3. -Health -Wellness -Lifestyle Factors -Prevention -Heredity -Environment -Peers -Culture -Risk Factors -Values -Abstinence

4. Health is the combination of your physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being. Wellness is an overall state of well-being, or total health.

5. Health is the combination of your physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being. Your personal level of health affects everything about you. It affects how you look, how you feel, even how you act. Affects your attitude and performance in school, work, and recreation.

8. Physical Health The way the parts and systems of your body work together. It means that your body has the ability to cope with the stresses of normal daily life. To gain or maintain physical health, you need to have proper nutrition, regular physical activity, and enough rest and sleep. Practice good hygiene to prevent disease and regular medical and dental checkups and treatments when you need them.

10. MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH This includes your feelings about yourself, how well you relate to others, and how well you meet the demands of daily life. Mental health also calls for a person to use his or her mind to develop thinking skills. A person who has good mental and emotional health enjoy learning and is in touch with his or her feelings and expresses them in appropriate, healthful ways.

12. Social Health This involves the ways you get along with others. It includes your ability to make and keep friends and also work and play in cooperative ways, seeking and lending support when necessary. It involves communicating well and showing respect and care to yourself and others.

14. HEALTH TRIANGLE -The three elements of health are interconnected, like the sides of a triangle. -When one side of a triangle gets to much attention, the other sides of the triangle change as well. -The whole triangle will become unbalanced and lopsided.

16. The Health Continuum A person with a balanced life is said to have a high degree of wellness. Wellness is an overall state of well-being or total health. Health is dynamic that fluctuates along a continuum. This continuum shows that your overall health can change and fluctuate at any given time.

17. -These are personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives, that help determine his or her level of health. -There are seven basic health habits that you should adapt to help increase your health.

19. Lifestyle Factor #2: Eat nutritious foods from the various food groups each day.

26. Health Education Health is so critical to the quality of life, learning how to become and stay healthy should be a priority. Health Education is the providing of accurate health information in such a way as to influence people to change attitudes so that they take positive action about their health. The goal of health education is to give students the tools needed to achieve and maintain total well-being. Health education is about gaining health literacy.

27. Health Literacy An individual’s capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and service and use such information and services in ways that promote his or her health and wellness.

28. To be health literate, a person must be: A critical thinker and problem-solver. A responsible, productive citizen. A self-directed learner. A effective communicator.

29. Review In a paragraph, related the terms health, wellness, and lifestyle factors. What are the three elements of health? List five lifestyle factors that promote good health. Identify four properties of a health-literate person.

30. Risk Factors affecting health 9 th GRADE HEALTH

31. 3 RISK FACTORS THAT AFFECT HEALTH Hereditary Environmental Behavioral

32. Hereditary Definition  – The traits passed biologically from mother to child Features you are born with – Heredity is an uncontrollable risk factor

33. Hereditary Examples Physical  Height, hair color, eye color, skin color Tendency towards diabetes Muscular Dystrophy Diseases Diabetes (Type I) Heart Disease Breast Cancer BRCA1, BRCA2 Genetic inherited alterations. 3-7 times more likely to develop breast cancer

34. Hereditary Avoidance How do I reduce my risk for hereditary health problems, since they are uncontrollable factors? Top studies show daily exercise and limited alcohol consumption throughout your life will reduce risk!

35. Environmental Definition  – The physical and social conditions surrounding a person and the influences they have on the person – Environmental risk factors are uncontrollable

36. Environmental Examples The quality of drinking water Harmful Environmental Gases Exposure to tobacco smoke Influence of friends, family, culture Diseases Malnutrition Obesity Lead Poisoning Cancer: Asbestos, Radon

37. Environmental Avoidance How do I avoid Environmental Risk Factors? Limit exposure to second hand smoke, riding in car with a smoker Know what is in the food you eat GOING GREEN!!! – Recycle, turn off lights, hybrid cars, etc…

38. Behavioral Definition  – Conditions resulting from a person’s actions and decisions – Behavioral risk factors are controllable

39. Definitions Risk Factors – Actions or behaviors that present a risk to your health Cumulative Risks – Risks that build up and lead to a higher degree of injury

40. CDC (Center for Disease Control) The CDC (Center for Disease Control) conducts nationwide surveys of America’s youth. Surveys conducted by the CDC in recent years shows that the leading cause of death in teens is due to car accidents (speeding). Motor Vehicle Accidents is the number 1 cause…so speak up against speeding.

41. 6 Major Risk Factors Behaviors That Lead to Injury Tobacco Use Alcohol/Other Drug Use Sexual Behaviors Unhealthy Diet Physical Inactivity Each of the 6 groups will list the risk factors related to the topic they have

42. Behaviors That Lead To Injury Sports Driving – Night driving, Speeding, Weather Conditions, Under the influence Fighting

43. Automobile accidents are the leading cause of death for teens!

44. Tobacco Use Cancer (all kinds) Heart Disease Emphysema – loss of ability of lungs to fully expand and contract Death

45. Alcohol/Other Drug Use Addiction/Alcoholism Addiction – the dependence on a substance, The dependence is so strong that it may seem as if the person is unable to break away from the dependence. Liver Damage – Cirrhosis of the liver which is a hardening and ruining of the liver Death

46. Cirrhosis of the Liver

47. Sexual Behaviors HIV/AIDS – Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) Unwanted Pregnancy STD’s Possible abuse (date rape)

48. Risks Overweight  Obesity Underweight  Malnutrition, anorexia Diabetes Elevated Bp Heart Attack Death Examples

49. Physical Inactivity Cancer Heart Disease Diabetes High Blood Pressure Bone Deficiency Depression