Your Health and Wellness

Living a Healthy Life

Your Health and WellnessChapter 1Vocabulary words will appear in Red so you know when we come across one

If you could have 3 wishes what would you wish for?Call on a few students to see what they sayWould your wishes stay they same if you had an incurable disease?Why do people take their health for granted when it is perhaps the most precious gift of all?1What is Health?Lesson 1If you could have one wish what would it be?3Defining HealthHealth- The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well beingNot an absolute stateBeing healthy means knowing various strategies when making decisions related to health needs and risks of young adultsCan your health change from day to day?Give an example4The Three Elements of Your HealthPhysical HealthThey way parts and systems of your body work togetherMental and Emotional HealthThe way you feel about yourself and relate to othersSocial HealthThe way you get along with others5Physical HealthPhysical Health- How well your body functions

Good physical health provides simplicity in dealing with the activities of daily life, and to resist diseases, and avoid injury.

What are examples of things you can do for good physical health?

What are example of things you can do for food physical health?Proper nutritionRegular physical activityEnough restGood hygieneMedical checkupsPaying attention to what you put in your body

6Mental/ Emotional HealthMental/Emotional Health- Includes feelings about yourself, how well you relate to others, and how well you meet the demands of everyday life.

People who have good mental/emotional health enjoy challenges and learning, understand that mistakes encourage growth, accept responsibility and develop higher thinking skills

What are some ways to tell if you have good Mental/ Emotional health?What are some ways to tell if you have good Mental and Emotional HealthUse your mind to develop thinking skillsEnjoy learningSee mistakes as opportunities to learn, grow and changeTake responsibilities for their actionsStand up for their beliefsIn touch with your feelingsCan handle stress of life without getting overwhelmed

7Social HealthSocial Health- Involves the way you get along with others.

Includes the ability to make and keep friends. It also involves communicating well and showing respect for yourself and others.

What are way people express good social health?

People with good Social Health can?The way you get along with othersAbility to make and keep friendsAbility to work, play, cooperate with othersGood communication with othersRespecting and caring for yourself and others

8Health TriangleConsists of the three elements of healthPhysicalMental/emotionalSocialWhen one side of the triangle receives to much attention the other sides of the triangle change as well. 9Your health is not an absolute state it can change rapidly depending on every day activity.There are very seldom times when your health triangle is balanced.

Same with the other categories 10The Health Continuum The Health Continuum Lack of energy, inattention, minor ache and painsPremature DeathHigh Level of HealthChronic DisordersFree from aches and painsOptimal level of energy, feeling of well beingModerate level of energyWellness- An overall state of well-being, or total health

People on the left side of the continuum usually do not take responsibility for maintaining their own health

People on the right side of the continuum usually exhibit a high degree of responsibility, discipline, and positive direction in life. They accept responsibility for maintaining their own health

People usually function below the wellness midpoint

Since the health continuum is always moving you can go to sleep at one point and wake up at another. Since the change can be very gradual you might not be fully aware of some changes

What are some factors that might change your level of wellness?

12Promoting Your HealthLifestyle Factors- Personal behaviors related to the way a person lives. Decisions made daily affect your health. What lifestyle factors may be dangerous?Drinking

Your Attitude and Your Health-For you to want to be healthy you have to understand they benefits you will see in return to being healthy.

What are some benefits of being healthy?

Studies have shown that people who are optimist (people who tend to see the positive in situations) are less likely to suffer illness and die young compared to pessimistic (people who look for and see negative in situations)Studies have also shown that it is now what happens to a person but that person attitude and responding behaviors that determine how well that person will cope and how happy he or she will be

13Lifestyle FactorsGet between 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night

Eat nutritious foods from the various food groups

Refrain from smoking and using tobacco products

Eat breakfast daily

Do 20 to 30 minutes of non stop vigorous activity a minimum of three times a week

Do not use alcohol or other drugs

Maintain your recommended weight 14Wellness and PreventionPrevention-Practicing healthy habits to keep a person well and free from disease

What are some preventive measures that you practice daily?

What are some preventive measures you practice regularly?SeatbeltsWearing protective eye coveringSunscreenAvoiding unsafe areas15Influences on Your HealthLesson 2Influences in Your HealthHeredity- All the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents

Environment- The sum of your surroundings, such as your family, neighborhood, school, job, and your life experiences

Peers- People of the same age who share similar interests. Includes your friends and classmates.

Culture- The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group. This group may be an ethnic group, a community, a nation, or a specific part of the world.

17EnvironmentsPhysical EnvironmentWhere you go everyday

Social EnvironmentWho you come in contact with

Cultural EnvironmentCollective beliefs, customs and behavior of a group

Physical Environment-What is in your environment?ParksSchoolsHomeWork

Social Environment- To what extent can you control your own environment?You can choose your friends, Which aspects can you not control?Family, Neighbors, FamilyFriendsTeachersCoachesPeers

Cultural Environment-Ethnic groupCommunityNationEntire section of a globe

18BehaviorBehavior-The way you choose to act within your environmentIf you family has a history of cardiovascular disease, does this mean you must follow in their footstepsYou can reduce your chances of developing the condition through positive choices and habitsWhat can you do to reduce you chances?Reduce intake of fried foodsReduce intake of high fat foodsExercise

19Taking Charge of Your HealthLesson 3Taking Responsibility for Your HealthRisk Factors-Actions or behaviors that represent a potential health threatThe CDC conducts nationwide surveys of Americans youth in the following catogories Behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuriesTobacco UseAlcohol and other drug useSexual behaviorsUnhealthy eating behaviorsPhysical inactivity

21CDC Findings33% of teens interviewed smoked cigarettes

36% admitted to being in a physical fight during the previous year

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Finished on page 1822Cumulative Risks and ConsequencesCumulative Risks- related risks that increase in effect with each added riskEX: smoking and bad diet

Cumulative risks may also result from a combination of risk factorsGive an example of combination risk factors???

Speeding and not wearing a seat beltDrinking and drivingRiding a bike on a main street and not wearing a helmet23Understanding Health RisksIt is important to understand what behaviors may cause you or others harmYou must be aware of the consequences of your choices and behaviorsRisk Behaviors- actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others

Abstaining from Risk BehaviorsTobacco, alcohol, and other drugs- you avoid many negative consequences including physical, and psychological effectsaddiction bodily harmeven death

Abstaining from Risk BehaviorsSexual ActivityNever have to worry about unplanned pregnancy- 100% effectiveDo not have to worry about STIFree from emotional problems that accompany sex: guilt, regret, rejection, confusionMaking choices that are always legal