1. BELL RINGER Where do you think people get their information about health risks? How reliable are those sources of information?

2. HEALTH CHAPTER 1 SECTION 2: IDENTIFYING HEALTH RISKS

3. DAILY OBJECTIVES -Identify factors that can influence a persons health -Describe three strategies you can use to evaluate risk factors

4. INFLUENCES ON HEALTH HEREDITY: All the traits that are passed biologically from parents to child. GENDER: Whether you are male or female. Environment: All of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person’s health. Culture: The beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people and passed from generation to generation.

5. ENVIRONMENTS PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Both your outdoor and indoor surroundings. (ex. Quality of air you breathe, water you drink) SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT: People you spend time with (ex. Family, friends, classmates)

6. INFLUENCES ON HEALTH CONTINUED Media : Forms of communication that provide news and entertainment. Technology and Health Care you are provided have a large influence on your health. Habit : A behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes almost automatic. (ex: brushing your teeth, biting your nails) Your everyday BEHAVIOR has a large effect on your health. ?? Why do you think teenagers tend to take more risks than any other age group ??

7. EVALUATING HEALTH RISKS Risk Factor: Any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome. **Example of a risk factor is a fad diet which may not contain all the foods that your body needs. There are three ways you can evaluate a risk factor.

8. THREE WAYS TO EVALUATE RISK FACTOR 1. Short and Long-Term Consequences : Some behaviors have short term consequences. (walk through a yard and get poison ivy). Some behaviors have long term consequences that may not be immediate. (Eating fast foot on a daily basis over time you will gain weight)

9. THREE WAYS TO EVALUATE RISK FACTOR 2. Whether Or Not You Can Control The Risk Factor: Risk factors you CANNOT control: If a friend invites you to go to the beach but you know you have fair skin. You can’t control the color of your skin or other risk factors that are part of your heredity. --Risk factors you CAN control: You can control risk factors that are related to your behavior. (Your level of physical activity, your intake of fat, sugar, and salt, your use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs)

10. THREE WAYS TO EVALUATE RISK FACTOR 3. Analyzing Possible Benefits and Risks Of A Decision: There is no such thing as a risk free life. Everything you do in life involves a certain degree of risk. Without taking risks and trying new things, it would be impossible to grow as a person. Example: A friend who only has a learners permit offers to drive you home so you won’t be late and miss your curfew. (ie. Risk-Benefit chart)

11. REVIEW QUESTIONS 2.List five factors other than heredity that can influence your health. 3.What is a habit? Describe one healthy habit and one unhealthy habit. 6.List the risks and benefits of swimming in a lake at night with friends.