1. Making Healthy Decisions
Chapter One

2. Free Write:
Why do you think the average lifespan increased in the 1900’s? List as many reasons you can think of.
Why might Obesity reverse this upward trend regarding the average life expectancy in the US?

3. Vocabulary Health Life expectancy Quality of Life
The overall well-being of your body, your mind and your relationship with other people
Life expectancy
The number of years a person expects to live
Quality of Life
Is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life

4. Vocabulary Goal Continuum Wellness
is a result that a person aims for and works hard to reach
Continuum
is a gradual progression through many stages between one extreme and another
Wellness
is a state of high level health

5. Aspects of Health
Physical Health-refers to how well your body functions.
Mental and Emotional Health-state of being comfortable with yourself, with other and with your surrounding.
Social Health-how well you get along with others.

6. Influence on health
Heredity-all the traits that are passed biologically from parent to child
Physical Environment-is all of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person’s health
Social Environment-includes that people you spend time with your family, friends, classmates, and other people in your community.
Culture-is a beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people of people and passed from generation to generation.

7. Influences on health
Media-are forms of communication that provide news and entertainment.
Technology- Helps doctors detects health problems sooner and improve the quality of life
Healthcare-includes medial services provided by doctors, nurses, dentists and therapist
Behaviors-which become HABITS – is a behavior that repeats so often it become automatics.

8. Health Risk Factors: Uncontrollable Controllable
Heredity (ie. Family history of disease like heart disease, diabetes, cancer)
Genetics (Fair Skin, etc)
Environment
Controllable
Level of Physical Activity
Nutritional Value of Food ( intake of fat, sugar & salt)
Use of Tobacco, Alcohol & Drugs
Use of Protective Technology ie. Seat belts, smoke detectors
Choice of Friends