1. Health and Wellness
Chapter 1

2. Health
A combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being
The “triangle” must be complete

3. Health Triangle

4. Involves the condition of your body Good Physical Health:
Eating a well-balanced diet
Doing plenty of exercise
Getting enough sleep
Going to the dentist and doctor regularly

6. Mental/Emotional Health
Your ability to solve problems and handle the daily events of your life
Involves feelings such as happiness, sadness, and anger
**You can face challenges in a positive yet realistic way
You understand that everyone makes mistakes

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8. Social Health
How you relate to people at home, at school, and everywhere else in the world
Strong friendships
Be friendly and open toward other people
Be supportive of family members and friends
Choose your words carefully when you disagree

9. Wellness
A state of well-being or balanced health over a longer period of time
Your health constantly changes
It is the balance of the three sides of the triangle over weeks and months
**Practice good health habits

10. Where can you find Health Information?
Parents, guardians, or other adults should be your first source
Media sources: tv and radio
Internet: good trustworthy websites end in “.gov” and “.edu”

11. Reliable Means that the source is trustworthy and dependable
Example: Is the author of a health article an expert on the subject? Does it name scientific studies?

12. Choices YOU make to be healthy Examples:
Healthful Behaviors
Choices YOU make to be healthy
Examples:
Eat breakfast
Eat healthy foods
Drink plenty of water
Get plenty of sleep
Prevent injuries and disease

13. Stress
The bodies response to real or imagined dangers and other life events
You always have positive and negative stress in your life

14. Stress Management
Identifying sources of stress and learning how to handle them in ways that promote good mental/emotional health

15. Analyzing Influences
Your decisions have to do with your beliefs and values
The opinions of your friends, families, culture, and media will have some effect on your decisions
What is important to you??????

16. Who Influence the Choices You Make?
Family
Friends
Media

17. Good Communication Skills
You must be able to speak well and listen carefully

18. Interpersonal Skills
Example:
The sharing of thoughts and feelings with other people
Saying no when others want to go and do something that is unhealthy

19. Refusal Skills
Ways to say NO effectively

20. 4 Ways To Use Refusal Skills

21. Conflict
A disagreement between people with opposing viewpoints, interests, or needs

22. Conflict Resolution Skills
Having the ability to end a disagreement or keep it from becoming a larger conflict

23. Conflict Resolution Tips
1. Take a time-out to let everyone calm down
2. Allow each person to tell his or her side of the story
3. Let each person ask questions of the other
4. Keep thinking of creative ways to resolve the conflict

24. Advocacy Taking action in support of a cause
Example: Advocates may write letters to newspaper editors to call for change or lobby legislators. They may collect signatures from people who support a cause

25. Heredity
The passing of traits from parents to their biological children
Genes are the basic unit of heredity
½ come from father and ½ come from mother
Help you make better life decisions

26. Environment
Includes all living and nonliving things around you
Physical – where you live, housing, climate, air quality
Social – family, friends, neighbors, schools, jobs

27. Cultural Background
The beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people
Your family is one of the biggest influences on your life
The holidays you celebrate, the food you eat, the activities you take part in

28. Friends
Can be positive or negative
A friend who listens to you and helps you find good solutions is a good friend
A friend who tries to get you to go against your values is a bad friend

29. Media
Television, radio, movies, news, magazines, internet, Instagram, (etc.)
You need to evaluate everything you see or hear to make sure it is true before you believe it
Their main objective is to sell you things whether it is good for you or not

30. Risk
The chance that something harmful may happen to your health
Is a part of everyday life
Example: riding a bike without a helmet (dumb risk)

31. Actions or choices that may harm you or others Examples:
Risk Behavior
Actions or choices that may harm you or others
Examples:
Riding in a car without a seatbelt on
Smoking cigarettes
Drinking a lot of soda/pop

32. When one risk factor adds to another to increase danger
Cumulative Risk
When one risk factor adds to another to increase danger
Example:
Running along the side of the road, at night, during a rainstorm greatly increases chance for injury

33. Prevention Taking steps to avoid something Plan ahead
Pay attention to what you are doing
Stay away from risk takers
Think about the consequences

34. Abstinence
The conscious, active choice not to participate in high-risk behavior
Examples: choosing not to smoke (lung cancer), choosing not to have sex until marriage (baby or sti), choosing healthy foods to stop obesity