1. Introduction to Health
Lesson 2
Factors of Health

2. Health Class Reminders Get Ready for Class Disclosures Due Friday
Classroom and Sex Ed
Unit Page Due Friday
Vocabulary
Crossword
Review Questions
Pick up new notes page “Factors of Health” from the front TA desk
Take out your “Parts of Health Notes” from Tuesday
Make sure you have finished the quick check
We will be grading it first thing
If you were not here yesterday to take the Pre-Test you need to come see me to get instructions
You are Learning Today…
How heredity and environment affects your overall health.
The importance of making good health choices.

3. Starter – Review Quiz
Which of the following defines good emotional health?
Getting plenty of exercise
Being a dependable and loyal friend
Accepting your strengths and weakness
Accepting new ideas
Mental health is the way that you
Recognize and cope with feelings
Cope with the demands of daily life
Interact with people
All of the above
Which is not a part of health?
Physical
Spiritual
Mental
Social
Wellness is having a balance of all four parts of health. True or False
Which part of health is out of balance in the following scenario?
Brad is an excellent student. He spends most of his time either working on homework or at the computer.
Emotional

4. Starter – Review Quiz Answers
Which of the following defines good emotional health?
Getting plenty of exercise
Being a dependable and loyal friend
Accepting your strengths and weakness
Accepting new ideas
Mental health is the way that you
Recognize and cope with feelings
Cope with the demands of daily life
Interact with people
All of the above
Which is not a part of health?
Physical
Spiritual
Mental
Social
Wellness is having a balance of all four parts of health. True or False
Which part of health is out of balance in the following scenario?
Brad is an excellent student. He spends most of his time either working on homework or at the computer.
Emotional

5. Influences and Factors on Health
Many things influence and factor into our overall health and wellness.
Examples of Influences and Factors
Heredity
Environment
Peers
Media
Lifestyle
Attitude

6. Influences and Factors on Health
Heredity is the passing down of traits from a parent to a child.
A trait is a characteristic that a person has.

7. Influences and Factors on Health
You can not control what traits are passed down to you
But you can control how you deal with those traits.

8. Assignment 1
Think of 3 hereditary traits that you like and 3 hereditary traits you don’t like
Write what down what you can do with those traits to make them better or to deal with them easier.
Examples:
Negative Traits
Poor Spelling
Always use spell check on the computer
Skin cancer
wear sunscreen
Poor eyesight
wear glasses
Positive Traits
Being Tall
Play sports that use height as an advantage
Healthy Hair
Grow out and donate to Locks of Love
Being Good at Math
Tutor other students as a side job

9. Influences and Factors on Health
Environment is everything around you, including the things you can not see.
Examples of environmental factors
Pollution
Germs
Crime
Sun
Overcrowding

10. Assignments 2
With a partner come up with three positive things about our environment here in West Point.
Come up with three ways you could improve the environment.
Positive Environmental Factors in West Point 1. 2. 3.
Three ways to improve the environment

11. Influences and Factors on Health
Peers are people who are the same age, grade, or who have similar interest.
Peers can have both positive and negative affects on your health.

12. Assignment 3
With a partner come up with examples in which peers can have positive and negative influences on your health.
You must have three in each category.
Positive example of peer influence
Negative example of peer influence

13. Influences and Factors on Health
Media includes all public forms of communication, such as TV, radio, newspapers, the Internet, and advertisements.

14. Influences and Factors on Health
The media is a major source of information about health.
Not all media messages are beneficial or should believed.

15. Influences and Factors on Health
Your lifestyle is a set of behaviors by which you live.
A risk factor is a harmful behavior or habit that can be avoided or reduced.
Examples of lifestyle behaviors
Daily exercise
Choosing not to smoke, do drugs, or consume alcohol
Eating a low calorie, low fat, high fiber diet
Showering daily
Assess risk before doing an activity

16. Assignment #4 Mark all the examples of healthy lifestyles
Exercising daily
Getting 5 hours of sleep per night
Speeding on the highway
Posting everything on Facebook
Avoiding alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
Wearing a helmet when skateboarding
Going to tanning beds
Taking time to study before tests
Drinking soda pop everyday
Being in serious relationships at a young age
Punching a wall when stressed out
Being a dependable and loyal friend
Accepting strengths and weaknesses
Giving into peer pressure
Going on an all vegetable diet
Placing an huge importance of self worth on body weight
Following through on chores without being asked
Seeking advice from parents
Arguing with siblings over the remote control
Spending hours in front of the computer or video games

17. Influences and Factors on Health
Your attitude is the way you act, think, or feel that causes you to make one choice over another.
Having a healthy attitude will help you:
Say no to situation that are not healthy
Give you confidence in yourself
Keep and maintain relationships
Perform better in school and sports

18. Have the Right Attitude
Click on the picture to the right to watch the video clip.
Think about the attitude of the coach in comparison to the attitude of the player.
Which one thought it could be done?

19. Assignment 5
Write about one area in your life that you can improve your attitude. How will you do this? How will changing your attitude help your overall health?
Example: I need change my attitude about referees. I need to just let them call the game as they see it. If I have a problem with a call I need to talk calmly with them. This will help my team because the refs will like me better. Also, my attention will be on the game (something I can control) and not on the refs (something I can not control).

20. Quick Check You can control your heredity.
Peer pressure is always negative.
You can control risk factors by choosing healthy lifestyles.
Media tends to distort how we see the world.
Your attitude only affects your personal health.

21. Quick Check You can control your heredity. FALSE
Peer pressure is always negative. FALSE
You can control risk factors by choosing healthy lifestyles. TRUE
Media tends to distort how we see the world. TRUE
Your attitude only affects your personal health. FALSE

22. Homework
Living to Be 100 worksheet