Bell Ringer Open your student workbook and turn to page 53. Under the heading Journal Entry, write your responses after reading this statement: The choices you make today can affect your long-term health and quality of life. Write whether you agree or disagree with this sentence and explain why. Give an example that supports your opinion

Unit 3: Abstinence, Personal & Sexual Health Lesson 3: Preventing Chronic Disease

Healthy Behavior Outcomes Practice behaviors that prevent chronic diseases. Prevent serious health problems that result from common chronic diseases and conditions among youth, such as allergies, asthma, diabetes, and epilepsy.

Lesson Objectives By the end of this lesson, you should be able to: Describe the relationship between poor personal health and wellness habits and common chronic diseases. Analyze the behavioral and environmental risk factors that contribute to the major chronic diseases.

What do you notice based on the pie charts?

Summary Heart disease and cancer become more and more common as causes of death as people age. The top 3 leading causes of death for people under the age of 24 are: Unintentional injury Homicide Suicide Unintentional injuries include motor vehicle crashes, falls, fires, drowning, and unintended poisonings.

Summary (cont.) Unintentional injury is still the leading cause of death for people ages 25-44, but cancer and heart disease are now second and third.

What do you know about the chronic diseases that are some of the leading causes of death for adults in the United States?

Summary Heart Disease – blood vessels become blocked causing chest pain or heart attack. Cancer – abnormal cells develop and spread through someone’s body Chronic Lung Disease – airways in lungs are damaged, making it hard to breathe Alzheimer’s Disease – brain cells are damaged, person loses memory and mental functions

Summary (cont.) Stroke –blood flow to parts of the brain is blocked and cells die Diabetes – body isn’t able to deal with sugar in the bloodstream Kidney Disease – dangerous levels of waste builds up in the body

Do you think a person has any control over whether they develop a chronic disease? Why or why not?

Risk Factors Various things that can contribute to chronic disease are known as risk factors. Makes them more likely to get it The more risk factors a person has, the greater the likelihood the person will develop the disease. Thing to remember is that you can decrease your chances by decreasing the risk factors that are within your control.

Modifiable Risk Factors Unhealthy eating habits Physical inactivity Tobacco use Illegal drug use Being overweight or obese Excessive alcohol use High blood pressure High cholesterol Stress Exposure to secondhand smoke Exposure to chemicals Exposure to pollution Exposure to the sun

Chronic Disease Activity Each group of 3-4 students gets a chronic disease card and writes down the controllable risk factors that would contribute to that disease. (4 min) One student from each group comes to the promethean board and checks those risk factors off the checklist.

Summary What would you say are the most common modifiable risk factors for the chronic diseases we’ve looked at? Tobacco use Excessive alcohol use Unhealthy eating habits Physical inactivity Good News!!! – People can change all of these things by making different behavior choices.

Look back at the Assessing My Health Habits survey on page 2 in your workbook. How are you doing in the area of health habits? Could you improve any of these habits? What is one behavior you currently engage in that can help prevent one of the chronic diseases we discussed today?