1. Bell Ringer – 09/20/17
Write 3 characteristics of someone who you think looks healthy.
*Characteristic means a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others.

2. Wellness-4 Parts of Health
8th Grade Health

3. What is Health?
Health is a condition of your physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being.
Wellness is the state of good health achieved by balancing your physical, mental, emotional, and social health.

4. 4 Parts of Health
Physical- is the part of health that describes the condition of the body.
Emotional- is the way you recognize and deal with your feelings.
Mental- the way that people think about and respond to events in their lives.
Social- is the part of health that describes the way that you interact with people.

5. How does Physical Health affect your wellness?
Get 8 hours of sleep every night.
Eat nutritious food and a balanced diet.
Get plenty of physical activity.
Practice good hygiene.
Avoid drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.

6. How does Emotional Health affect your wellness?
Express your emotions in words rather than acting them out. Show self-control, and think before you act.
Accept your strengths and weaknesses, and respect yourself.
Deal with sadness appropriately and in a timely manner.

7. What is a example of physical and emotional health?
Bell Ringer – 09/26/17
What is a example of physical and emotional health?

8. How does Mental Health affect your wellness?
Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way.
Accept new ideas
Effectively solve problems

9. How does Social Health affect your wellness?
Being considerate of other people and their needs.
Showing respect to others
Being dependable
Supporting people you care about when they make the right choices.
Expressing your true feelings
Imagining how you would feel if you were in another person’s place.
Asking for help when you need it.