1. Health and Wellness

2. Health and Wellness DO NOW: What does being healthy mean?
Write 3 different endings to the following sentence:
“To me, healthy means being able to…”
Discuss in pairs with the person next to you. Share with the group.

3. Health and Wellness
There are three elements of health: _______________
__________________ ______________
The three characteristics of health are interconnected, if one area receives too much attention, the triangle can become lopsided.
Among your responses to the question “To me, being healthy means…” Who can identify/categorize some physical, emotional, and or social responses?

4. Health and Wellness
Health is the _______-________of your body (physical), your __________ (mental/emotional), and your ____________________ with others (social).
Health is closely tied with a person’s ___________ of Life.
Quality of Life is defined as the degree of overall satisfaction one gets out of life.
When your _________ _____________ is balanced, you have a high degree of wellness: an overall state of well-being or total health.

5. Characteristics of a Healthy Person
Physical Health: is the way that your body parts and body systems work together.
Exercise
___________
Proper nutrition
___________________
Dental Visits
____________________

6. Characteristics of a Healthy Person
Mental/Emotional Health: refers to how good you feel about yourself and how well you cope with day to day activities.
Enjoys ________________
See mistakes as opportunities to learn
Take _________________ for their actions
Stands up for their beliefs and values
In touch with his/her ______________and expresses them appropriately
Can deal with problems and frustrations
Does not dwell on ___________ thoughts; is optimistic

7. Characteristics of a Healthy Person
Social Health: refers to how well you get along with others.
Ability to make ______________
Ability to maintain friendships
To work ___________________ with others
Ability to communicate effectively
Showing ________________ for yourself and others.

8. Identify the aspects of Health in the following…
James was so anxious about his game that he could not eat dinner and yelled at his brother for no reason.
Jill had an argument with her friend so she didn’t feel like working out after school because she was upset.
AFTER THIS SLIDE>>>have them complete the Enrichment (Wellness triangle ditto) !!!!

9. Positive Lifestyle Factors

10. Positive Lifestyle Factors
DO NOW: List three of your favorite activities or hobbies, then briefly describe the positive effect each has on your health.

11. Lifestyle factors
Why do people now generally live longer than in years past?

12. Positive Lifestyle Factors
Lifestyle Factors: Personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives that help determine his/her level of health.
Get between ___-___ hours of sleep a night.
Eat nutritious foods from various food groups.
Eat ___________________ everyday.
Refrain from smoking and tobacco products.
Do ______-______ minutes of continuous vigorous activity at least 3x per week.
Do not use alcohol or other drugs.
Maintain recommended weight.
Experts have identified 7 habits that make a difference in peoples overall health, happiness, and longevity. People who regularly practice these important habits tend to be happier and live longer. Does anyone think they can name any of them??

13. Attitude
_______________ can play a major role is both your quality of life and your health.
Believing there is a ____________ and practicing _____________ habits go hand in hand.
Optimists vs. Pessimists
Not what happens to you, but how you ____________ (attitude) will determine your happiness.

14. Prevention
Practicing healthy habits to keep a person well and free from disease and other ailments.
What are some examples?
____________________

15. Prevention
Relationship between current ______________ and current _______________.
What does it mean?
Examples?
Don’t smoke—not short of breath
Inactive---not in shape
See the doctor---know your health status
HAVE STUDENTS COMPLETE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE:PERSONAL HEALTH INVENTORY DITTO

16. Write a letter…
Imagine you are 90 years old and have led a long, happy life. Based on the three aspects of health, positive lifestyle factors, and preventative health, write a letter to younger generations letting them in on the secrets and details of a living a long, healthy, and satisfying life.

17. Risk Factors & Decision Making

18. Do Now:
How do you think your upbringing has made you the person you are today?
Think about: family, friends, where you grew up, etc

19. Risk Factors
Any action or condition that increases the likelihood of _______________, ______________, or other negative outcomes.
3 Categories:
Heredity
Environment (physical, social, cultural)
Behavioral

20. Risk Factor: Heredity
All the traits that are passed biologically from ________________ to child.
What are some common characteristics in your family?
Physical
Intellectual
Prevalence of certain diseases
ADHD, High blood pressure, Heart disease, Diabeties, Divorce, Drug abuse, mental disease, obesity

21. Risk Factor: Environment
The SUM of all your experiences:
Where you grew up
Where you live now
Where you go in a given day
Physical conditions in which you live
People in your life
Your culture
Is broken down into three categories:
Physical, Social, & Cultural

22. Risk Factors: Physical Environment
Your outdoor and indoor surroundings
Outdoor
Examples: air quality, pollutants, poisonous waste, radiation, noise, safety.
Indoor
Examples: electrical safety, fire alarms, school safety, exposure to asbestos, second hand smoke.

23. Risk Factors: Social Environment
Includes your ___________ and other people with whom you come into contact with daily.
Family Members: Why do they effect your social environment?
Other people you come into contact with…
Who?
What changes as you get older?
Why can this be good/bad?
Social environment expands as you get older. Peers and friends who are supportive can help you grow socially and mentally. Those who take part in dangerous, unhealthy activities can put pressure on you to do things you otherwise may not.

24. Do Now:
Taking everything that we have discussed so far in our wellness unit, what are some aspects of your health that you personally may need to work on?
Try to think of at least one thing from physical, emotional/mental, and social and a preventative measure.

25. Risk Factors: Cultural Environment
The beliefs, customs, and behavior of a group that are passed from generation to generation.
Examples:
_________________
Religion, food preference, traditions, language, etc
Healthy goals can interfere with cultural beliefs…ex. If foods from your culture are very high in fat.
Sometimes not aware of the characteristics of your culture until you interact with another…ex. No shoes in home, no eating meat, have an accent, etc

26. Risk Factor: Behavioral
The decisions you make each day.
You have little control over the other two risk factors (____________ and _________________), you have a great deal of control over your __________________.
The way you choose to act in your environment has a very important impact on who you are.

27. Self Esteem
Refers to how much you ______________ yourself and like yourself
The level of ____________ and satisfaction in oneself.
People can have High Self-Esteem or Low Self- Esteem
People with high self esteem respect themselves and take care of themselves. Value themselves so are less likely to give into peer pressure. They set realistic goals for themselves and stick with them. Increased willingness to try and not be afraid of failure.
Negative self esteem: insecure, vulnerable to peer pressure

28. Self Esteem People with High Self- Esteem:
Form close relationships with people who respect and value them.
Have a realistic view of their strengths and weaknesses
Value themselves by taking care of themselves and their health and by avoiding risky behaviors.
Have an increased ability to reach their goals
People with Low Self-Esteem:
Judge themselves harshly and worry too much about what others think
May put on an act in public in order to impress others and hide their insecurities
Vulnerable to peer pressure
Feels depressed
May use drugs and alcohol as a coping method
Drop out of school
Get Pregnant

29. How can you improve Self Esteem?
Speak ______________ about yourself
Choose supportive _________
Accepting yourself
Set ____________ to improve a weakness
Take care of your physical health
Make a list of your _________
Reward yourself when you do well
Try ______ things