) Inadequate physical activityInadequate physical activity

4)4) Alcohol and Drug useAlcohol and Drug use

5)5) Sexual behaviors that can result in STD’s and Sexual behaviors that can result in STD’s and unintended pregnanciesunintended pregnancies

6)6) Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries or Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries or violenceviolence

Vocabulary…Vocabulary…

Cumulative Risks Cumulative Risks are related risks that increase in are related risks that increase in effect with each added risk. effect with each added risk. Example:Example: Using a cell Using a cell phone while driving. phone while driving. 

PreventionPrevention means taking steps to keep something means taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.from happening or getting worse.

AbstinenceAbstinence is a deliberate decision to avoid high- is a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.

Promoting Your HealthPromoting Your Health

Lifestyle FactorsLifestyle Factors are the personal habits are the personal habits

or behaviors related to the way a person or behaviors related to the way a person

lives.lives.

People who practice positive health habits People who practice positive health habits regularly tend to be healthier and live regularly tend to be healthier and live longer.longer.

Scientists have found that these habits Scientists have found that these habits make a difference in people’s overall make a difference in people’s overall health, happiness, and longevity…health, happiness, and longevity…

1)1) Getting 8 hours of sleep each nightGetting 8 hours of sleep each night

2)2) Healthy Breakfast everydayHealthy Breakfast everyday

3)3) Eating a variety of healthy foods each dayEating a variety of healthy foods each day

4)4) Being active 30-60 min. most days of the weekBeing active 30-60 min. most days of the week

5)5) Maintaining a healthy weightMaintaining a healthy weight

6)6) Abstaining from tobacco products and smokingAbstaining from tobacco products and smoking

7)7) Abstaining from alcohol and other drugsAbstaining from alcohol and other drugs

InterestingInteresting……

Knowledge Knowledge DOES NOTDOES NOT equal behavior equal behavior change. What does this statement mean?change. What does this statement mean?

Please write your answer down on your Please write your answer down on your sheet.sheet.