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Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Influences on our Health
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What Affects Your Health The choices you make and the way you think and act have a strong effect on your total health These are the parts of your life you have control over There are outside factors that influence your health
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Putting the Puzzle Together Think of a person as a jigsaw puzzle The factors that influence that persons health are the pieces of the puzzle Each persons’ puzzle has different pieces that when put together form a unique picture SEE FIGURE 1.3 PAGE 8
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Heredity and Environment Heredity – The passing of traits from biological parents to children Skin, eye and hair color Body build Growth patterns Tendency to get certain diseases Read page 9
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Heredity and Environment Environment – All living things and non living things that surround you Your home, neighborhood, school Air you breathe and the water you drink Read page 9
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Other Influences Along with you heredity and physical environment, many other factors in your life influence your health and your health choices See Figure 1.4 Page 10
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Other Influences Culture and traditions Friends What you see and hear
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