1. Your Total Health 6 th Grade Health

2. What is Health? The 3 parts of Good Health are:The 3 parts of Good Health are: Combination of:Combination of: PhysicalPhysical –Ex. Involves condition of your body Mental/emotionalMental/emotional –Mental Health Ex. Your ability to solve problems and handle daily events of your life –Emotional Ex. Involves feelings, such as happiness, sadness and anger Social well-beingSocial well-being –Ex. How you relate to people at home, school and everyone else in your world

3. Balance! Mental/ Emotional SocialPhysical YOU!

4. What is the difference between Health and Wellness? Wellness: a state of well-being or balanced health over a longer period of time.Wellness: a state of well-being or balanced health over a longer period of time.

5. How can you maintain overall Wellness? You can:You can: 1:1: 2:2: 3:3: 4:4: 5:5: Here’s where we develop goals for wellness!

6. Mind-Body Connection What is it?What is it? How your emotions affect your physical and overall health and how your overall health affects your emotionsHow your emotions affect your physical and overall health and how your overall health affects your emotions Sometimes you may be in a situation that requires the professional health services of a counselor or medical providerSometimes you may be in a situation that requires the professional health services of a counselor or medical provider –Ex. Bullying, depression

7. Healthful-To-Do List At your desk answer the following on your own.At your desk answer the following on your own. How are your emotions and your physical overall health interrelated (connected)?How are your emotions and your physical overall health interrelated (connected)? Give 3 examples under Physical Health, Mental/Emotional Health and Social HealthGive 3 examples under Physical Health, Mental/Emotional Health and Social Health

8. Samantha Samantha eats plenty of fruits and vegetables each day. Three days a week, she runs two miles after school. However, some mornings she has a hard time getting up because she stayed up too late the night before. On those days, Samantha argues with her friends. She is also too tired to pay attention in class. Is Samantha as healthy as she could be?

9. Questions What parts of Samantha’s health triangle are out of balance? What could she do to balance it out?What parts of Samantha’s health triangle are out of balance? What could she do to balance it out? Goal Setting: Write down three strategies that you could take to improve and maintain your personal health. Choose one strategy from each side of the health triangle.

10. Health Risks and Your Behavior Vocabulary Terms:Vocabulary Terms: Risk: the chance that something harmful may happen to your health and wellnessRisk: the chance that something harmful may happen to your health and wellness Risk behaviors: actions or choices that may harm you or othersRisk behaviors: actions or choices that may harm you or others Consequences: are the results of actionsConsequences: are the results of actions Cumulative Risk: when one risk factor adds to another to increase dangerCumulative Risk: when one risk factor adds to another to increase danger

11. Vocab. Cont. Prevention: taking steps to avoid somethingPrevention: taking steps to avoid something Abstinence: a conscious active choice not to participate in high risk behaviorsAbstinence: a conscious active choice not to participate in high risk behaviors

12. Risky Behaviors What are some risky behaviors?What are some risky behaviors? What are some consequences of these risky behaviors?What are some consequences of these risky behaviors? Are the risks immediate or long term?Are the risks immediate or long term?

13. Tips for Reducing Risk 1. Plan ahead.1. Plan ahead. 2. Think about the consequences.2. Think about the consequences. 3. Resist negative pressure from others.3. Resist negative pressure from others. 4. Know your limits.4. Know your limits. 5. Pay attention to what you are doing.5. Pay attention to what you are doing.

14. Thank you! Questions?