Health (8-13-15)

What are lifestyle factors that promote good health?

- getting 8-10 hours of sleep - healthy breakfast - nutritious foods - physically active for at least 20 minutes a day - healthy weight -avoid drugs (alcohol and tobacco) -no sexual activity -manage your stress - practicing safe behaviors

List 6 categories of teen risk behaviors that have negative effects on health

-tobacco use -alcohol and drug use -behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuries -sexual behaviors - unhealthy diet -not physically active

What is the difference between your social and physical environments? Give an example of a factor in each type of environment

-your physical environment influences every aspect of your health (safe environment=good health) -your social environment includes your family and strangers that you come into contact with every day (bad family=bad social skills)

What is wellness

An overall state of well-being or total health

Understand the differences between health education and health literacy.

Health education- the providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices health literacy- a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and use these resources to promote his/her health and wellness.

Describe health people 2010

Health people 2010 is a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the U.S. The plan is revised every ten years

How are attitude and behavior related to health

If you have a positive attitude you are more likely to make better decisions for yourself (healthy choices) and have better health. Good behavior helps you make better choices and helps resolve conflict

How is wellness achieved?

It comes from a way of living each day that includes: making decisions and practicing behaviors that are based on healthy attitudes

Why is good health important?

It is important because if one part of your health is bad it will affect the other parts as well. Also, being healthy means striving to be the best you can all the time.

What is mental/emotional health?

Mental or emotional health refers to your overall psychological well-being. It includes the way you feel about yourself, the quality of your relationships, and your ability to manage your feelings and deal with difficulties.

What is physical health?

Physical health can be defined as an essential part of overall health of an individual, which includes everything from physical fitness to overall well-being.

what is social health?

Social health is how you get along with other people, how other people react to you, and how you interact with society.

Give examples to show how technology can lead to better health

Technology has made advances in medical screenings and treatments for diseases, cancer, and aids to help these people become healthier and live longer lives.

What is health?

The combination of physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being.

Explain how heredity influences health

You may inherit certain illnesses, traits, personality, talents, or diseases from your parents.

What is abstinence? identify 3 behaviors that are best avoided by practicing abstinence.

abstinence is avoiding harmful behaviors including use of tobacco alcohol and other drugs and sexual activity before marriage.

What are some examples that show why health is dynamic?

an example would be you being the best player on the team Monday but being sick on Tuesday.

What are cumulative risks? give an example

are related risks that increase in affect with each added risk. smoking one cigarette for example is not likely to result in death but if you keep smoking it will harm you.

Define heredity

heredity: Refers to all the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents

Name three elements of the health triangle

physical mental/emotional social

Define prevention and get two examples of behaviors that help prevent illness or injury?

prevention- practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury examples- wearing seat belts and applying sunscreen