1. Health – Past and Present
Health is the combination of your physical, mental, emotional, social, environmental, occupational and spiritual well being.
Most people in the 1900’s died of what?
Infectious Diseases
Most people today die of what?
Lifestyle Diseases

2. Leading Causes of DEATH!
Ages 15 – 24?
1. Car Accidents
2. Homicide
3. Suicide
All ages combined?
1. Heart Disease
2. Cancer
3. Strokes

3. Health Risk Factors
Risk Factor – anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other health problems.
Ex. Heart Disease due to the lack of physical activity, high fat diet, stress, smoking

4. Controllable Risk Factors
Risk factors that you can control or do something about.
Working out to prevent heart disease
Not smoking, drinking or doing drugs
Wearing your seat belt
Making well thought out decisions

5. Uncontrollable Risk Factors
Risk factors that cannot be changed.
Age
Race
Gender
Heredity
Envioronment

6. Six Health Risk Behaviors
Sedentary Lifestyle
Alcohol and other drug use
Sexual Activity
Behaviors that cause injuries
Tobacco use
Poor Eating Habits

7. 6 Components of Health Physical – The way your body functions
Eating right, exercising, medical check-ups, avoiding drugs and alcohol
Mental – the ability to recognize reality and cope with the demands of life
Mental illness, self-esteem, phobias, stress, responsibilities, expectations
Social – the quality of your relationships with people around you
Friends, family, treating others with respect

8. 6 Components Continued
Emotional – expressing your emotions in a healthy, positive way
Coping with unpleasant emotions, anger, sadness, hostility, not hurting others physically or verbally
Spiritual – maintaining harmonious relationships with other living things and having spiritual direction
Religions, values, peace of mind,
Environmental – keeping your air and water clean, food safe, land enjoyable and safe
Recycling, reducing and reusing

9. The Range of Health Wellness Behavior Risk Behavior Risk Behavior
Premature Death Optimum Health
Wellness Continuum – the scale that shows a range from excellent health (long life expectancy) to poor health (premature death)

10. Life Expectancy
Life Expectancy – the average number of years a group of people is expected to live. Some factors that determine that include: gender, heredity, environment, culture, access to medical care, and basic health habits

11. Who Influences your Health?
Heredity – the traits you inherit from your parents.
Eye color, hair color, body type, height
Peers/Social – people of the same age who share similar interests.
Loyal and supportive friendships, pressure into illegal behaviors
Culture/Family – beliefs, values and practices shared by people with common backgrounds
Religion, language, traditions
YOURSELF (attitude, determination, focus)

14. Society and Health Problems
Medical Advancements
Insulin pumps
Technology
Computers, lasers, better products, healthier people
Public Policy
Regulations (tobacco, alcohol)
Education
Health education

15. Promotion of Health Issues
1. Advocate – Speak out or argue in favor of something you believe in
2. Volunteer at a health clinic or public agency
3. Train to be in a health related career
4. Public Service announcements – messages created to educate people about an issue

16. Question Of The Day?
Why should teenagers care so much about their health at such a young age?
The habits that you form as a teenager, 99% of the time WILL BE the habits that you will have for the rest of your life.
These habits as well will most likely be passed down to younger siblings or your own children in the future.

17. Taking Charge!!
There are 3 ways to take complete and total control over your own wellness
1. Knowledge
2. Lifestyle
3. Attitude

18. How To Avoid Risks Abstinence Avoiding harmful behaviors completely
Examples: avoiding numbers 1-3 and 5-6 while being care with #4 from the last slide.
Abstinence Benefits
Drugs - No brain damage from drug use, no internal body damage, no negative psychological effects
Sexual Activity - No worry about pregnancy, no STD’s, no emotional problems or humiliation