Ch. 1 Health and Wellness Health – Condition of physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. Wellness – Having all four sides of Health Square balanced. Health Assessment- Set of questions used to evaluate each of the four parts of health.

4 Parts of Health Physical Mental Emotional Social All four sides need to be in balance!

Physical Health Get 8 hours of sleep a night Eat a balanced and nutritious diet Get plenty of physical activity Practice good hygiene - Hygiene: Practice of keeping clean. Avoid drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.

Mental Health Has to do with the mind. How you deal with life’s demands. Being mentally healthy means you can…. - Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way. - Accept new ideas. - Effectively solve problems.

Emotional Health The way you recognize and deal with your feelings. Suggestions to maintain your emotional Health: -Express your emotions in words rather than acting them out. - Accept your strengths and weaknesses, and RESPECT yourself. - Deal with sadness correctly and in a timely manner.

Social Health How well you get along and interact with others. Ways to improve your Social Health… - Being considerate of others - Show respect to others - Be dependable - But yourself in their “shoes” - Ask for help when you need it!

Influences on Health/Wellness Heredity – The passing down of traits from a parent to a child. Trait- Characteristic of a person Environmental- Everything around you, including things we can NOT see. Relationships – Family, friends, ect. - Peers: Someone who is the same age or same grade and who has similar interests. Other Culture – the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group. Attitude Behavior Media Technology

Making Choices about Your Health

Life Style Lifestyle: set of behaviors by which you live. Attitude: The way you act, think, or feel that causes you to make one choice over another. Preventative Healthcare: Taking the steps needed to prevent illness or accidents.

Using Life Skills to improve Health Life Skills- skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. * Assessing your health * Making good decisions * Being a wise consumer * Communicating effectively * Setting Goals * Using refusal skills (ways to say NO) * Coping

Using life skills cont. Practicing Life Skills- “PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT” Evaluating your skills - Do I periodically evaluate my square? - Am I making good decisions? - Am I setting and meeting my goals? - Do I use refusal skills?

Staying Healthy and Well Ticket Out the door: List four ways that life skills work together to improve your health. Using refusal skills, communicating effectively, making good decisions, assessing health square, evaluate media message, staying informed .