PE 131 – Lifetime Wellness
 Go to:
www.wou.edu/~timkeng
 For syllabus
 For all powerpoint lecture notes
 For assignments
 Monitoring Behavior Assignment is up and
due next week to lab instructor
Why this class?
 What are some of your frustrations around
taking this class?
 Share with a neighbor
 What are some of the things you’d like to
know related to your health?
 Share with a neighbor
Leading Causes of Death
1.Heart disease
2.Cancer
3.Stroke
4.Chronic lower respiratory disease
5.Unintentional injuries
6.Diabetes
Underlying Causes of Death
1993
Death
related to
lifestyle &
behavior
Alcohol
Diet/Physical Inactivity
Tobacco
Underlying Causes of Death
2000
Alcohol
Diet/Physical
Inactivity
Tobacco
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
Death related to lifestyle & behavior
Did you know???!!!
 2003 - Poor diet and physical inactivity
now tied with tobacco related disease
deaths and will soon overtake as the #1
cause of actual death
 Again - we’re talking about deaths directly
attributable to lifestyle and behavior
 What does all that really mean to you?
And the cost…
 Chronic diseases - 75% of all medical care
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costs
Diabetes - $132 billion / year
Smoking - $75 billion / year
Cardiovascular - $300 billion / year (2000)
Physical inactivity - $76.6 billion /year
(2000)
Factors that Affect Health
and Well-being
Wellness - What is it?
 We know it when we’re not well
 We take it for granted when we are
 The constant and deliberate effort to
stay healthy
Dimensions of Wellness
Selected Wellness
Components
Your wellness lifestyle…
 Today will determine the health and quality of
your life tomorrow
 And in this class, we’ll try to cover some of the
topic that help be healthy now and later
 Focus: Making health a priority
 Focus: Making good decision regarding health
Assignment 1
 Monitoring Behavior
 If there is to be change, first must come
awareness
 This assignment is about developing some
awareness about healthy and unhealthy
behaviors
Assignment 1
 Complete Lifestyle Wellness Questionnaire
 pp. 25 & 26
 Make photocopy – so you can sell back the text
 Identify 5 behaviors that could use changing
 Choose 1 as a priority behavior
 Closely monitor that behavior for 4 days
 In writing – journal, excel spreadsheet, whatever
works……BUT IN WRITING
 Write a summary of what you found out about
that behavior