Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Influences on our Health

What Affects Your Health The choices you make and the way you think and act have a strong effect on your total health These are the parts of your life you have control over There are outside factors that influence your health

Putting the Puzzle Together Think of a person as a jigsaw puzzle The factors that influence that persons health are the pieces of the puzzle Each persons’ puzzle has different pieces that when put together form a unique picture SEE FIGURE 1.3 PAGE 8

Heredity and Environment Heredity – The passing of traits from biological parents to children Skin, eye and hair color Body build Growth patterns Tendency to get certain diseases Read page 9

Heredity and Environment Environment – All living things and non living things that surround you Your home, neighborhood, school Air you breathe and the water you drink Read page 9

Other Influences Along with you heredity and physical environment, many other factors in your life influence your health and your health choices See Figure 1.4 Page 10

Other Influences Culture and traditions Friends What you see and hear