1. Are you familiar with the saying health is wealth? Most
people have their own idea of the meaning of health. What about
you, what is a healthy person to you? Is it someone who is athletic
and takes part in sports and active games? Or is it a person with a
lot of friends and enjoys parties and outdoor activities? Is a sick
person not healthy? What factors affect the health of a person? How
do you maintain good health?
2. THE HEALTHY PERSON LESSON 1
3. THE HEALTHY PERSON Most people take care of themselves only
when they feel they are going to be sick. Or when they feel that
something is going wrong with any part of their body. To these
people, health means not being sick for the meantime or even for a
long time. Some people even think that health is hereditary and
runs in the family. Because of this, they believe that theres no
way you could have good health no matter what you do.
4. These are some misconceptions about health. There is more to
becoming and staying healthy than these. Good health does not just
happen. It takes a lot of effort to develop sound health habits
each day until one could be called healthy. What is a healthy
person?
5. Many diseases are caused by the way you live and the choices
you make. In short, many diseases are caused by poor health habits
such as poor nutrition, overeating, lack of exercise and handling
stress poorly. Many times, you contribute to your own bad
health.
6. The traditional simplest definition of health is the absence
of disease; you are not sick of any illness. Health is also
described as the proper working of the body and mind. The world
health organization (WHO) defines health as the physical, mental
and social well being of a person. So, for you to be called a
healthy person, you should be physically, mentally and socially
adjusted to your environment.
7. Scientists and doctors as well study ways to help people
like you to stay well. They have come up with the word wellness,
the opposite of illness, to describe a healthy person. Wellness
means feeling, working, playing and doing anything at your very
best. It means keeping your physical, social and mental aspects
healthy and working together. Wellness includes searching for ways
to improve and protect your health. Wellness is a way of life and
becoming more responsible for your health. It means practicing good
health habits such as getting plenty of sleep, choosing healthful
foods instead of junk foods and exercising regularly.
8. WELLNESS When you practice wellness, you are safety
conscious about your own well being and of others. You do not
practice risk-taking habits such as crossing the street when a car
is coming and not using the pedestrian lane. Can you think of other
risk-taking habits?
9. REMEMBERING SCIENCE FACTS Health is the physical, mental and
social well being of a person Wellness means keeping the physical,
mental and social parts of your body healthy and working
together
10. REACHING OUT: TRUE OR FALSE 1. People who are health
conscious see their doctors only when they are ill. 2. Social
health shows how you relate or deal with others. 3. Wellness is a
way of life. 4. Poor health habits may cause diseases or illnesses.
5. When you practice wellness, you are safety conscious too.
11. YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH LESSON 2
12. Good health includes your physical, mental and social well
being. Physical health is one aspect of being healthy. It has
something to do with your body and its needs. Good physical health
involves keeping your body as fit as possible. What are the
physical needs of your body to keep it healthy?
13. Physical health means feeling and working at your best;
meaning being fit. Being physically fit means your body can work
well all the time and can respond to unexpected wants and
emergencies. If you can run to catch a bus or run up and down the
stairs several times without huffing and puffing, then you are
physically fit.
14. There are three main areas of fitness that you have to
check for physical health. These are called the ABCs of fitness. A-
muscle strength and endurance B- flexibility C- heart and lung
endurance
15. MUSCLE STRENGTH Muscle strength is the greatest amount of
work your muscles can do at a given time. Muscle endurance is how
well a group of muscles can keep performing for a long period of
time without undue fatigue.
16. FLEXIBILITY Flexibility is the ability to move your joints
easily. Your bones become more flexible when you often exercise
them. Have you seen someone do the splits? For you to do it, you
need months of stretching exercises like a gymnast of ballet
dancer. To maintain flexibility, you must practice regularly.
17. HEART AND LUNG ENDURANCE Heart and lung endurance is also
called cardiorespiratory endurance. This is how well your heart and
lungs deliver oxygen to your body tissues during exercise. The more
you exercise, the stronger your heart and respiratory muscles
become. This increases the amount of oxygen your blood can carry to
your body. Doing aerobic exercises builds heart and lung endurance.
Exercise at least three times a week for about 10-15 minutes.
18. During your adolescent years, your physical look counts a
lot. This affects your mental and social health too. You have to
look closely into two health areas: your skin and your teeth.
Adolescence is a time of very rapid growth caused by the action of
hormones. One of these hormones makes the oil glands in the skin
larger and produce more oil. This causes pimples to develop and
creates pus and redness around the skin pore. When there are many
pimples, the skin condition is called acne.
19. If you have pimples, do not squeeze them. This could make
the infection worse and could leave a scar. Instead, wash your face
with soap and water every morning and night. Pat your skin dry with
a clean towel. Greasy creams and makeup can make the acne worse.
Eating a balanced diet and drinking plenty of liquids are important
for a healthy complexion.
20. ORAL HYGIENE Your teeth affect your physical health too. A
person with poor dental health can have problems chewing and
talking. You can also have bad breath and you may not smile very
often. How would this affect your social and mental being?
21. The way you care for your teeth is called oral hygiene.
Dental problems can be prevented by good dental habits such as
brushing and flossing the teeth, avoiding sugary foods and having
regular dental check ups. But what can you do when you are at
school and do not have a toothbrush or dental floss? You may keep
your teeth clean by rinsing your mouth after eating. This helps
remove bits of food that may have been caught between the teeth and
gums.
22. REMEMBERING SCIENCE FACTS Physical health means being
physically fit. Physically fit means your body can work and feel
well all the time.
23. REACHING OUT: YES/NO- DO YOU MAKE THESE A HABIT? 1. I WASH
MY HANDS BEFORE EVERY MEAL 2. I EAT A HEALTHY DIET WITH FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES 3. I BRUSH AND FLOSS MY TEETH THOROUGHLY EVERY DAY 4. I
READ IN A WELL-LIGHTED PLACE 5. I LIMIT MY SNACKS AND EAT SWEETS
ONLY WITH MEALS 6. I TAKE A BATH EVERY DAY 7. I KEEP MY HAIR, SKIN
AND NAILS CLEAN 8. I DO WARM UP EXERCISES FOR MY MUSCLES BEFORE
DOING AEROBIC EXERCISES 9. I ALWAYS CHANGE MY UNDERWEAR AFTER A
GOOD BATH 10.I CROSS STREETS USING THE PEDESTRIAN LANES OR AT
CORNERS ONLY
24. YOUR MENTAL HEALTH LESSON 3
25. YOUR MENTAL HEALTH Have you ever been afraid or worried? Do
you get an upset stomach or have sleepless nights because of this
fear or worry? Your mental well being includes your thoughts or
feelings. When you feel good, you are happy. You can do good work
and enjoy a lot of other activities. Mental health is the part of
you that keeps your life in balance. It is the part of you that
does the thinking and involves your feelings. What factors affect
your mental health? How can you improve your mental well
being?
26. Sometimes you her people say, he has so much personality or
I dont like her personality. What does personality mean? Does this
affect your mental health? Everyone has a personality. It is
everything about you. It is all of your traits, feelings, thoughts,
attitudes and habits. It is the way you look, feel, think and act.
It includes what you do well, your abilities and talents, your
weaknesses, your likes and your dislikes. Your personality helps
you to be a unique individual- yourself!
27. Several factors help in the development of your
personality. Heredity is the first important factor. Heredity
refers to the traits that were passed on to you from your parents.
These could be physical traits such as eye and hair color, your
height and the shape of your ears, nose and mouth. Basic
intellectual ability and special talents in music, art and drama
are also inherited.
28. Environment is everything around you and all of your
experiences. Many of the ways you act today are the result of your
surrounding and what you have learned from your experience. Your
behavior affects your personality and your inherited abilities.
Your behaviors are affected by your ideals which serve as guides
for how you live. Ideals make up what is important to you and
affect your attitudes and feelings. For example, if health is
important to you, you will exercise, eat balanced meals and not
smoke or use drugs.
29. Your family, the church, school and friends have influenced
many of your ideals. A mentally healthy person affects the
inherited physical characteristics or traits that cannot be
changed. But most of the characteristics that involve behavior can
be changed or improved.
30. REMEMBERING SCIENCE FACTS Your mental well being affects
ones physical and social health. Personality is the traits,
attitudes and habits that make up a person. Your personality
affects your mental health. Personality is affected by some factors
like heredity, environment and your behavior.
31. YOUR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS LESSON 4
32. Needs are things you must have. In order to survive, you
need food, water and air. You need shelter to protect you from the
heat of the sun and from your enemies. But what are emotional
needs? How do these needs related to your physical and mental well
being?
33. Everyone has basic emotional needs. These emotional needs
involve your feelings and affect your dealings or relationships
with others. No matter what age, everyone has the following
emotional needs:
34. NEED TO LOVE You need to love others and be loved. You need
to feel that someone cares about you and that you are important.
You also have a need to care for others because giving love makes
you feel better.
35. NEED TO BELONG You need to feel liked and accepted by
others. Your family is the first group to which you usually belong.
As you grow older, you belong to other groups such as social
groups, athletic teams or school clubs.
36. NEED TO FEEL YOU ARE WORTHWHILE There is always something
you can do fairly well or contribute. These may include expressing
your opinion, suggesting ideas or helping others do things. This
gives you a feeling of personal worth or importance.
37. These basic emotional needs affect your behavior. You act
so that you can satisfy these needs. The picture you have of
yourself and the way you think others see you has a lot to do with
the way you act. This is called self-concept. Self-concept affects
how well you get along with others. It also affects how well you do
in school. Your self- concept is affected by the way you are
treated and what people say to you. It is affected by your friends
and teachers too. Improve your self- concept. Think of something
you do well or that you are proud of.
38. There are different emotions. You should know how to
express them. Anger, love, worry and fear are difficult emotions to
express. Words, signs, pictures, facial and body expressions are
but some ways by which you express your emotions. Even the tone of
your voice can tell a lot about your emotions.
39. Hiding emotions and pretending that something does not
bother you is not healthy. It can make you sick. The same hormones
which cause physical changes also cause emotional changes. You may
experience mood swings. They are normal a part of growing up! What
can you do about them?
40. REMEMBERING SCIENCE FACTS Everyone has the same basic
emotional needs. These are: need for love, need to belong and need
to feel important. Self-concept is what you think of yourself and
the way you think others see you. Learn to express your emotions or
feelings through words, pictures, sign, facial and body
expressions.
41. REACHING OUT: MATCHING 1. Ones picture of ones self
2.Everything about a person 3.Guides for the way one lives
4.Feelings 5.Traits passed on to you by your parents a. Heredity b.
Ideals c. Self-concept d. Emotions e. Personality
42. REACHING OUT: ANSWER 1. Describe three things you do well.
Then, tell how these things add to your feeling of personal worth.
2.Describe how you might help a friend who is feeling very angry.
3.Finish one sentence below: Happiness is A friend is someone who
The time of day I like best is I am a unique person because
43. MAINTAINING ONES HEALTH LESSON 5
44. In ancient times, people depended upon magic to treat pains
and illnesses of the body and mind. They also used plants which
grow in their surrounding environment to treat illnesses. Modern
research has turned the treatment of illness into a science called
medicine. New discoveries have helped prevent many deaths that are
caused by certain diseases or ailments. How much do you know about
diseases? How are you protected from certain diseases? How can you
help to prevent the spread of certain diseases?
45. Diseases are illnesses that can affect the mind and the
body. They can affect anyone at any age; although, there are some
diseases which are more common in certain age groups. When the body
has a disease, it does not function properly.
46. Many diseases are caused by germs. They are called
infectious or communicable diseases. Infectious diseases can be
spread from one person to another. Examples are chicken pox, mumps
and pneumonia. Non-infectious diseases are caused by various
factors such as diet, stress and heredity. They are
non-communicable diseases and cannot be spread from person to
person. Examples of such diseases are heart disease, diabetes and
cancer. Chicken pox is a communicable disease.
47. DISEASE QUIZ: TRUE OR FALSE 1. Some diseases/illnesses are
inherited. 2.Cancer is the number one killing disease today. 3.Some
diseases are caused by a persons health habits. 4.The body has some
natural defenses against diseases. 5.Communicable diseases are
caused by germs.
48. GERMS Germs are tiny living microorganisms that cause
diseases. The following are disease-causing germs:
49. BACTERIA These are one celled organisms which live in soil
and water. Most bacteria are harmless and actually help the body to
fight other disease-causing germs. But certain bacteria cause
diseases such as strep throat and tetanus.
50. VIRUSES These are the human bodys worst enemies. The virus
multiplies and spreads once it enters the body. Viruses can only
grow in living tissue. Cold, influenza, measles, mumps and chicken
pox are viral diseases.
51. PROTOZOA Thee are found in almost all bodies of water.
Amoebas are the most common disease- producing protozoa. When it
gets into the intestinal track from eating contaminated food or
water, it causes a disease called amoebic dysentery. The digestive
system stops working properly.
52. FUNGI Fungi are plants with no roots, stems or leaves. Some
fungi are helpful like the one used in the manufacturing of
penicillin. Athletes foot is a disease caused by fungi.
53. Germs are spread in a variety of ways. Most communicable
diseases spread by direct contact of by eating or drinking after
someone who is sick. Bites from insects such as mosquitoes and
fleas carry diseases such as malaria. Rabies is carried by animals
such as dogs, cats, skunks, squirrels, rabbits and bats. Flies
carry germs which cause dysentery and cholera- through food. Flood
water and urine of rats can cause a disease.
54. Your body has many ways of protecting itself from
disease-causing germs. The skin, the mucous membranes of your nose
and throat and even your tears kill germs. The stomach juices
contain chemicals that fight disease-causing germs. White blood
cells called neutrophils and monocytes surround the germs and
literally eat them. Your immune system contains white blood cells
which release a protein substance called antibody.
55. Antibodies give you immunity to certain diseases such as
measles, mumps, and chicken pox after you have gotten them. You
also become immune to certain diseases through vaccines. Vaccines
contain weakened germs or toxins produced by germs that cause
specific diseases. Such vaccines are available for polio, measles,
mumps, whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. These vaccines are
given as immunizations to babies.
56. You have another important defense against diseases. A
positive attitude toward health habits can help your body fight
diseases. Keep your body clean. Put medicine on cuts and sores on
your skin so that harmful germs cannot multiply on your skin. Keep
your surroundings clean too. Proper diet, adequate rest and regular
exercise are also important health habits.
57. There are two more ways by which you can check your level
of health. Evaluate your health habits. The other is by having
regular medical and dental check-ups. Keep an accurate health
record which can be helpful whenever you see a new doctor or
dentist.
58. Some organizations such as the Philippine Heart Society and
Philippine Cancer Society conduct campaigns to inform people about
diseases. They conduct research and campaign drives to inform
people about the early warning signs and risk factors for diseases.
They also sponsor treatment centers and camps for people with
certain diseases. Seek help from them if necessary.
59. REMEMBERING SCIENCE FACTS Illnesses or diseases can affect
the mental, social and physical well-being of a person. Practice
ways of maintaining ones health by: Developing a positive attitude
toward health habits Preventing common ailments through
immunizations Seeking help whenever necessary to avoid the spread
of diseases Your relationship with your family, friends and society
are affected by your physical, mental and social well being.
60. REACHING OUT: ANSWER Explain what it means to say that a
persons health habits are an important factor in preventing
diseases. What is the best way for you to fight diseases?
61. FOR YOU TO REMEMBER Health is the physical, mental and
social well being of a person Wellness means keeping the physical,
mental and social parts of your body healthy and working together
Physical health means being physically fit. Physically fit means
your body can work and feel well all the time. Your mental well
being affects ones physical and social health. Personality is the
traits, attitudes and habits that make up a person.
62. Your personality affects your mental health. Personality is
affected by some factors like heredity, environment and your
behavior. Everyone has the same basic emotional needs. These are:
need for love, need to belong and need to feel important.
Self-concept is what you think of yourself and the way you think
others see you. Learn to express your emotions or feelings through
words, pictures, sign, facial and body expressions.
63. Illnesses or diseases can affect the mental, social and
physical well-being of a person. Practice ways of maintaining ones
health by: Developing a positive attitude toward health habits
Preventing common ailments through immunizations Seeking help
whenever necessary to avoid the spread of diseases Your
relationship with your family, friends and society are affected by
your physical, mental and social well being.