HEALTH: the combination of

your physical, mental/emotional, and

social well being

Chapter 1 – What is Health?

How you look

How you feel

How you act

Attitude

Performance in school, work, recreation

How you feel about yourself

Success in relationships

* Being healthy means striving to be the best you can be at any given time

Your personal level of health affects everything

about you

Physical Health

Mental and Emotional Health

Social Health

Three Elements of Your Health

Definition – the way the parts and systems of your

body work together

Body has the ability to cope with the stresses of normal daily life

Having the strength and energy to pursue physical, mental, emotional and social challenges and changes

What does it entail Proper nutrition

Regular physical activity

Enough rest and sleep

Physical Health

Feelings about yourself

How well you relate to others

How well you meet the demands of daily life

Calls for person to use her or her mind to develop good thinking skills

Mental and Emotional Health

Mental v. Emotional Health

Good Mental Health

Enjoy learning

See mistakes as opportunities to learn, grow, and change

Accept responsibilities for their actions

Stand up for beliefs and values

Good Emotional Health

In touch with feelings Expresses feelings in

appropriate and healthful ways

Deal with problems and frustrations without getting overwhelmed

Avoid dwelling on negative thoughts

Use positive thoughts and actions to make it through challenges

Involves the way you get along with others

Ability to make and keep friends

Work and play in cooperative ways

Seeking and lending support when necessary

Communicating well

Showing respect and care for self and others

Social Health

Health Triangle

A person with a balanced life is said to have a high

degree of wellness

Defintion: an overall state of well-being, or total health

It comes from a way of living each day that includes making decisions and practicing behaviors that are based on sound health knowledge and healthful attitudes

Achieving wellness is ongoing, lifelong commitment to physical, mental/emotional, and social health

Wellness

Physical Wellness

Emotional Wellness

Social Wellness

Spiritual Wellness (spiritually content today)

Intellectual

Components of Wellness

Your health is dynamic

Fluctuates along a continuum

Many different points on which your health can be located at any given time

Why do you think people get on the lower end of the continuum?

The Wellness Continuum

7 habits that make a difference in people’s overall

health, happiness, and longevity

LONGEVITY – how long a person lives

LIFESTYLE FACTORS – personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives that help determine his or her level of health

Lifestyle Factors

1. Get between seven to eight hours of sleep per night

2. Eat nutritious foods from the various food groups every day

3. Refrain from smoking or using tobacco products

4. Do 20 to 30 minutes of nonstop vigorous activity a min of 3x/week

5. Do not use alcohol or drugs

6. Eat breakfast daily

7. Maintain your recommended weight

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7 Factors

Your attitudes affect how well you take care of

yourself

Optimists are less likely to suffer illness and die younger than pessimists

Your Attitudes, Your Health

Prevention: practicing healthy habits to keep a

person well and free from disease and other ailments

The key to your health and wellness

Wellness Prevention

Heredity

Environment

Peers

Culture

Behavior

Influences on Your Health

All the traits and properties that are passed along

biologically from both parents to child

Heredity

The sum total of your surroundings – your family,

where you grew up, where you live now, and all of your experiences

Physical Environment

Social Environment

Cultural Environment

Environment

Affects all areas of your health

Physical Environment

Family

People who you have daily contact with

Peers: people the same age who share a similar range of interest

Peer pressure

Social Environment

Culture: the collective beliefs, customs, and

behaviors of a group

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Cultural Environment

One factor in your life you have a lot of control over

The way you choose to act within your environment and with your inherited abilities has a very important impact on who you are

Behavior

IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HEALTH

THE SAME AS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

ACTIONS OR BEHAVIORS THAT REPRESENT A

POTENTIOAL HEALTH THREAT

Risk Factors

Risks that increase gradually and may add up to a

total that is greater than expected

Accumulation of a risk

Combination of risk factors

Cumulative Risks