Chapter Understanding Health and Wellness Lesson 3 Health Risks and Your Behavior

By practicing positive health behaviors.

Explain how you can minimize health risks and protect your health.

So you can have a control of your health.

Explain why it is important to identify the health risks in your life.

1.Tobacco use 2.Unhealthy dietary behaviors 3.Inadequate physical activity 4.Alcohol and other drug use 5.Sexual behaviors 6.Behaviors that contribute to injuries and violence

Identify six risk behaviors that account for most of the death and disability among young people under 24.

1.Get eight hours of sleep each night. 2.Start each day with healthy breakfast. 3.Eat a variety of nutritious food each day. 4.Be physically active for 30 to 60 minutes most days of the week. 5.Maintain a healthy weight. 6.Abstain from smoking or using other tobacco products. 7.Abstain from the use of alcohol and other drugs.

List some lifestyle factors that promote good health.

Practicing abstinence

Name a strategy you can utilize to help protect yourself from risk and ensure a healthy future.

abstinence

a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

risk behaviors

actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others

cumulative risks

related risks that increase in effect with each added risk

prevention

taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse

lifestyle factors

the personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives