Lesson 3: Practicing Healthful Behaviors

health behavior inventory

a tool that helps a person decide how well he or she is practicing healthful behaviors

health behavior contract

a written plan that a person makes in which he or she agrees to develop the habit of practicing a specific healthful behavior

healthful behaviors

behaviors that promote health, prevent injury and premature death, and improve the quality of the environment

risk behaviors

behaviors that threaten health, can cause injury or premature death and harm, or destroy the environment

habits

fixed behaviors that you use automatically

behavior

the way you act or choose to act in a situation