Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
Ms. Scampolino
Wellness 9
Instant Activity
List three of your favorite activities
or hobbies.
Briefly describe the positive effect
each has on your life.
Lesson Objectives
Introduction to the Health Triangle
Analyze your individual Health
Triangle
What influences your health?
Your Health Triangle
There are 3 elements of health:
Physical
Mental/Emotional
Social
Keeping a Balance
Each side of your health triangle is
equally important to your health!!!
The three legs of a tri-pod
An unbalanced health triangle is
likely to cause you problems at some
point
Balance = You at your best!
Physical Health
How well your body functions.
Do you have enough energy to
perform the activities of daily life?
Cope with everyday challenges
and stresses
Resist disease
Avoid injury
Physical Health
Involves:
Getting Adequate Sleep
Eating nutritious meals
Drinking enough H2O
Regular Physical Activity
Mental/Emotional Health
Your feelings about yourself.
How well you meet the demands of
daily life.
Your ability to process information.
You have good mental/emotional
health…
Enjoy Challenges
Embrace learning new things
See mistakes as opportunities to grow and
change
Accept responsibility for their actions
Stand up for their beliefs and values
You have good mental/emotional
health…
Are in touch with their feelings
Express Feelings in appropriate ways
Can deal with the frustrations of life without
being overwhelmed by them
Avoid dwelling on negative thoughts
Use positive thought and actions to move forward
Social Health
Social Health involves the way you
get along with others
Your ability to make and keep friends
Your ability to work and play in
cooperative ways
Your ability to seek support when
necessary
Involves communicating well and
showing respect and core for yourself
and others
Physical Health
Also includes:
– Practicing good hygiene
– Regular medical and dental checkups
– Necessary medical treatments
– Paying attention to what you put into
your body
– Avoiding harmful substance:
Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs
Influences on your health
What situations and people have
affected your health at each stage of
your life?
How have influences on your health
changed through the years?
How do early influences affect you
today?
Influences on your Health
Heredity
Environment- Physical and Social
Culture
Attitude
Behavior
Media
Technology
Influences on your health
Heredity:
– All the traits that were biologically pass
on to you from your parents.
– Physical traits: eye color, hair color,
height
– Physical health: specific genes may
put you at risk for certain illness or
strengthen your resistance to disease.
– Heredity can also influence your
personality and basic intellectual
abilities and talents.
Influences on your Health
Environment:
– The sum of your surroundings, including
your family, your neighborhood, your
school, your job, and your life
experiences.
– All places that you go to in a given day
– Physical conditions in which you live
– All people in your life
– Your culture
Physical Environment
Crime rate - STRESS
Pollution
Pollen
Dust
Smog
Social Environment
Family and people you come into
contact with each day
Positive social environment can help
a person develop POSITIVE values, a
commitment to learning, and
confidence in future success.
Social Environment
Peers:
– People of the same age who share
similar interests.
– Loyal and supportive friends have a
positive effect on your health
– Peers who take part in dangerous
activities can have a negative effect on
your health
Influences on your Health
Culture:
– The collective beliefs and behaviors of a group.
Ethnic
Community
Nation
Language
Food
Traditions
Religion
Understanding culture can help you know yourself
better and be tolerant of others
Influences on your Health
Attitude:
– The way you view situations – your
attitude – greatly affects the choices
you make.
– Attitude can play a major role in health
and wellness
– You can Always control you attitude!!!
– A positive attitude = Positive health!
Influence on your Health
Behavior:
– You have no control over your heredity
and limited control over your
environment, you have a great deal of
control over you behavior.
Influence on your Health
Media:
– The various methods of communication
information:
Radio
Television
Film
Newspapers
Magazines
Books
Internet
Media plays a major role in shaping public opinion
Influences on your Health
Technology:
– Technology advances also influence
health. Technology has impacted the
health status of individuals, families,
communities, and the world.
Medical screenings
Treatment for diseases
Help keep our air, land, and water clean
Technology has hurt our health by replacing
many of our physical activities that were
once part of daily life.
Apply the Information
Select the side of your health
triangle that you think is most
affected by personal behavior.
Explain your choice.