• L E S S O N 1 : YO U R TOTA L H E A LT H
• L E S S O N 2 : W H AT A F F E C T S YO U R H E A LT H
• L E S S O N 3 : H E A LT H R I S K S A N D YO U R
BEHAVIORS
• L E S S O N 4 : P R O M OT I N G H E A LT H A N D
WELLNESS
WHAT THOUGHTS COME TO MIND WHEN YOU
SEE THESE PICTURES?
Ch. 1, Lesson 1, p. 6-10
LESSON 1: YOUR TOTAL HEALTH
Write a response in a complete sentence to each of the
following questions:
• What is health?
• Why would you want to be healthy?
• Who is most responsible for your health?
* Share your responses with a classmate!
BIG IDEA!
Being in the best of health throughout
your life means making healthy choices and practicing
healthful behaviors.
THINK
ABOUT
IT!
What are some everyday decisions
teens face that can affect their health?
Ch. 1 Lesson 1, p. 6-8
HEALTH: “THE COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL,
MENTAL /EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.”
PHYSICAL HEALTH
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How well your body
functions
Having enough energy
to perform daily
activities
Can physically deal
with everyday stresses
Avoiding illness and
injury to body
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL
HEALTH
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Your feelings and thoughts
How you feel about yourself
Your ability to meet
demands/stress of daily life
How you cope with
problems in your life
NOTE: Mental/emotional
health also includes
spiritual health – feeling
you have meaning, purpose
in life, having sense of
morals and values
SOCIAL HEALTH
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Quality of your relationships in
your social network (family,
friends, teachers, others in
community)
Ability to get along with others
Ability to make and maintain
healthy relationships with
others
Ability to share thoughts,
feelings with others
Ch. 1 Lesson 1, p. 9-10
KEEPING YOUR HEALTH IN BALANCE
Wellness: “An
overall state of
well-being or
total health.”
Where is your
level of health
on the illnesswellness
continuum?
Maintaining wellness
means
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Keeping a balance
among the three
components of health.
•
Ignoring any of the
three components
affects your total health
– your level of wellness!
QUESTION: What
behaviors can you change
(or maintain) to improve
your level of wellness (or
maintain it) ?
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S.
* ALL AGES COMBINED
BEFORE THE 1900S
• Infections
• Infectious diseases
1st
TO D AY
Cardiovascular disease
2nd Cancer
3rd Stroke
WHY INFECTIONS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ARE NO LONGER THE LEADING CAUSES OF
DEATH – IN THE UNITED STATES
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Antibiotics
Vaccines
Improved living conditions
Overall better health
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH FOR TEENS
AGES 15-19
1st Accidents (accidental drug overdose, auto
accidents)
2nd Suicide
3rd Homicide (murder)
HOW LONG WILL YOU LIVE?
Life Expectancy equals the
average number of years a
person born in a given country
would live if their mortality
(death) rates at each age were
to remain constant in the
future. (In other words, the life
expectancy for a particular
infant born each year changes
due to the conditions at that
time).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_b
y_life_expectancy
Ch. 1 Lesson 2, p. 11-15
LESSON 2: WHAT AFFECTS YOUR
HEALTH?
Write a response in a complete sentence to the following questions:
• What are factors or circumstances in your life that may affect your
health and life expectancy?
• What are some ways that a person’s surroundings can influence
his or her health?
• Share your responses with a classmate!
Main Idea:
You can take control of your health by understanding
how heredity, environment, attitude, behavior, media and technology can
all influence it.
Ch. 1, Lesson 2, p. 11-14
Certain factors
can influence how
you live.
Heredity – biological traits passed on to
you from parents
Environment – physical surroundings,
including people and culture
Question:
Which of
these
influences on
your health
can you
control?
Attitude – way you view situations,
information
Behavior – choices you make in life
Media – various methods for
communicating information
Technology – a method of delivering
media content through radio, TV
and Internet
Ch. 1, Lesson 3, p. 16-17
LESSON 3: HEALTH RISKS AND
YOUR BEHAVIOR
Risk behaviors - actions that can potentially threaten your health or health of
others.
Six risk behaviors that can lead to heart disease, cancer, and other serious
illnesses later in life:
1. Tobacco use
4. Alcohol and other drug use
2. Unhealthy diet
5. Unprotected sex
3. Lack of exercise
6. Behaviors contributing to injury/violence
Controllable risk behaviors – actions that a person can do something about
• Examples: Wearing a seatbelt, smoking, having sex, being kind to
peers
Uncontrollable risk factors - circumstances that can affect a person’s health
that they cannot control or do anything about
• Examples: Heredity, Age, Gender, Race
Ch. 1, Lesson 3, p. 18-20
RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES
Big Idea: Risk behaviors can have a serious impact on your health – can
have significant short-term and long-term consequences.
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Cumulative risks – related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
Note: Risks can accumulate over time, and other behaviors can add to each
other (multiple risks behaviors).
Example: The longer the person smokes, the greater the chances
are they will develop lung cancer and heart disease. (Time = cumulative
risk.)
Example: If you smoke, are obese, and don’t exercise, these are
cumulative risks for lung cancer and heart disease. (Multiple factors =
cumulative risk).
Think of three cumulative risk behaviors for heart disease.
Big Idea:
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You can take action to reduce your exposure to health risks.
Lifestyle factors - the personal habits or behaviors related to the way a
person lives. These habits can positively or negatively affect level of
health.
Ch. 1, Lesson 4, p. 21-24
LESSON 4: PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Main Idea:
Individual, family, community, and national
health require planning and responsible behavior on
everyone’s part.
Facts:
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Health care costs could be avoided if people made
healthier decisions about the way they live.
Educating the public is the key to creating a healthier
nation.
Healthy People 2010 - Nationwide health promotion plan
designed to improve health of all people in United States
and eliminate health disparities.
Health disparities - the differences in health outcomes
among groups of people.