RISK TO HEALTH

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RISK TO HEALTH

• Aim
• To understand the negative factors affecting
  health and well-being

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Risk to health

• Stress
• Lack of Exercise
• Personal hygiene
• Substance misuse
• tobacco smoking, excessive alcohol intake,
  illegal and lega drugs
• Environmental pollution
• Unprotected sex

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STRESS

• Aim
• To understand the effects of stress on the body.
• To design strategies to overcome stress.

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What is stress?

• Stress is tension (psychology) a state of mental
  or emotional strain or suspense.

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POSITIVE INFLUENCE

• As a positive influence,
• Stress can help compel us to action.
• It can result in a new awareness and an exciting
  new perspective.

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NEGATIVE INFLUENCE

• As a negative influence
• it can result in feelings of distrust
• rejection
• anger and
• depression
• which in turn can lead to health problems such
  as headaches, upset stomach, rashes, insomnia,
  ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease, and
  stroke.

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Stress

• Under stress, people frequently use one or more
  of the following to help manage it nicotine,
  alcohol, drugs, (prescription and
  non-prescription), and/or comfort foods.

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How to de-stress
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How to de-stress?
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How to manage stress better?

• Become aware of your stressors and your emotional
  and physical reactions.
• Recognize what you can change.
• Reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions
  to stress.
• Learn to moderate your physical reactions to
  stress.
• Build your physical reserves.
• Maintain your emotional reserves.

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Risk to Health

• Lack of Exercise
• Aim
• To understand the effects of lack of exercise.
• To develop strategies to overcome lack of
  exercise

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Lack of physical exercise

• The effects of lack of exercise
• Stiffening of the joints
• Little strength
• Sluggish blood flow
• Poor stamina
• Poorly developed heart and skeletal muscles.

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What is obesity?

• overweight by 30 percent of the ideal body
  weight.www.rch.org.au/ceed/disorders.cfm

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The effects of lack of exercise

• Deformed body shape
• Poor muscle tones.

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Calculating your weight

• Do you know if your weight?
• Try this website to calculate your BMI
• http//www.keepkidshealthy.com/