1. Health Risks and Your Behavior
Chapter 1 Lesson 3
Health Risks and Your Behavior

2. Risk Behaviors
Actions or choices that may cause injury or harm to you or others.

3. Consequences
The result of actions

4. Consequences Can be… Physical Mental/emotional Financial Academic
Legal
Social
What would be the consequences of vaping in a school bathroom? Make a list.

5. Cumulative risks
Are related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
Example: Riding a bike in the rain, without a helmet, across a busy street.

6. Objective Vs. Subjective Statements
BASIS FOR COMPARISON
OBJECTIVE
SUBJECTIVE
Meaning
Objective refers to neutral statement which is completely true, unbiased and balanced.
Subjective means something which does not shows clear picture or it is just a person's outlook or expression of opinion.
Based on
Facts and observations
Assumptions, beliefs, opinions.
Truth
Provable
Subject relative.
Verification
Verified
Non-verified
Reporting
Same
Varies to a great extent, from person to person, day to day.
Decision making
Yes No
Used in
Textbooks and encyclopedias
Blogs, comments on social media and biographies.

7. Subjective
Coming from a person’s own views and beliefs, not necessarily the facts.
Objective
Based on Facts
Write down in your notebook one of each.

8. Prevention Taking steps to make sure something does not happen.
What can you do to prevent some thing bad from happening?

9. Abstinence
Not participating in unsafe behaviors or activities.