BELL WORK What do you do to take responsibility for your health? Give examples.

REVIEW Define adolescence. The stage of life between childhood and adulthood. Give 3 examples of physical change in adolescence. Growth spurt, change in body hair, change in body shape. Girls hit puberty between the ages of? 8 and 14

Boys hit puberty between the ages of? 11 and 14 How does your relationship change with your parents? You become more independent. What becomes the most important during teen years? Your friends.

MEET AND GREET When I ring the bell you are to meet someone new and ask them what there favorite thing about school is so far.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR HEALTH TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HEALTH.

OBJECTIVES Identify positive lifestyle factors. Describe how risk behaviors can affect your health triangle. Explain how being abstinent promotes a healthy lifestyle.

CHOOSING TO LIVE HEALTHFULLY Positive lifestyle factors promote good health. lifestyle factors Behaviors and habits that help determine a person’s level of health and wellness.

POSITIVE LIFESTYLE FACTORS What are some positive lifestyle factors? Healthy eating Exercise 8 hours of sleep Avoiding drugs Doing your best

RISKS AND YOUR HEALTH Risks are part of life. Taking care of your health behaviors is part of being a responsible and becoming an adolescence.

RISK BEHAVIORS risk behaviors Actions or behaviors that might cause injury or harm to yourself or others. Risk behaviors can be obvious and some are not because the effects are not immediate. Give an example of risk behaviors.

RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES Some risks have short term consequences. Some risks have long term consequences. Some risks have both short and long term. Some risks are cumulative risks. cumulative risks Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk

CONSEQUENCES EXAMPLE: It is Friday night and your friends invite you to a party. They tell you there will be alcohol and drugs there. You ask your parents if you can go but fail to tell them about the drugs and alcohol. Your parents give you permission to go but tell you to call at 11 pm and they will pick you up. You go to the party and decide that because your friends are drinking it would be okay if you do. Before you know it is ten pm. You decide not to call mom and dad but get a ride with an older person who was at the party drinking.

CONSEQUENCES What are some short term consequences? What are some long term consequences? What were some cumulative risks?

REDUCING RISKS precautions Planned actions taken before and event to increase the chances of a safe outcome prevention Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse Abstinence is the most effective form of prevention

CHOOSING ABSTINENCE Promotes physical health by keeping your body healthy. Protects your mental/emotional by giving you piece of mind. Socially promotes better relationships with parents and friends.

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY Staying informed about healthy lifestyles is a way of taking responsibility and having a good attitude. attitude A personal feeling or belief

QUESTIONS

ACTIVITY CREATE 3 COLUMNS AND LABEL EACH COLUMN LIKE THE PICTURE

ACTIVITY By yourself, write down in each column as many positive lifestyle factors that you can think of. Keep in mind some will fit in multiple columns.

ACTIVITY Now with a partner share each others lists and brainstorm to add more to your list.

ACTIVITY Go back to your desk. Now draw and label your health triangle. You should have a list of positive lifestyle factors. First choose a lifestyle factor that you do already for each category and write that inside. Then choose one that you would like to work on this semester and write that outside.

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE I can be easier on myself P M/E Get 8 hours of sleep I work out every day I avoid high risk behaviors S I spend time with my family and friends. Work at being a better husband and friend.