A Healthy Lifestyle (practice)

If you wanted to improve your health by making better lifestyle choices, what are 5 choices that you could make?

Getting 8-10 hours of sleep; eating a healthy breakfast; maintaining a healthy weight; being active for 30 minutes most days; avoiding drugs, tobacco, and alcohol; managing stress; maintaining positive relationships; practicing safe behaviors, such as safe sex and wearing safety equipment.

Compare the most likely cause of death for an individual born in the 1900's and an indiv. born in 2006

In the 1900's, communicable diseases like pneumonia, TB, influenza, chicken pox, and polio were the most likely cause of death. In 2006, lifestyle diseases such as cancer, hearth disease, and stroke were the most common cause of death.

What are three things you could do if you were asked to become an advocate for health and wellness?

Leading by example, volunteering my time, and raising public service announcements (PSA) are 3 things I can do if I were asked to become an advocate for health and wellness.

Define and describe the different types of risk factors.

Risk factors are anything that increase your chances of injury, illness, or health problems. There are 2 types of risk factors: controllable and uncontrollable. Uncontrollable risk factors are those like age, gender, race, etc. Controllable risk factors relate to your situation or behavior choices.

Heart disease is a hereditary risk factor in Jamal's family. Describe what kinds of behavioral choices he could make to reduce his risk of developing this disease.

Sedentary lifestyle, drug and alcohol use ,tobacco use, and poor diet are factors can control. Unacceptable examples would include: Heredity, age, or gender.