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    Chapter 1

    Living a healthy life

    1.1
    What is health?
     Total health is combination of various factors
     Physical
     Mental/Emotional
     Social Well-being
    The Health Continuum
    What is Wellness?
     An overall state of well-being, or total health (A
    way of living day to day life)
     Making good decisions
     Practicing healthy behaviors
    What are these healthy habits?

     Getting 8 – 10 hours of  Avoiding tobacco, alcohol


    sleep each night and other drugs
     Starting each day with a  Abstaining from sexual
    healthy breakfast activity before marriage
     Eating a variety of nutritious  Managing stress
    foods each day  Maintaining positive
     Being physically active for relationships
    at least 20 min. a day, three  Practicing safe behaviors to
    or more days a week prevent injuries
     Maintaining a healthy
    weight
    Prevention

     Practicing health and safety habits to


    remain free of disease and injury
     Wearing safety belts
     Applying sun screen

     Avoiding unsafe areas


    Importance of Health Education

     Provide accurate health information to


    help people make healthy choices
     Give people the tools they need to help live
    long, energetic and productive lives
    Healthy People 2010
     Nationwide health promotion and disease prevention
    plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the
    health of all people in the U.S.
     Two Goals
     Increase quality and years of healthy life for all Americans
     Remove health differences that result from factors such as
    gender, race, education, disability and location
    Health Literacy
     A person’s capacity to learn about and
    understand basic health information and services
    and use the resources to promote his or her
    health and wellness.
     A health literate individual needs to be:
     A critical thinker and problem solver
     A responsible, productive citizen
     A self-directed learner
     An effective communicator
    Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle

     Health Triangle – 3 elements of Health


     Physical Health
     Mental/Emotional Health

     Social Health
    Health Triangle activity

     Groups of no more than 3


     Poster board
     Magazines
     Cut out pictures of health/unhealthy
    activities for each area
    Influences on your Health
     Heredity- refers to all  Physical environment-
    the traits that were pollution, dust,
    biologically passed on smoke, crime
    to you from your  Social environment-
    parents Family and peers
     Environment- the sum  Culture- collective
    of your surroundings beliefs, customs and
    behaviors of a group
    Influences on your Health cont.
     Attitude- You must  Media- advertisers
    believe there is a may make
    benefit to you exaggerated claims to
     Behavior- Will you persuade you
    follow the crowd?  Technology- Medical
    Screenings,
    treatment, etc.
    Your Behavior and Reducing your
    Health Risks
     Risk behaviors are actions that can
    potentially threaten your health or the
    health of others.
     Using Nicotine
     Using Alcohol

     Using illicit drugs

     Wearing a safety belt

     Sexual behaviors
    Cumulative Risks

     Related risks that increase in effect with


    each added risk
     Smoking one vs. 100,000
     One fast food meal/week vs. 15

     Driving over the speed limit

     Driving w/o a safety belt

     Driving in bad weather

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