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Chapter 1
Leading a
Healthy Life
Contents
• Section 1 Health and Teens
• Section 2 Health and Wellness
• Section 3 Health in Your Community
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ANSWERS
1. TRUE
2. FALSE—there are
many behavioral risk
factors for heart
disease that you can
change to help reduce
your chances of
developing heart
disease.
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
6. FALSE—physical
health is just one
aspect of overall
wellness.
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Leading a Healthy Life
Section 1
Health and Teens
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Section 1 Health and Teens
Bellringer
What do you think are the most
serious health problems for
teens today?
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Health Today vs. the Past
• In the Past (>100 years ago):
INFECTIOUS DISEASES were the
biggest health problems in the past.
• Today: UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES lead
to many of the health problems today
(diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer)
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Section 1 Health and Teens
Health Risk Factors
Risk factor: Anything that increases the
likelihood of injury, disease, etc.
CONTROLLABLE Risk Factors:
• choices
• behaviors
UNcontrollable Risk Factors:
• age
• race
• gender
• heredity
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Risk Factors and Your Health
• Focus on controllable risk factors.
• Know the leading causes of death for
people in your age group, and for all
age groups.
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Health Risk Behaviors
1. Sedentary Lifestyle
2. Alcohol and Other Drug Use
3. Sexual Activity
4. Behaviors That Cause Injuries
5. Tobacco Use
6. Poor Eating Habits
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Section 2
Health and Wellness
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Section 2 Health and Wellness
Six Components of Health
•
Health is a state of well being in which all the
components of health are in balance. To be truly
healthy, you must take care of all six components.
1. Physical Health: free of disease/injury
2. Emotional Health: coping with your feelings &
expressing them positively
3. Social Health: quality of relationships with others
4. Mental Health: your ability to cope with reality
5. Spiritual Health: ethics/morals/values
6. Environmental Health: clean & safe air, water, food,
etc
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Section 2 Health and Wellness
Wellness: Striving for Optimal Health
1. Wellness is a continuum,
ranging from death to
optimal health.
2. Choices and behaviors
can help you move
closer to optimal health.
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What Influences on Your Wellness?
1. Heredity / Family History
2. Social / Peer pressure
3. Culture (food, alcohol, physical activity, etc)
4. Environment (pollution, sanitation, clean
drinking water, etc.)
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Taking Charge of Your Wellness
(MAKING CHANGES):
1. Knowledge: Learn things that will help you
make good choices about your health.
2. Attitude: Setting goals and having a
positive attitude will help you act in ways
that support your beliefs.
3. Lifestyle & behaviors: Acting in ways that
support your beliefs & goals.
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Section 3
Health in Your Community
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Section 3 Health in Your Community
Ways Society Addresses Health Problems
1. Education (state laws*)
2. Public Policy (government regulations)
3. Medical & technological research &
advances
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