1. Wellness and Your Health
Lesson 1

2. Parts of Health
Health- the condition of your physical, mental/emotional and social well being.
To be healthy all the parts of health must be kept in balance.

3. Physical Health Physical health describes the condition of your body.
How to maintain your physical health
Get 8 hours of sleep each night
Eat a balanced diet with nutritious food
Get plenty of physical activity
Practice good hygiene-the practice of keeping clean
Avoid drugs, alcohol and tobacco

4. Mental Health Mental health- how you deal with life’s demands.
A mentally healthy person can
Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way
Accept new ideas
Solve problems effectively

5. Emotional Health
Emotional health- the way you recognize and deal with your feelings.
To maintain emotional health
Express your emotions in words rather than physically
Show self control, think before acting
Accept your strengths and weaknesses
Respect yourself
Deal with sadness in an appropriate and timely way.

6. Emotional Health
Normal changes during your pre-teen and teen years can affect your emotional health
Added responsibility in your life
Normal changes in the body
Experiencing a wide range of emotions is a normal and not always pleasant experience.

7. Social Health Social Health- the way that you interact with people.
Your family has a huge impact on the support and development of your social health.
Your social health will continue to develop over the course of your life.
Relationships with others are important to healthy social development.
Helps give you a sense of belonging and helps you feel good about yourself

8. Social Health Ways to improve social skills
Be considerate of others and their needs
Show respect to others
Be dependable
Support people you care about when they make right choices
Express your true feelings
Imagining how you would feel if you were in another person’s place
Asking for help when you need it.

9. Wellness
Wellness- the state of good health by balancing your physical, social and mental/emotional health.

10. Health Assessment
A health assessment- is a set of questions that allows you to evaluate each of the parts of your health.

11. Assess Your Health Almost Always Some time Almost Never
I am physically active regularly.
I eat a variety of foods, including fruits and vegetables.
I find it easy to relax and express my feelings.
I have close friends or relatives in whom I can confide.
I prepare for events that I know will be stressful to me.
I avoid risky behavior
I practice good hygiene.

12. Assess Your Health Scoring the assessment
Give your self 4 points for every “Almost Always”
Give your self 2 points for every “Some Time”
Give your self 0 points for every “Almost Never”
23-28: you have great health habits
15-22: your health habits are good overall but there is room for improvement
7-14: many of your health habits need work
0-6: you are taking unnecessary risks with your health