Why is health education important?

Health Education Is designed to help you learn to live a healthy lifestyle Help you achieve and maintain a healthy state Help you understand your body and how it works Help you deal with situations that you will be exposed to in high school Your health affects the quality of your life

What is Health? Eating healthy and exercising? Staying in good physical shape? Not being sick? Is health just physical well being?

5 minutes Write your own definition of health List three things you can do to improve your health

Health Is!!!!!!!!! Health- the state of well-being in which all of the components of health are in balance. Six components of health Physical Emotional Social Mental Spiritual Environmental

Do You Have to Work Towards Good Health?

Health Is like a Rubik's Cube Each Component Affects One Another Just as a basketball player has to work hard to improve all areas of his or her game We have to work hard to improve all aspects of our health What is in our control and what is not?

Influences on Your Health Heredity Social Influences Friends, Friends, Friends, Friends Cultural Influences Values, attitudes, values, and beliefs Environmental influences Physical surroundings

Uncontrollable Factors That Affect your Health Age Race Gender Heredity

Controllable Factors Physical activity Smoking Diet Weight

6 Health Risk Behaviors 1) Sedentary lifestyle 2) Alcohol and other drug use 3) Sexual Activity 4) Behaviors that causes injuries 5) Tobacco Use 6) Poor Eating Habits

Take Charge of Your Health Knowledge (Always progress never regress) Lifestyle Attitude (Attitude is Everything)

Health In Your Community Our society addresses health issues in four ways Medical advances Technology Public Policy (congress passes laws to fund medical research ) Education

Quick Recap What is health? What are some controllable risk factors that affect your health? What are uncontrollable risk factors that affect your health? List the six health risk behaviors