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What is Health?
Health Today
Health refers to the overall well-being of your body, your mind, and your
relationships with other people.
Life Expectancy
• The number of years a person can expect to live
Quality of Life
•the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.
•High quality of life can be a person’s goal.
•A goal is a result that a person aims for and works hard
to reach.
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Aspects of Health
•To achieve a high quality of life, a person must work
hard to improve all aspects of health.
•The aspects of health that are important to overall wellbeing are
•Physical health
•Mental health
•Emotional/spiritual health
•Social health.
Physical Health
O Refers to how well your body functions
O Physically Healthy includes
O Healthy diet
O Regular exercise
O Adequate sleep
O Proper medical/dental care
Mental Health
O State of being comfortable with yourself,
others, and your surroundings
O Mental Health includes
O Alert mind
O Learns from mistakes
O Recognize achievements
Emotional/Spiritual Health
O How you react to events in your life
O Emotional/Spiritual Health includes
O Anger
O Optimism vs. pessimism
O Relaxation
O Sharing feelings with others
Social Health
O How well you get along with others
O Social Health includes
O Making and keeping friends
O Respecting other
O Giving and accepting help
O Healthy relationships with family and friends
O Is it hard work?
A Continuum of Health
Defining a Continuum
• a gradual progression through many stages between one
extreme and another.
A Health Continuum
• One end of the continuum represents poor health (illness).
• The other end represents perfect, or ideal, health (wellness).
• Wellness is a state of high-level health.
Movement Along the Continuum
Many of the choices you make on a daily basis affect your position
on the health continuum.
A Continuum of Health
Vocabulary
health
life expectancy
quality of life
goal
physical health
The overall well-being of your body, mind, and your
relationships with other people.
The number of years a person can expect to live.
The degree of total satisfaction that a person gets
from life.
A result that a person aims for and works hard to
reach.
The aspect of health that refers to how well your
body functions. When you are physically healthy
you have enough energy to carry out everyday
tasks.
Vocabulary
mental health
The state of being comfortable with yourself, with
others, and with your surroundings.
emotional health
The aspect of health that refers to how you react to
events in your life. You are emotionally healthy
when the feelings you experience are appropriate
responses to events.
social health
The aspect of health that refers to how well you get
along with others.
continuum
wellness
A gradual progression through many stages
between one extreme and another.
A state of high-level health.