1. Your Health & Wellness
Ch 1

2. Health:
The combination of physical, mental/emotional, & social well being.
● It is not an absolute state.
● Health is ever changing.
● It never stays the same.
Holistic: The whole person

3. Wellness:
an overall state of well-being, or total health
- It comes from making decisions & practicing behaviors that are bases on sound health knowledge & healthful attitudes

4. Health Continuum:
a chart showing activity, movement, or cycle (Your health continuum is always changing)
Ex: You might the top performer for
your basketball team on Tuesday & sick in bed with the flu on
Wednesday.

5. People on this side of the continuum usually exhibit a high degree of responsibility, discipline, and positive direction in life. They accept responsibility for maintaining their own health.
People on this side of the continuum usually do not take responsibility for maintaining their own health.
Loss level of health & wellness
Mid pt.
Improved level of health & wellness
Low level of Health
High Level of Health
Lack of energy, inattention, minor aches & pns
Free from aches & pns.
Moderate level of energy
Many people function rt. below the mid pt
Optimal level of health
Chronic disorders

7. Name 3 behaviors that would help you move toward the right side of the continuum?
2. What would you conclude about the health of a person who ranks at the midpoint of this continuum?
3. What advice would you
give to a person who
ranks to the left of the
midpoint…to the right
end of the continuum?
4. Does a person ever
reach the right of the
continuum (high level of
health) & stay there?
Explain your answer.

8. Lifestyle Factors (habits):
getting 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night.
starting each day with a healthy breakfast
eating a variety of nutritious foods each day
being physically active for at least 30 min most days of the week
maintaining a health weight
avoiding tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
abstaining from sexual activity before marriage
managing stress
maintaining positive relationships
practicing safe behaviors to prevent injuries

9. What is the Key to wellness?
PREVENTION
Prevention:
Practicing health & safety habits to remain free of disease & injury
Ex: wearing seatbelts, applying sunscreen, etc… How else can we prevent illness or injury?

10. Why do you need Health Education?
The providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices (to show people the relationship of healthful living to their quality of life)

11. Healthy People 2010:
A nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the U.S.
2 main goals: (Individuals, Families, & Communities)
1. Increase quality and years of healthy life for all Americans
2. Remove health differences that result
form factors such as gender, race, edu,
disability, and location

12. The Health Triangle: To achieve a high level of health you have to
balance
3 elements:

13. Physical Health:
All parts and systems of the body work well together

14. Mental/Emotional Health:
In touch with his/her emotions & expresses
them in acceptable, healthful ways
- How you like,
accept, and
feel about your-
self; how well
you relate to others;
how you meet the
demands of daily life

15. Social Health: Involves the way you get along with others
- Ability to make and keep friends, work, play in cooperative ways, seeking and lending support when necessary