1. Wellness and the Health Triangle

2. Questions to Ponder What does being healthy really mean?
What do I need to know to be healthy?
What is the difference between health and wellness?

3. The Foundations of Health:
Health – is a combination of physical, mental and social well being.

4. The Health Triangle: Three sides of health combine to form the health triangle
Physical Health
Taking care of your body
Cleanliness
Nutrition
Fitness
Social Health
Getting along with others
Making friends
Giving support
Mental and Emotional Health
Liking who you are
Expressing emotions
Managing stress

5. Wellness Wellness – is a state of overall well being or total health
Wellness Wellness – is a state of overall well being or total health. It is a way of life. It involves choices and decisions everyday.
The Wellness Continuum
The wellness continuum is a scale that shows the level of wellness from a low level to a high level.
Where do you fall on this continuum?
Free from aches and pains
High level of energy feeling of well-being
Premature Death
Chronic Disorders
Lack of Energy
Disability
Inattention
Minor aches and pains
Moderate level of energy
High Level of Health

6. Taking Responsibility for your Health

7. Questions to Ponder
How do heredity, environment, and available health care affect my health?
Is my environment healthy?
How do behavior and attitude affect my health?
How can I develop habits to improve my health?

8. Influences on your Health
Heredity
The passing of traits from your parents as a result of the transmission of genes.
Environment
The sum total of your surroundings.
Available Health Care
Determined by where you live.

9. Steps to Responsible Health
Find out how much you know about your health.
Get good, reliable information on how to stay healthy or improve.
Take action. Those who practice life-related habits or lifestyle factors, appear to live longer and be happier.

10. Review Questions What are the three sides of the Health Triangle?
Physical, Mental, and Social
What is Wellness?
A state of overall well being or total health.
What are three things that influence your Health?
Heredity, Environment, and Available Health Care.

11. The Health Triangle MENTAL & PHYSICAL SOCIAL HEALTH HEALTH
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Includes getting along
with others
Working or playing well in a group
Making and keeping friends
Giving and getting support
Good Health Habits
Keeping your body fit
Cleanliness
Nutrition
Fitness
Includes liking who you are
Good Health Habits
Expressing emotions
Facing life’s problems
Managing stress

12. Your Health Health Factors over which you have little or no control
Health Factors for which you have responsibility
Your attitudes, which are your feelings and beliefs
Your lifestyle factors, which are your life-related habits
Your health education, which means learning the facts and gaining the tools you need to maintain and improve your health
Heredity, which is the passing on of traits from biological parents to children
Your environment which is the sum total of your surroundings
Your available health care, which is determined by where you live.