1. Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
Mrs. Vasasr
Wellness 9

2. Instant Activity List three of your favorite activities or hobbies.
Briefly describe the positive effect each has on your life.

3. Lesson Objectives Introduction to the Health Triangle
Analyze your individual Health Triangle
What influences your health?

4. Your Health Triangle There are 3 elements of health: Physical
Mental/Emotional
Social

5. Keeping a Balance
Each side of your health triangle is equally important to your health!!!
The three legs of a tri-pod
An unbalanced health triangle is likely to cause you problems at some point
Balance = You at your best!

6. Physical Health How well your body functions.
Do you have enough energy to perform the activities of daily life?
Cope with everyday challenges and stresses
Resist disease
Avoid injury

7. Physical Health Involves: Getting Adequate Sleep
Eating nutritious meals
Drinking enough H2O
Regular Physical Activity

8. Mental/Emotional Health
Your feelings about yourself.
How well you meet the demands of daily life.
Your ability to process information.

9. You have good mental/emotional health…
Enjoy Challenges
Embrace learning new things
See mistakes as opportunities to grow and change
Accept responsibility for their actions
Stand up for their beliefs and values

10. You have good mental/emotional health…
Are in touch with their feelings
Express Feelings in appropriate ways
Can deal with the frustrations of life without being overwhelmed by them
Avoid dwelling on negative thoughts
Use positive thought and actions to move forward

11. Social Health Social Health involves the way you get along with others
Your ability to make and keep friends
Your ability to work and play in cooperative ways
Your ability to seek support when necessary
Involves communicating well and showing respect and core for yourself and others

12. Physical Health Also includes: Practicing good hygiene
Regular medical and dental checkups
Necessary medical treatments
Paying attention to what you put into your body
Avoiding harmful substance:
Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

13. Influences on your health
What situations and people have affected your health at each stage of your life?
How have influences on your health changed through the years?
How do early influences affect you today?

14. Influences on your Health
Heredity
Environment- Physical and Social
Culture
Attitude
Behavior
Media
Technology

15. Influences on your health
Heredity:
All the traits that were biologically pass on to you from your parents.
Physical traits: eye color, hair color, height
Physical health: specific genes may put you at risk for certain illness or strengthen your resistance to disease.
Heredity can also influence your personality and basic intellectual abilities and talents.

16. Influences on your Health
Environment:
The sum of your surroundings, including your family, your neighborhood, your school, your job, and your life experiences.
All places that you go to in a given day
Physical conditions in which you live
All people in your life
Your culture

17. Physical Environment
Crime rate - STRESS
Pollution
Pollen
Dust
Smog

18. Social Environment
Family and people you come into contact with each day
Positive social environment can help a person develop POSITIVE values, a commitment to learning, and confidence in future success.

19. Social Environment Peers:
People of the same age who share similar interests.
Loyal and supportive friends have a positive effect on your health
Peers who take part in dangerous activities can have a negative effect on your health

20. Influences on your Health
Culture:
The collective beliefs and behaviors of a group.
Ethnic
Community
Nation
Language
Food
Traditions
Religion
Understanding culture can help you know yourself better and be tolerant of others

21. Influences on your Health
Attitude:
The way you view situations – your attitude – greatly affects the choices you make.
Attitude can play a major role in health and wellness
You can Always control you attitude!!!
A positive attitude = Positive health!

22. Influence on your Health
Behavior:
You have no control over your heredity and limited control over your environment, you have a great deal of control over you behavior.

23. Influence on your Health
Media:
The various methods of communication information:
Radio
Television
Film
Newspapers
Magazines
Books
Internet
Media plays a major role in shaping public opinion

24. Influences on your Health
Technology:
Technology advances also influence health. Technology has impacted the health status of individuals, families, communities, and the world.
Medical screenings
Treatment for diseases
Help keep our air, land, and water clean
Technology has hurt our health by replacing many of our physical activities that were once part of daily life.

25. Apply the Information
Select the side of your health triangle that you think is most affected by personal behavior. Explain your choice.