Health Expectations

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Health Expectations

• Bring your planner, paper, and writing utensil to
  class everyday
• NO LATE work will be accepted
• Follow the Bulldog Way

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What is Health?

• A combination of physical, mental/emotional, and
  social well-being

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What is Health?

• How you are doing at a particular moment
• Constantly changing

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Physical Health

• Eat a well-balanced diet
• Participate in regular physical activity
• Get at least eight hours of sleep every night
• Have regular medical and dental
• check-ups
• Avoid tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
• Avoid unnecessary risks

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Mental/Emotional Health

• Face difficult situations with a positive and
  realistic attitude
• Express your feelings clearly and calmly to
  others
• Set priorities so that you can handle all of your
  responsibilities

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Mental/Emotional Health

• Use your talents effectively to achieve your
  goals
• Be patient with yourself as you learn new skills
• Accept responsibility for your actions
• Learn from your mistakes

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Social Health

• Respect and care for members of your family
• Have a friendly, open attitude toward other
  people
• Pay attention to what you say and how you say it

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Social Health

• Be a loyal, truthful, and dependable friend
• Learn to disagree without arguing and show
  respect for others

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What is Wellness?

• A state of well-being or balanced health

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What is Wellness?

• Keeping all three sides of your health triangle
  in balance is the best way to achieve wellness
• Refers to how the three aspects of health
  interact over time
• Your daily choices affect your long-term wellness

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Self-Assessment

• Careful examination and judgement of your own
  patterns of behavior

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Challenge

• Work alone or in groups of up to 4
• Discuss the difference between health and
  wellness. Come up with a definition for each in
  your own words

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Challenge

• Work alone or in groups of up to 4
• Answer these questions
• How is your health?
• How is your wellness?
• How can self-assessment help you improve your
  health?