Living a Healthy Life

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Chapter 1

• Living a Healthy Life

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Notes Chapter 1.1

• Health is the combination of physical,
  mental/emotional, and social well-being.
• gtgtgtgtBeing healthy is striving to be the best you
  can be at any given time.

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• Wellness an overall state of well-being, or total
  health.
• Example A person with a balanced life is said
  to have a high degree of wellness.

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• Prevention practicing health and safety habits to
  remain free of disease and injury.
• Examples
• Wearing seat belts
• Applying sun screen
• Avoiding unsafe areas.

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• Health education the providing of accurate health
  information to help people make healthy choice.
• gtgtgtWarning labels, ingredients, and safety
  guidelines are all examples of health education.

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• Healthy People 2010 is a nationwide health
  promotion and disease prevention plan designed to
  serve as a guide for improving the health of all
  people in the United Sates.
• Health literacy refers to a persons capacity to
  learn about and understand basic health
  information and service and use there resources
  to promote his or her health and wellness.

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The Health Continuum

• The continuum shows that your health can be
  measured on a sliding scale, with many degrees of
  health and wellness.
• What three behaviors would help you move toward a
  positive life style?

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Notes Chapter 1.2

• Heredity
• Refers to all the traits that were biologically
  passed on to you from your parents.
• gtgtgtBeyond your physical health, heredity can
  also influence personality and basic intellectual
  abilities and talents.

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The Health Triangle
Social
Physical
Mental/Emotional
How does one effect the other?
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Environment

• Is the sum of your surroundings
• gtgtgt including your family, your neighborhood,
  your school, ect

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Peers

• Are the people of the same age who share similar
  interests.
• gtgtgt Your peers include friends and classmates.

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Culture

• Refers to the collective beliefs, customs, and
  behaviors of a group
• gtgtgt Examples ethnic group community

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Media

• The various methods of communicating information
  such as radio, TV, film, and newspapers

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Type IIWriting assignment

• Climate is one factor that can influence your
  health. What other aspects of a persons physical
  environment can affect his or her health?
• 10 minute time limit
• Double spaced

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Notes Ch 1.3

• Risk behaviors
• Are actions that can potentially threaten your
  health or the health of others.
• gtgtgtNot wearing seat belts, smoking, or alcohol
  use.

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Cumulative risks

• Are the risks that increase in effect with each
  added risk.
• gtgtgt Behaviors repeated over time and the negative
  effects that lead to serious health consequences

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Abstinence

• Is avoiding harmful behaviors.
• gtgtgtNot using drugs, tobacco, or alcohol

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Type II

• What positive effects on others might result from
  your participation in a campaign that promotes
  abstinence from substance use?