Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness

DO NOW: Write 3 different endings to the following sentence:

“To me, healthy means being able to…”

Health and WellnessThere are three elements of health:

Physical

Emotional/Mental Social

The three characteristics of health are interconnected, if one area receives too much attention, the triangle can become lopsided.

Health and WellnessHealth is the well-being of your body (physical), your mind (mental/emotional), and your relationships with others (social).

Health is closely tied with a persons Quality of Life.

Quality of Life is defined as the degree of overall satisfaction one gets out of life.

When your health triangle is balanced, you have a high degree of wellness: an overall state of well-being or total health.

Characteristics of a Healthy Person

Physical Health: is the way that your body parts and body systems work together.

Exercise

Rest

Proper nutrition

Doctor Visits

Dental Visits

Proper Hygiene

Characteristics of a Healthy Person

Mental/Emotional Mental/Emotional Health: refers to Health: refers to how good you feel how good you feel about yourself and about yourself and how well you cope how well you cope with day to day with day to day activities. activities.

Enjoys learningEnjoys learning

See mistakes as opportunities to learnSee mistakes as opportunities to learn

Take responsibility for their actionsTake responsibility for their actions

Stand up for their beliefs and valuesStand up for their beliefs and values

In touch with his/her feelings and In touch with his/her feelings and expresses them appropriatelyexpresses them appropriately

Can deal with problems and Can deal with problems and frustrationsfrustrations

Does not dwell on negative thoughts; Does not dwell on negative thoughts; is optimisticis optimistic

Characteristics of a Healthy Person

Social Health: refers to how well you get along with others.

Ability to make friends

Ability to maintain friendships

To work cooperatively with others

Ability to communicate effectively

Showing respect for yourself and others.

Identify the aspects of Health in the following…

James was so anxious about his game that he could not eat dinner and yelled at his brother for no reason.

Jill had an argument with her friend so she didn’t feel like working out after school because she was upset.

Write a letter…

Imagine you are 90 years old and have led a long, happy life. Based on the three aspects of health, positive lifestyle factors, and preventative health, write a letter to younger generations letting them in on the secrets and details of a living a long, healthy, and satisfying life.

Positive Lifestyle Factors

Positive Lifestyle Factors

DO NOW: List three of your favorite activities or hobbies, then briefly describe the positive effect each has on your health.

Lifestyle factors

Why do people now generally live longer than in years past?

Positive Lifestyle Factors

Lifestyle Factors: Personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives that help determine his/her level of health.

Get between 7-8 hours of sleep a night.

Eat nutritious foods from various food groups.

Eat breakfast everyday.

Refrain from smoking and tobacco products.

Do 20-30 minutes of continuous vigorous activity at least 3x per week.

Do not use alcohol or other drugs.

Maintain recommended weight.

Attitude

Attitude can play a major role is both your quality of life and your health.

Believing there is a benefit and practicing healthy habits go hand in hand.

Optimists vs. Pessimists

Not what happens to you but how you respond (attitude) will determine your happiness.

Prevention

Practicing healthy habits to keep a person well and free from disease and other ailments.

What are some examples?

Helmets/Seat belts

Eating healthy

Exercising

Prevention

• Relationship between current decisions and current wellness.

• What does it mean?

• Examples?

Risk Factors & Decision

Making

Do Now:

• How do you think your upbringing has made you the person you are today?

• Think about: family, friends, where you grew up, etc

Risk Factors

Risk Factor: Heredity

• All the traits that are passed biologically from parents to child.

• What are some common characteristics in your family?

– Physical

– Intellectual

– Prevalence of certain diseases

Risk Factor: Environment• The SUM of all your experiences:

» Where you grew up

» Where you live now

» Where you go in a given day

» Physical conditions in which you live

» People in your life

» Your culture

• Is broken down into three categories:

• Physical, Social, & Cultural

Risk Factors: Physical Environment

• Your outdoor and indoor surroundings

– Outdoor

Examples: air quality, pollutants, poisonous waste, radiation, noise, safety.

– Indoor

Examples: electrical safety, fire alarms, school safety, exposure to asbestos, second hand smoke.

Risk Factors: Social Environment

• Includes you family and other people with whom you come into contact with daily.

• Family Members: Why do they effect your social environment?

• Other people you come into contact with…

– Who?

– What changes as you get older?

– Why can this be good/bad?

Risk Factors: Cultural Environment

• The beliefs, customs, and behavior of a group that are passed from generation to generation.

• Examples:

– Beliefs

– Customs

– Behavior

Risk Factor: Behavioral

• The decisions you make The decisions you make each day.each day.

• You have little control You have little control over the other two risk over the other two risk factors (heredity and factors (heredity and environment), you have environment), you have a great deal of control a great deal of control over your behavior.over your behavior.

• The way you choose to act in your environment has a very important impact on who you are.