1. & Class Discussion

2.  People make hundreds of choices every day that effect their health.  The way adults contract most diseases is by catching them from somebody else?  You can make yourself physically younger or older by the way you choose to live?  Accidents are among the major leading cause of death for teenagers?  To give up a harmful health habit, all you need is the motivation to do so?

3.  Lifestyle Choices- Decisions we make each day that can influence health and wellness  Lifestyle Diseases – Result of poor choices.  Infectious Diseases – Passed from one person to another

4.  A hundred years ago what were the diseases that killed many Americans?  1.  2.  3.  What are the most common diseases that kill Americans in this era?  1  2  3

5.  A hundred years ago what were the diseases that killed many Americans?  1. FLU  2. TB -Tuberculosis  3. Pneumonia  What are the most common diseases that kill Americans in this era?  1. Cardiovascular Disease  2. Cancer  3. HIV

6.  Physiological Age – Age you are based on lifestyle choices you make  Chronological Age – Actual Age  Life Expectancy – How long a person is expected to live  Centenarian – A person that reaches the age of 100 or more  The next slides are a Life choice inventory quiz.

7.  Everyone starts off with the age of 74  Read Questions and either add or subtract years given to each question.

8.  1 – If your routine activities require regular vigorous activity or you work out each day  Add 3years  If you don’t subtract 3 years

9.  2 – If you have a relaxed approach to life (roll with the punches)  Add 3 years  If your aggressive, ambitious, or nervous (bite your nails) Subt 3 years

10.  3 - High blood pressure is a major cause of common killers like heart attacks and strokes. However most victims didn’t know they had it. If you check your blood pressure each month  Add 1 year  If not subtract 1 year

11.  4 – If any grandparent or great grandparent has reached the age of 85.  Add 2 years  If two or more have reached 85 add 6 years

12.  5 – If your parents have had a stroke, heart attack  Subtract – 6 years  If your parents, siblings have diabetes  Subt 3 years

13.  6 – Smoking seriously damages health Cigarette smokers who finish 2 or more packs a day  Subt 8 year  One or two packs a day subt 6 year  One pack or less a day subt 3

14.  7- The best plan is to abstain from drinking alcohol. Adults who drink 2 or more drinks a day subt 1 year  If you don’t drink alcohol add 1 year

15.  8 -Woman live generally longer than males. Females add 3 years  Males subtract 3 years  Yes I know this is unfair!!!!!

16.  9 – If you avoid eating fatty foods and don’t add salt to your meals your heart will be healthier  If you avoid these add 2 years  If you eat fatty foods 3 or more times a week subtract 3 years

17.  This is based on your weight. If your doctor or fitness gram charts say you are overweight by:  50 pounds subtract 8 years  30 to 40 pounds over subtract 4  10 to 29 pounds subtract 2  If you are at your ideal weight add 4 years

18.  Starting with the age of 74 use your simple math to figure out the life expectancy you might have.  Explain why some of these questions are out of your control.

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20.  What is the difference between MOTIVATION and DRIVE?

21. Motivation – What makes you do something Drive – Born with….instinctive things all living things do to survive.

22.  1. How big is the reward  2. How soon will reward come?  3. What risks or consequences are there to obtain reward?  4. How likely is reward to happen and at what price?

23.  1 Identify what you want to work on  2 State three or four specific behaviors that will help you achieve your goal (Write them down)  3 Identify steps you’ll have to take to get ready  4 Commit to a specific time to get ready  5 Set up a chart on which you can measure your progress  6 Plan rewards for yourself that fit the goal you’ve chosen

24.  When attempting to change you must attempt things at least three times before you attempt something else.  Don’t quit after you do not have success the first time

25.  Commitment – decision adhered to for the long term, a promise kept  Will – persons intent, which leads to action  Self- Efficacy – a persons belief in ability to succeed at tasks at hand