CHAPTER 1 Learning About Your Health

What is Health? *Health is a combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being*

Physical Health Involves the condition of your body.  Eat a well-balanced diet.  Participate in regular physical activity. (30-60 minutes/day)  Get at least 8 hours of sleep every night.  Yearly physicals. Dentist once every 6 months.  Avoid tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.  Avoid unnecessary risks.

Mental & Emotional Health Relates to your thoughts and feelings.  Face difficult situations with a positive & realistic outlook.  Express your feelings clearly & calmly to others.  Set priorities.  Use your talents effectively to achieve your goals.  Be patient with yourself as you learn new skills.  Accept responsibility for your actions.

Social Health Involves the ways in which you relate to other people.  Respect and care for members of your family.  Have a friendly, open attitude toward other people.  Pay attention to what you say and how you say it.  Be a loyal, truthful, and dependable friend.  Learn to disagree without arguing & show respect for others.

Self-assessment *Careful examination and judgment of your own patterns of behavior.* Wellness *State of well-being, or balanced health.*

*How are Health and Wellness related?* End of lesson 1

What Influences Your Health? Internal (Personal)  Friends  Available Information  Personal Choices External (Outside)  *Heredity*  *Environment*  Culture Background  Family Traditions

Heredity *The passing on of traits from biological parents to children* Environment *All the living and nonliving things that surround you*

Culture Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people

Media *The various methods for communicating information* Evaluate *Determine the quality of* End of lesson 2

Risks The possibility that something harmful may happen to your health and wellness Risk Behaviors *Actions or choices that may cause injury or harm to you or others*

Consequences *The results of actions* Physical Mental & Emotional Academic Financial Legal Social

Cumulative Risks Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk

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Subjective *Comes from a person’s own views and beliefs, not necessarily from facts* Objective *Based on facts* “Lot’s of people smoke cigarettes, so how harmful could it be?”

Prevention *Taking steps to make sure that something does not happen* Abstinence Refusing to participate in unsafe behaviors or activities End of lesson 3