chapter 1 understanding health and wellness lesson 3 health risks and your behavior
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Chapter 1 Understanding Health
and Wellness
Lesson 3Health Risks and your
Behavior
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Identifying Health Risks
Engaging in risk behaviors can harm your health.
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Identifying Health Risks
You can control most risk behaviors.
Avoiding risks will help you to
Risk behaviors•
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Recognizing Risk Behaviors
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified six of the most significant risk behaviors for young people under age 24.
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Unhealthy dietary behaviors
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Behaviors that contribute to injuries and violence
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Risks and Consequences
• Risk behaviors carry
• Both the short-term and long-term consequences can
• Some risk behaviors can even be
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Risks and Consequences
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Long-Term ConsequencesShort-Term Consequences
Consequences of Tobacco Use
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Risks and Consequences
When you repeatedly engage in certain risk behaviors you expose yourself to the effects of cumulative risks.
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Risks and Consequences
Cumulative risks also increase when several risk factors are combined.
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Doing both at the same time creates a greater cumulative risk of getting into a car accident.
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How to Avoid or Reduce Risks
You can take action to reduce your exposure to health risks.
You can protect your health and minimize the possibility of risk by
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How to Avoid or Reduce Risks
Another way to reduce health risks is through prevention.
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How to Avoid or Reduce Risks
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Abstaining from High-Risk Behaviors
One of the most effective strategies for protecting your health is practicing abstinence.
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Abstaining from High-Risk Behaviors
Reasons to Practice Abstinence
Show that you value your well-being.
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Promoting Your Health
Regularly participating in health-promoting behaviors will help you reach a high level of wellness.
Understanding how your decisions impact your health
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Promoting Your Health
Participating in positive health behaviors benefits
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Lifestyle Factors
Scientists have found that positive lifestyle factors improve people’s overall health, happiness, and longevity.
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Lifestyle Factors
Get eight hours of sleep each night.
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Be physically active for 30 to 60 minutes most days of the week.
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Positive Lifestyle Factors
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After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary
1. Define the term risk behavior.
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After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary
2. Why is cumulative risk a serious concern?
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After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary
3. How might changes in lifestyle factors influence your health in positive ways?