1. Health Risks and Your Behavior Chapter 1 Lesson #3 pg. 16-20
Objectives
Objective 1: Recognizing Risk Behaviors
Objective 2: Describe the consequences of taking
risks.
Objective 3: How to avoid or reduce risks
Objective 4: How to promote your health

2. iPad Vocabulary Activity
Open iSwifter APP
Drop Down: “Chapter Activities”
Go to: Chapter 1
Next, Open: “Interactive Study Guides”
Open: “Lesson #3”

3. Identifying Health Risks
Risk Behaviors: Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others
The CDC has identified 6 behaviors that account for most of the deaths & disabilities among young people:
Tobacco use
Unhealthy dietary behaviors
Inadequate physical activity
Alcohol and other drug use
Sexual behaviors (can result in what??)
Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence
Step one: Understand the role of individual responsibility regarding risky behavior
Sep two: Examine your current behavior and make necessary behavior changes

4. Risks & Consequences
Cumulative Risks: Are related risks that increase in effect with each added risk, or combinations of risky behaviors. These may be repeated behaviors or combinations of poor choices.
Examples: Smoking, eating a fast food meal, texting while driving………can you name any more???
*Repeated behaviors over time (smoking, eating fatty foods)
Combinations (driving over the speed limit, & not wearing a seat belt)
-Other examples?

5. Partner Activity
Rate the following risky behaviors being low & 10 being high.
A. Bungee Jumping
B. Sky diving
C. Eating fast food 3 days a week
D. Asking someone out on a date that you
don’t know very well
E. Not wearing a seatbelt
F. Sharing a water bottle
G. Riding home with someone who’s been
drinking

6. How to Avoid or Reduce Risks
Prevention: Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.
What are some things we do (or have already done) to prevent health problems?
Abstinence: A deliberate decision to avoid high risk behaviors.
What are some things we should abstain from?
-Even those who have been sexually active in the past or have used drugs still have the opportunity to chose abstinence.
-Just because you have may have made a poor choice in the past des not mean you are doomed to make poor choices forever. As discussed, the reason why attitude and behavior are considered to be the most easily controlled, is that YOU have the power to change them.

7. Promoting Your Health
Understanding how your decisions impact your health will inspire you to adopt healthful behaviors.
Positive choices can promote wellness and prevent the development of disease.

8. Lifestyle Factors Positive lifestyle factors include:
Getting 8 hours of sleep each night
Starting each day with a healthy breakfast
Eating a variety of nutritious foods each day
Being physically active for minutes most days of the week
Maintaining a healthy weight
Abstaining from smoking or using other tobacco products
Abstaining from the use of alcohol, and other drugs

9. Show Video Titled: Risky Behavior: the dark side of bad choices.

10. Memory Matching Activity
Open ROVER APP
Open the bookmarks tab and choose “Glencoe chapter activities”
Open: “Student Center”
Drop Down: “Chapter Activities”
Go to: Chapter 1
Next, Click: Interactive Health Tutor
Open: Chapter 1b