WELLNESSWELLNESS

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES Explain the physical, mental, and Explain the physical, mental, and

social aspects of wellnesssocial aspects of wellness List factors that contribute to List factors that contribute to

diseasedisease Predict how lifestyle choices you Predict how lifestyle choices you

make will affect your health make will affect your health Describe the relationship between Describe the relationship between

nutrition and healthnutrition and health

WHAT IS WHAT IS WELLNESS?WELLNESS?

WELLNESSWELLNESS is the state of being in is the state of being in good healthgood health It is often associated with quality of lifeIt is often associated with quality of life Quality of lifeQuality of life refers to a person’s satisfaction refers to a person’s satisfaction

with his or her looks, lifestyle, and responses to with his or her looks, lifestyle, and responses to daily eventsdaily events

Example- If you are in good health, you have a Example- If you are in good health, you have a desire to stay fit, you are energetic and have an desire to stay fit, you are energetic and have an enthusiastic outlookenthusiastic outlook

Example- If you are not in good health, life’s events Example- If you are not in good health, life’s events can become harder to manage and causes a can become harder to manage and causes a decrease in quality of lifedecrease in quality of life

THE WELLNESS THE WELLNESS CONTINUUMCONTINUUM

You can use a continuum to define your personal state You can use a continuum to define your personal state of wellnessof wellness

Premature DeathPremature Death is death that is death that occurs due to occurs due to lifestyle behaviors lifestyle behaviors that lead to a fatal that lead to a fatal accident or the accident or the formation of an formation of an avoidable diseaseavoidable disease

Optimum HealthOptimum Health is a state of is a state of wellness wellness characterized by characterized by peak physical, peak physical, mental, and social mental, and social well beingwell being

Aspects of Aspects of WellnessWellness

Physical HealthPhysical Health

Mental HealthMental Health

Social HealthSocial Health

Physical HealthPhysical Health Physical HealthPhysical Health refers to the refers to the

fitness of your body. fitness of your body. Factors that can harm your physical Factors that can harm your physical

healthhealth Getting to little restGetting to little rest Eating to much or too fastEating to much or too fast Lack of physical activity, excess stress, poor Lack of physical activity, excess stress, poor

sanitation, and reckless behaviorsanitation, and reckless behavior Tobacco, alcohol, and other drugsTobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

Mental HealthMental Health

Mental HealthMental Health is related to the way is related to the way you feel about yourself, your life, you feel about yourself, your life, and the world around you.and the world around you.

Social HealthSocial Health

Social HealthSocial Health describes the way describes the way you get along with other people.you get along with other people.

Factors That Factors That Contribute to DiseaseContribute to Disease

A A risk factorrisk factor is a characteristic or is a characteristic or behavior that influences a person’s behavior that influences a person’s chance of being injured or getting a chance of being injured or getting a disease.disease. Lifestyle habits, environmental conditions, Lifestyle habits, environmental conditions,

and health care limitations are known to be and health care limitations are known to be risk factors you risk factors you cancan control. control.

Heredity factors affect your risk of disease, Heredity factors affect your risk of disease, but is one factor that you but is one factor that you cannotcannot control control

Unhealthful Unhealthful Lifestyle ChoicesLifestyle Choices

Heart disease, cancer, and strokes are Heart disease, cancer, and strokes are the three major causes of death among the three major causes of death among adults in USadults in US

One example of a lifestyle choice that One example of a lifestyle choice that can cause disease is a decision about can cause disease is a decision about smokingsmoking

Others include decisions about nutrition, Others include decisions about nutrition, stress management, and exercisestress management, and exercise

Poor Environmental Poor Environmental QualityQuality

Environmental QualityEnvironmental Quality refers to refers to the state of the physical world the state of the physical world around youaround you

Inadequate Health Inadequate Health CareCare

Accounts for 10% of the risk factors Accounts for 10% of the risk factors that contribute to leading causes of that contribute to leading causes of deathdeath

A A diagnosisdiagnosis is the identification of a is the identification of a disease.disease. Failing to diagnose, or recognize, a Failing to diagnose, or recognize, a

disease early enough can interfere with disease early enough can interfere with effective treatmenteffective treatment

HeredityHeredity

25% of the factors that contribute to 25% of the factors that contribute to leading causes of death are heredityleading causes of death are heredity These factors are beyond your controlThese factors are beyond your control You can cannot change the genes you You can cannot change the genes you

inherit from theminherit from them

Health-Promoting Health-Promoting ChoicesChoices

Studies do show that you have much Studies do show that you have much control over the factors that control over the factors that influence your health.influence your health.

By choosing these behaviors By choosing these behaviors regularly, you can promote good regularly, you can promote good health and perhaps lengthen your health and perhaps lengthen your lifelife

Choose a Healthful Choose a Healthful LifestyleLifestyle

Your diet is one main lifestyle factor Your diet is one main lifestyle factor that has a strong correlation with that has a strong correlation with many diseasesmany diseases

DietDiet refers to all the foods and refers to all the foods and beverages you consumebeverages you consume You have a large amount of control over You have a large amount of control over

you dietyou diet

Resist Negative Peer Resist Negative Peer PressurePressure

Peer pressure can play a role in the Peer pressure can play a role in the development of health habitsdevelopment of health habits

Peer pressurePeer pressure is the influence is the influence people in your age and social group people in your age and social group have on your behaviorhave on your behavior

Negative peer pressure may play a Negative peer pressure may play a role in making accidents and suicide role in making accidents and suicide leading causes of death among teensleading causes of death among teens

Improve Your Improve Your EnvironmentEnvironment

Do your share to make your Do your share to make your environment a healthful oneenvironment a healthful one Carpool or take public transportationCarpool or take public transportation Use cleaning products that will not Use cleaning products that will not

pollute waterpollute water Handle food carefully to avoid Handle food carefully to avoid

contaminationcontamination

Choose Quality Health Choose Quality Health CareCare

Choosing quality health care will Choosing quality health care will help you reduce health riskshelp you reduce health risks Choose a physician that has a good Choose a physician that has a good

reputationreputation Choose a facility that can meet your Choose a facility that can meet your

needsneeds See your doctor for regular checkupsSee your doctor for regular checkups Early detection of health problems is Early detection of health problems is

the best way to prevent serious illnessthe best way to prevent serious illness

Making A ChangeMaking A Change

Changing one behavior can affect all Changing one behavior can affect all aspects of your healthaspects of your health

Seeing positive results in one Seeing positive results in one lifestyle area can affect your desire lifestyle area can affect your desire to change other areasto change other areas For example, if you improve your eating For example, if you improve your eating

habits, you might have more energyhabits, you might have more energy

Nutrition and Nutrition and WellnessWellness

One factor that has been shown to have One factor that has been shown to have a big impact on wellness in nutritiona big impact on wellness in nutrition

NutritionNutrition is the sum of the processes is the sum of the processes by which a person takes in and uses by which a person takes in and uses food substancesfood substances

Scientists once thought foods Scientists once thought foods contained just a few basic nutrientscontained just a few basic nutrients

Nutrients Nutrients are the basic components of are the basic components of food that nourish the body (there are food that nourish the body (there are 45 needed in the diet)45 needed in the diet)

Questions?Questions?