Serious Health Risks for Youth

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Serious Health Risks for Youth

• Mrs. Plummer

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Bell work completed on your bell work sheet. Any
student who has forms for Mrs. Plummer or PE fees
please bring them up now quietly.

• What do you think health means?
• Name the 4 dimensions of health and give one
  example of a prevention method for each. (ex
  physical-seat belt)
• For fun Katya, a senior in high school, claims
  that her mother has only celebrated 10 birthdays.
  If this is true, what is the date of her mothers
  birthday?

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Top 3 Killers of Youth

• Accidents
• Cell phone use (talking, dialing, texting)
• Drinking and driving
• Drowning
• Homicide (what is a synonym for this word?)
• Suicide
• Easy way to remember
• Atkins High School

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Serious Health Risks for Youth

• Involvement in violent acts, including physical
  fighting, bullying, weapon carrying, and homicide
• Consuming excessive fat, calories, and sodium
  and consuming insufficient fiber, foliate, and
  variety of foods
• Engaging in sexual intercourse which could lead
  to pregnancy and disease
• Insufficient physical activity
• Attempting suicide

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Serious Health Risks for Youth

• Driving while under the influence of alcohol
  and/or other drugs, traveling while a passenger
  with a driver who is impaired, driving too fast,
  and not wearing passenger restraints
• Not wearing bicycle helmets when riding
• Using harmful or illegal substances, including
  alcohol and tobacco
• Engaging in water-related recreation without
  appropriate floatation devices or supervision, or
  without skill in swimming and staying afloat, or
  while using alcohol and/or other drugs
• Inadequately preventing or responding to fire
  emergencies
• Participating in activity or sport without proper
  knowledge, supervision, and/or equipment

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Scenario Assignment

• In your group
• Identify the serious health risk in the scenario.
• Describe the factors that were affected by the
  characters decisions.
• Describe factors that were a result of the
  environment or genetics.
• A solution for the prevention of each health risk
  identified.

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Bell work September 4th

• What 2 things does prevention save us?
• Complete the sentence
• Although publicly the mayor spoke ---- of his
  town, in private, he was less ---, pointing out
  the many difficulties it had yet to overcome.
• A. glowingly, enthusiastic B. insultingly,
  measured
• C. fondly, interested D. reverentially, unhappy
• E. Excitedly, mysterious
• Logic (for fun) You must take something in your
  right hand that you cant possibly take in your
  left hand. What is this thing?

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Self Assessment

• Complete the self assessment by placing a 1 in
  the box that best answers the question for you.
• When finished, print only page 3.
• Complete self assessment worksheet.
• Turn in completed assignment to Mrs. Plummer.

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Adding a printer

• Start
• My computer
• Printers
• Library Printers
• Select Library
• Remember to change print when printing (See next
  slide)

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Change Printer here!
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ENTER Page 3 here!