1. Decisions for Health
Holt
Level Blue

2. Chapter 1
Health and Wellness

3. Lesson 1
What is Health and Wellness

4. Health
Combination of
Physical
Mental/emotional
Social well-being

5. Physical
Playing hard
Eating well
Avoid harmful behaviors/drugs
8 hours of sleep
Good hygiene

6. Emotional Express emotions in words rather than actions
Accept your strengths and weaknesses
Deal with sadness appropriately and in a timely manner

7. Mental Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way
Accept new ideas
Effectively solve problems

8. Social Being considerate of others and their needs
Showing others respect
Being dependable
Support others you care about when they make good choices
Expressing true feelings
Imagine how you would feel if you were in another person’s place
Ask for help when needed

9. Wellness
state of good health by balancing your physical, mental, emotional and social health

10. Assess Your Health
On your notes or on a separate piece of paper, answer each item.
1. I am physically active regularly
2. I eat a variety of foods, including fruits and vegetables
3. I find it easy to relax and express my feelings
4. I have close friends or relatives in whom I can confide
5. I prepare for events that I know will be stressful to me
6. I avoid risky behavior
7. I practice good hygiene
Almost Some Almost
Always Times Never

11. Score yourself Give yourself 4 points for almost always
2 points for sometimes
0 points for almost never
means you have great health habits
15-22 means you have good overall habits-still room for improvements
7-14 means that you have many health habits to work on
0-6 means that you are taking unecessary risks with your health

12. Lesson 2
Influences on Health and Wellness

13. Heredity and your health

14. Heredity
Passing of traits from a parent to a child

15. Environment
Everything around you

16. Things to do to help the environment
Dispose of trash properly to prevent pollution
Walk, ride and bike, or use mass transit to reduce the amount of pollution released
Start a recycling program for paper, plastic and aluminum cans

17. How relationships Influence you
Parents or caretakers teach
Nutrition,
Hygiene
Exercise
Peers
Influence classes
Activities you do
Friends
Good and negative influences

18. Other Influences
Media TV
Magazines
Internet

19. Lesson 3
Making Choices About Your Health

20. Lifestyle A set of behaviors by which you live.

21. Attitude
The way you act, think or feel that causes you to make a choice over another.

22. Preventive Healthcare
Steps taken necessary to prevent illness or accidents.

23. Lesson 4
Using Life Skills to Improve Health

24. Life Skills
Skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health

25. Life Skills Making good decisions Being a wise consumer
Communication effectively
Practicing Wellness
Setting Goals
Using refusal skills
Coping
Evaluating Media Messages

26. Refusal Skills
A way to say no to something that you don’t want to do

27. Decisions for Health
Chapter 1
Holt
Blue book