1. Do Now
At the bottom of your Health Triangle sheet, answer the following question:
How can balancing your health triangle lead to wellness?

2. Class assignment
Your class will be broken up into the appropriate number for four groups.
You will be given numerous pieces of paper that represent the different levels of an individual’s health.
Each group will receive health continuum chart and your group will be responsible to organize the different levels of health onto the continuum.

3. Health continuum Chronic Disorders Improved Health and Wellness
Loss of Health and Wellness
Health continuum
Premature Death
Chronic Disorders
Lack of energy, minor aches and pains
Free from aches and pains
Moderate level of energy
Optimal level of energy, feeling of wellbeing
High Level of
Health

4. Rationalizing the health continuum
It is important for the students to understand that most people function below the midpoint of the continuum
people on the left side of the continuum usually do not take responsibility for maintaining their own health. Where does that leave us as Americans as far as our health?
People on the right side of the continuum usually exhibit a high degree of responsibility, discipline, and positive direction in life. They accept responsibility for maintaining their own health

5. Class Assignment
Label a piece of note paper with the “7 Lifestyle factors”
Number the paper 1 through 7.
You will be placed into 7 groups and each group will start at a different lifestyle factor card around the room.
On the teacher’s command, you will rotate clockwise until all 7 lifestyle factors are complete.
You must guess based on the picture what the lifestyle factor is.

6. Lifestyle factors refrain from smoking and using tobacco products
get between 7-8 hours of sleep
do minutes of nonstop vigorous activity a minimum of 3 times a week
eat nutritious foods from the various food groups each day
eat breakfast daily
maintain your recommended weight
STAY AWAY FROM HARMFUL SUBSTANCES. Such as: Alcohol and other drugs.

7. CLOSURE
Decision making skills and personal behaviors are directly related to preventable deaths. You must believe that there is some benefit for your health from practicing these habits. Many of the preventable deaths each year could have been ceased through practice of a few simple health habits. By not practicing these habits, problems will develop. Answer journal question #1 Make a list of problems that stem from not following the seven lifestyle factors.