1. Understanding Health and Wellness
Chapter 1:
Understanding Health and Wellness

2. Lesson 1
Your Total Health

3. Take Charge!!! You are responsible for your own health
In your opinion, what makes somebody healthy?
All these ideas contribute to the “Big Picture” of health
What is Health?
- the combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being
The decisions you make shape your health

4. Your Health Triangle
It is important to balance your physical, mental/emotional, and social health (A.K.A. 3 areas of health)
All areas must be concentrated on equally of your health triangle or your health will be unbalanced

5. Physical Health How well your body functions
High level of physical health = energy to perform your daily activities, deal with everyday stresses and avoid injury
5 important actions to take everyday to maintain good physical health:
8 to 10 hours of sleep each night
Eat nutritious meals and drink 8 glasses of water
Engage in minutes of physical activity
Avoid use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs
Bathe daily, floss and brush your teeth

6. Mental Health Your feelings and thoughts
Mental health includes how you:
Feel about yourself
Meet demands of your daily life
Cope with the problems that are in your daily life

7. Mental Health (Con’t) People who are mentally and emotionally healthy:
Enjoy challenges that help them grow
Accept responsibility for their actions
Have a sense of control over their lives
Can express their emotions in appropriate ways
Can deal with stress and frustration
Have a positive outlook
Make thoughtful and responsible decisions

8. Mental Health (Con’t)
Spiritual health falls into the category of mental health
Doesn’t necessarily mean belonging to a religious group or community but having a feeling of purpose and sense of values.

9. Social Health Getting along with others
Social network = family, friends, teachers and other members of your community
Caring for your social health includes:
Seeking and lending support
Communicating clearly
Listening to others
Showing respect and care for yourself and others

10. Keeping a Balance
Wellness = overall state of well-being or total health
How to maintain wellness:
Keeping a balance among the 3 components of health
Keep focus on all 3 areas of heath
Friends are the most important? Always working out?

11. The Health Continuum Health behaviors will promote your wellness
Your health and wellness are always changing
Continuum = sliding scale
Health Continuum = spanning the complete range of health, from a loss of health and wellness at one end to a high-level of wellness at the other

12. Moving Toward The Lower End
Chronic Disease = ongoing condition or illness (I.e. heart disease, obesity, cancer, etc.)
Lending risk factors:
Smoking, lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, being overweight, and lack of health screenings

13. Homework Read Lesson 1 Draw health continuum in your notes
Reviewing facts and vocabulary and thinking critically on pg. 10 of text
Answer questions 1-5 in your notebook