1. Your Total Health
Health: The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
Who is responsible for your health and wellness?

2. Your Total Health
Health: The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
Who is responsible for your health and wellness?
YOU!

3. Your Total Health
Health: The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
Who is responsible for your health and wellness?
YOU!
Every day, you make decisions that shape your health. Some choices may seem fairly small, but over time they can add up to have a big effect on your total health. That's why it's important to develop the knowledge and skills you need to make healthy choices and take charge of your health for a lifetime.

4. The “Health Triangle”

5. Your Health Triangle
The health triangle is shown as having three sides, one representing each of the three areas of health. It is important to give an equal amount attention to all three areas of your health triangle. If you concentrate too much or too little on one area, the triangle can become unbalanced. This leads to a decrease in your quality of life.

6. Your Health Triangle
The health triangle is shown as having three sides, one representing each of the three areas of health. It is important to give an equal amount attention to all three areas of your health triangle. If you concentrate too much or too little on one area, the triangle can become unbalanced. This leads to a decrease in your quality of life.
Quality of life: the amount of satisfaction a person gets from life.

7. Physical Health
Physical health is all about how well your body functions (e.g., having enough energy to perform your daily activities, deal with everyday stresses, avoid injury and illness, etc.)
Ways to improve your physical health:

8. Physical Health
Physical health is all about how well your body functions (e.g., having enough energy to perform your daily activities, deal with everyday stresses, avoid injury and illness, etc.)
Ways to improve your physical health:
Get eight to ten hours of sleep each night.
Eat healthful foods from all areas of “My Plate.”
Drink a minimum of 8 cups of water per day.
Make time for 45 to 60 minutes of physical activity most days (5-6 days per week).
Avoid the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
Bathe daily, and brush and floss your teeth every day.

9. Mental/Emotional Health
Mental and emotional health is about your feelings and thoughts (e.g., how you feel about yourself, how you meet the demands of your daily life, how you cope with problems, etc.)
Ways to improve your mental/emotional health:

10. Mental/Emotional Health
Mental and emotional health is about your feelings and thoughts (e.g., how you feel about yourself, how you meet the demands of your daily life, how you cope with problems, etc.)
Ways to improve your mental/emotional health:
Enjoy challenges that help you grow.
Accept responsibility for your actions.
Have a sense of control over your own life.
Express your emotions in appropriate ways.
Have a way of dealing with life's stresses and frustrations.
Be an optimist.
Make thoughtful and responsible decisions.

11. Social Health
Social health is about how well you get along with others (family, friends, teachers, etc.) You don't need to have lots of friends to have good social health. Having a few solid relationships can be enough.
Ways to improve your social health:

12. Social Health
Social health is about how well you get along with others (family, friends, teachers, etc.) You don't need to have lots of friends to have good social health. Having a few solid relationships can be enough.
Ways to improve your social health:
Maintaining healthy relationships.
Seeking and lending support when needed.
Communicating clearly and listening to others.
Showing respect and care for yourself and others.

13. Spiritual Health A deep-seated sense of meaning and purpose in life.
Being spiritually healthy does not necessarily mean that you belong to a religious group, although having a spiritual community can be a part of it. Spiritual health also includes having a sense of your values and a feeling of purpose in your life.

14. The “Health Continuum”
An evaluation of your overall wellness at any given point in time.

15. The “Health Continuum”
As you grow older, your position on the continuum will continue to change. Many Americans, unfortunately, start moving toward the lower end of the continuum. One-half of all Americans live with a chronic disease. Fortunately, most of these diseases are avoidable. By making a lifelong commitment now to take the best possible care of your health, you will be more likely to stay at the higher end of the continuum your whole life.

16. The “Health Continuum”
As you grow older, your position on the continuum will continue to change. Many Americans, unfortunately, start moving toward the lower end of the continuum. One-half of all Americans live with a chronic disease. Fortunately, most of these diseases are avoidable. By making a lifelong commitment now to take the best possible care of your health, you will be more likely to stay at the higher end of the continuum your whole life.
Chronic disease: An ongoing condition or illness.

17. Terms to Know
Culture: The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
Peers: People of the same age who share similar interests.
Media: Various methods for communicating information.
Technology: Radio, television, the Internet, etc.

18. What Affects Your Health?
Influences on Your Health:
Heredity
Environment
Attitude
Media
Technology

19. Heredity
Genes inherited from one or both of your biological parents can either raise or lower your risk for a variety of illnesses/injuries.
Examples?

20. Environment Physical Environment Social Environment Culture
All of these can have an impact on your health.

21. Attitude Adopting healthful habits Being optimistic
You have total control over this area
“The Power of Choice”

22. Media Can influence us through a variety of messages.
Is present seemingly everywhere, all of the time.
Can have significant positive or negative effects.

23. Technology Provides access to information (both valid and invalid).
How are we using it in our lives?
How often are we using it in our lives?
Like media, can have significant positive or negative effects.

24. Risk Behaviors
Risk Behaviors: Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.

25. Risk Behaviors
Risk Behaviors: Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.
The 6 top risk behaviors for individuals under the age of 24:
Tobacco use
Unhealthy eating
Inadequate physical activity
Alcohol and other drug use
High-risk sexual behaviors (which can result in HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancies)
Safety risks (which can lead to unintentional injuries and violence)

26. Lifestyle Factors
Lifestyle factors: The personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives.

27. Lifestyle Factors
Lifestyle factors: The personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives.
Lifestyle factors that can improve your health include
Getting 8-10 hours of sleep each night.
Starting each day with a healthy breakfast.
Eating a variety of nutritious foods from “My Plate” each day.
Being physically active for 45 to 60 minutes most days of the week.
Maintaining a healthy weight.
Abstaining from smoking, vaping, or using other tobacco products.
Abstaining from the use of alcohol and other drugs.

28. Cumulative Risks
Cumulative Risks: Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.

29. Cumulative Risks
Cumulative Risks: Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
Type 1: Repeating the same risk behavior over a long period of time.
Example: Eating an occasional high-fat meal at a fast-food restaurant probably won't have a permanent effect on your overall health. If you regularly eat high-fat meals, though, the negative effects accumulate over time and may lead to serious health problems.

30. Cumulative Risks
Cumulative Risks: Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
Type 2: several risk factors are combined.
Example: Driving, by itself, is risky because you cannot control the actions of other drivers. Speeding in a car increases the risk of getting into an accident. Using your phone while driving increases the risk as well. If a person speeds and uses a phone at the same time, the chance of getting into a car accident becomes even greater.

31. Prevention & Abstinence
How to Avoid Risks
Prevention & Abstinence

32. How to Avoid Risks Prevention & Abstinence
Prevention: Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.
Example: Regular medical checkups (doctor, dentist, etc.)

33. How to Avoid Risks Prevention & Abstinence
Prevention: Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.
Example: Regular medical checkups (doctor, dentist, etc.)
Abstinence: A deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors.
Example: Making a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, such as sexual activity, tobacco use, alcohol use, and the misuse of drugs.

34. The Importance of Health Education

35. The Importance of Health Education
Health Education: Providing accurate health information and health skills teaching to help people make healthy decisions.
Health Education is the key to creating a healthier nation. Understanding health information and improving health skills can empower people to live better, more healthful lives.

36. The Importance of Health Education
Health Education: Providing accurate health information and health skills teaching to help people make healthy decisions.
Health Education is the key to creating a healthier nation. Understanding health information and improving health skills can empower people to live better, more healthful lives.
According to the CDC, the cost of U.S. healthcare reached $3 trillion in Much of that expense could be avoided if people made healthier decisions.

37. The Nation's Health Goals
The U.S. government revises a plan called Healthy People every ten years. The current plan, Healthy People 2020, has objectives for the year In 2020, they will revise the plan and release Healthy People 2030.

38. The Nation's Health Goals
The U.S. government revises a plan called Healthy People every ten years. The current plan, Healthy People 2020, has objectives for the year In 2020, they will revise the plan and release Healthy People 2030.
General goals:
Increase the quality of a life for all Americans.
Remove health disparities based on factors such as gender, race, education, disability, and location.

39. The Nation's Health Goals
The U.S. government revises a plan called Healthy People every ten years. The current plan, Healthy People 2020, has objectives for the year In 2020, they will revise the plan and release Healthy People 2030.
General goals:
Increase the quality of a life for all Americans.
Remove health disparities based on factors such as gender, race, education, disability, and location.
Health Disparities: Differences in health outcomes among groups.

40. Health Literacy
Health Literacy: A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and to use these resources to promote one's health and wellness.

41. Health Literacy
Health Literacy: A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and to use these resources to promote one's health and wellness.
This means knowing how to:
Find health information.
Determine whether the information is trustworthy.
Assess the risks and benefits of treatment.
Figure out how much medicine to take.
Understand test results.

42. Health Literacy
A person's level of health literacy has a greater impact on overall health than age, income, or education.

43. Health Literacy
A person's level of health literacy has a greater impact on overall health than age, income, or education. The list below describes a health-literate individual:
A critical thinker and problem solver.
A responsible, productive citizen.
A self-directed learner.
An effective communicator.
People who are informed know how to find and interpret information to make good health decisions.

44. Test #1
What can I use to study?

45. Test #1 What can I use to study?
Key Terms (highlighted in yellow throughout the chapter).
The study guides provided in class.
PowerPoint slides (will be posted on the Teacher Page).
Extra practice: Questions on the “R” page at the end of each section.
Extra practice: Questions contained in the “Assessment” at the end of the lesson.
Questions/Concerns? me: