1. Leading a Healthy Life
Chapter 1

2. What’s your Health IQ? Page 4
True or False
Most deaths are caused by our behaviors.
If you have a history of heart disease in your family, there is nothing you can do about your risk for heart disease.
The leading cause of death in teens in motor vehicle accidents.
Smoking is the single leading preventable cause of death in the US.
Eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day can lower your chances of suffering from cancer or heart disease.
If you are not physically sick, then you are healthy.
True
false, there are many behavioral risk factors for heart disease. You can follow healthy behaviors to help reduce your chances of developing heart disease
False, physical health is just one aspect of overall health

3. Health Today
Health in the Past: Infectious diseases were the most significant health problems in the past
Health Today: Many health problems today are caused in part by unhealthy lifestyles.
Examples of lifestyle diseases: Diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

4. Health Risk Factors
Anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other health problems.
Controllable Risk Factors – factors that you can influence by making choices about your behavior.
Uncontrollable Risk Factors - factors that you can influence (age, race, gender, and heredity)

5. Health & Teen

6. Risk Factors & Your Health
You can protect your health by focusing on controllable risk factors.
Know the leading causes of death for people in your age group
Be aware of the leading causes of death for people of all ages.

7. Health & Teen

8. Six Health Risk Behaviors
Sedentary Lifestyle
Alcohol & Other Drug Use
Sexual Activity
Behaviors That Cause Injuries
Tobacco Use
Poor Eating Habits

9. Health & Teen
In a group of 3 answer the questions on page 10 in the book.
Write all of your names on one sheet of paper and turn it in.

10. Health & Wellness
Health is the state of well being in which all components of health are in balance
Health may be categorized into six components: physical, emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and environmental.
To be truly healthy, you must take care of all six components.

11. Six Components of Health
Physical Health – refers to the way your body functions
Emotional Health – involves coping with your feelings and expressing them in a positive way
Social Health – the quality of your relationships with friends, family, teachers and others.

12. Six Components of Health
Mental Health – the ability to recognize reality & cope with the demands of daily life.
Spiritual Health – involves having spiritual direction & purpose. This includes living according to one’s ethics, morals, and values.
Environmental Health – involves keeping your air & water clean, your food safe, & the land around you enjoyable.

13. Health & Wellness

14. Wellness: Striving for Optimal Health
Wellness is a continuum ranging from death to optimal health
You can choose your behaviors to move closer to optimal health.

15. Influences on Your Wellness
Hereditary Influences – traits that you inherit from your parents.
Social Influences – the relationships you have with other people
Cultural Influences – values, beliefs, and practices shared by people that have a common background.
Environmental Influence – your surroundings, the area where you live, and all things you have contact with that are part of your environment.

16. Taking Charge of Your Wellness
Knowledge – You need information to make good choices about you health
Lifestyle – you can improve your health by making behavioral changes to your lifestyle
Attitude – By focusing on your attitudes, you can act in ways that make you a healthier person.

17. Health & Wellness

18. Health & Wellness
In a group of 3 answer the questions on page 16 in the book.
Write all of your names on one sheet of paper and turn it in.

19. Four Ways Society Addresses Health Problems
Medical Advances – doctors are developing insulin pumps that can be surgically implanted to make managing blood-sugar levels easier.
Technology – Glucose meters indicate blood-sugar levels for diabetics.
Public Policy – Congress passes laws that provide funds for research on diseases such as diabetes.
Education – School health classes teach students how to decrease their risk of developing diabetes.

20. What You Can Do
Be an Advocate! To advocate is to speak or act in support of something.
Volunteer at a clinic
Take meals to the elderly
Promote health issues at school
Train for a career in a health field
Set a good example through your behavior

21. What You Can Do
Get Your Point Across
Be Informed
Know Your Audience

22. Health in Your Community
In a group of 3 answer the questions on page 20 in the book.
Write all of your names on one sheet of paper and turn it in.

23. Chapter 1 Review
Define all the Key terms and answer the question on page 22 – 23
Due next Friday