1. Chap. 1 Living a Healthy Life

2. The Importance of Good Health
Health is the combination of physical, emotional, and social well-being
Being healthy doesn’t mean that you will never be sick
Being healthy means knowing various strategies when making decisions related to health needs and risks of young adults

3. The Health Continuum Health is dynamic or subject to constant change
For example you might be the top performer on your basketball team on Tuesday, but on Wednesday you’re sick in bed with the flu
Changes along the continuum may occur suddenly such as illness or injury in a sport
Your emotions may shift suddenly from moment to moment as well
A person with a balanced life is said to have a high degree of wellness, which comes from making decisions and practicing behaviors that are based on sound health knowledge

4. Promoting Your Health
The decisions you make each day affect your health
What you wear, eat, and do can have personal health consequences
For example eating high-calorie snacks can result in unhealthful weight gain. Or not wearing proper safety gear can increase the chances of serious injury

5. Lifestyle Factors That Promote Good Health
Getting 8-10 hours of sleep each night
Eating a healthy breakfast
Maintaining a healthy weight
Avoiding tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
Managing stress
Maintaining positive relationships
Practicing safe behaviors to prevent injuries

6. The Importance of Health Education
Health is critical to quality of life
Learning how to become and stay healthy should be a top priority
Health education provide accurate information to help people make healthy choice
The Nation’s Health Goals for the next 10 years is to increase quality and years of healthy life for all Americans and remove health differences that result from factors such as gender, race, education, disability, and location

7. Your Health Triangle
Physical Health- Has to deal with how your body functions, having enough energy to cope with everyday challenges, involves resisting diseases, being able to be physically active on a regular basis
Emotional Health- Deals with your feelings about yourself, how you meet the demands of daily life, your ability to process information, being in- touch with your feelings, being able to deal with frustrations of life, don’t dwell on negative thoughts
Social Health- Involves the way you get along with others, includes the ability to make and keep friends, work cooperatively with others, seeking and giving support, involves showing respect and taking care of yourself and others

8. Keeping a Balance
Each side of your health triangle is equally important to your health
An unbalanced health triangle is likely to cause you problems at some point

9. Influences on Your Health
There are several important influences on your health
Heredity- Refers to all the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents. Your physical traits involves your eye color, hair color, and height. It also influences your general level of health involving inheriting specific genes that may put you at risk for certain illnesses such as diabetes. Other genes may strengthen your resistance to certain diseases as well

10. Influences on Your Health
Environment- Is the sum of your surroundings which includes your family, your neighborhood, your school, and your life experiences.
Physical Environment- Influences every aspect of your health, a person who lives in a safe environment is likely to enjoy good physical and emotional health, someone who lives in an area with a high crime rate my experience stress which can affect your health
Social Environment- As a teen an important part of your social environment is your peers, these are people of the same age who share similar interests, loyal and supportive friends who care about their health can have a positive effect on your own health, peers who take part in dangerous or illegal behaviors could create pressure for you to be part of the group, this causes a challenging situation which is hard to stand up to

11. Influences on Your Health
Culture- Refers to the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group, this group may be an ethnic group, a community, or a nation. The language your family speaks, the foods you enjoy, the traditions you have and the religion your practice are all part of your cultural environment. Your culture gives you a sense of identity.

12. Influences on Your Health
Attitude- The way you view situations greatly affects the choices you make, attitude can play a major role in health and wellness. Studies have shown that people who tend to see the positive in situations are more likely to have better health than those who see on the negative. So try to view challenging situations positively and think in realistic terms.

13. Influences on Your Health
Behavior- Although you have no control over your heredity and only limited control over your environment, you have a great deal of control over you behavior. Your behavior affects not only your physical health but also your emotional and social health. For example suppose your family has a history of heart disease, this doesn’t mean that you will “follow in their footsteps” you can lower your risk of developing this disease by practicing healthy habits.

14. Influences on Your Health
Media- Is a major influence on health, various methods of communicating information includes radio, television, film, newspapers, magazines, books, and the internet. It plays a powerful role in shaping public opinion, advances in information delivery systems have put information sources at your finger-tips. Unfortunately, not all health messages and sources are reliable, some advertisers may make exaggerated claims to try to persuade you to buy a product.

15. Influences on Your Health
Technology- Has impacted the health status of individuals, families, communities, and the world. Advances in medical screenings and treatment of diseases have helped large numbers of people live longer-healthier lives. However, advances in technology can have a downside, technology has replaced many of the physical activities that once were part of our daily lives, for example people drive instead of walk.

16. Understanding Health Risks
The first step in becoming responsible for your health is to understand the role of individual responsibility regarding personal risk behaviors.
The second step is to examine your current behaviors and make any necessary changes.

17. Cumulative Risks and Consequences
The consequences of risk behaviors may add up over time
Smoking on cigarette, for example, is not likely to result in death, or eating one high-fat meal, or getting one sunburn
If these behaviors are repeated over time, the negative effects accumulate and can lead to serious health consequences
The more risk behaviors you participate in, the more likely you are to experience negative consequences at some point.

18. Abstaining from Risk Behaviors
The only way to avoid the consequences of some of the most serious risk behaviors is to practice abstinence.
Abstinence is avoiding harmful behaviors, including the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs and sexual activity

19. Abstaining form Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs
Using these substances harms all aspects of your health
The physical and psychological effects are well documented
These substances can causes addiction, seriously harm the body, and ultimately lead to death
Legal consequences make it illegal for people under 21 to buy alcohol, people under 18 cannot purchase tobacco

20. Abstaining from Sexual Activity
Abstinence from sexual activity protects teens against many negative consequences, teens who abstain from sexual activity:
Don’t have to worry about unplanned pregnancy
Won’t be faced with the option of being a single parent
Won’t have to take on the responsibilities of caring for a child
Don’t have to worry about sexually transmitted diseases
Are free from emotional problems that usually accompany sexual activity

21. Closing Stats
The majority of teens are avoiding many risk behaviors or are taking preventive measures to improve their health:
Used safety belts= 81%
Did not smoke cigarettes= 41.6%
Did not use alcohol= 81%
Did not use an illicit drug= 90%
Participated in vigorous physical activity 3 or more days a week= 65%