1. 7th Grade Choices
Health Knowledge

2. Many factors can affect
your physical, mental
and social health.

3. What is Health?
Health is the combination of your physical, mental/emotional and social well-being.
All 3 areas are interconnected, like the sides of a triangle.
Social
Physical
Mental/Emotional

4. Health Continued…
To be healthy you need to have all sides of the triangle in balance.
A person with a balanced life is said to have a high degree of “wellness.”
Your health is constantly changing, and the choices and decisions you make every day can affect your level of wellness.

5. Today’s Vocabulary…
Health-the combination of your physical, mental/emotional and social well-being.
Physical Health-the way the parts and systems of your body work together.

6. Today’s Vocabulary…
Mental/Emotional Health-includes your feelings about yourself, how well you relate to others, and how well you meet the demands of daily life.
Social Health-involves your relationships with other people and how well you can work and play with others.

7. Today’s Vocabulary… Wellness-overall state of being, or total health.
Interrelationship-when two or more things or people have something in common.