health: the combination of your physical, mental/emotional...
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HEALTH: the combination of
your physical, mental/emotional, and
social well being
Chapter 1 – What is Health?
How you look
How you feel
How you act
Attitude
Performance in school, work, recreation
How you feel about yourself
Success in relationships
* Being healthy means striving to be the best you can be at any given time
Your personal level of health affects everything
about you
Definition – the way the parts and systems of your
body work together
Body has the ability to cope with the stresses of normal daily life
Having the strength and energy to pursue physical, mental, emotional and social challenges and changes
What does it entail Proper nutrition
Regular physical activity
Enough rest and sleep
Physical Health
Feelings about yourself
How well you relate to others
How well you meet the demands of daily life
Calls for person to use her or her mind to develop good thinking skills
Mental and Emotional Health
Mental v. Emotional Health
Good Mental Health
Enjoy learning
See mistakes as opportunities to learn, grow, and change
Accept responsibilities for their actions
Stand up for beliefs and values
Good Emotional Health
In touch with feelings Expresses feelings in
appropriate and healthful ways
Deal with problems and frustrations without getting overwhelmed
Avoid dwelling on negative thoughts
Use positive thoughts and actions to make it through challenges
Involves the way you get along with others
Ability to make and keep friends
Work and play in cooperative ways
Seeking and lending support when necessary
Communicating well
Showing respect and care for self and others
Social Health
A person with a balanced life is said to have a high
degree of wellness
Defintion: an overall state of well-being, or total health
It comes from a way of living each day that includes making decisions and practicing behaviors that are based on sound health knowledge and healthful attitudes
Achieving wellness is ongoing, lifelong commitment to physical, mental/emotional, and social health
Wellness
Physical Wellness
Emotional Wellness
Social Wellness
Spiritual Wellness (spiritually content today)
Intellectual
Components of Wellness
Your health is dynamic
Fluctuates along a continuum
Many different points on which your health can be located at any given time
Why do you think people get on the lower end of the continuum?
The Wellness Continuum
7 habits that make a difference in people’s overall
health, happiness, and longevity
LONGEVITY – how long a person lives
LIFESTYLE FACTORS – personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives that help determine his or her level of health
Lifestyle Factors
1. Get between seven to eight hours of sleep per night
2. Eat nutritious foods from the various food groups every day
3. Refrain from smoking or using tobacco products
4. Do 20 to 30 minutes of nonstop vigorous activity a min of 3x/week
5. Do not use alcohol or drugs
6. Eat breakfast daily
7. Maintain your recommended weight
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7 Factors
Your attitudes affect how well you take care of
yourself
Optimists are less likely to suffer illness and die younger than pessimists
Your Attitudes, Your Health
Prevention: practicing healthy habits to keep a
person well and free from disease and other ailments
The key to your health and wellness
Wellness Prevention
All the traits and properties that are passed along
biologically from both parents to child
Heredity
The sum total of your surroundings – your family,
where you grew up, where you live now, and all of your experiences
Physical Environment
Social Environment
Cultural Environment
Environment
Family
People who you have daily contact with
Peers: people the same age who share a similar range of interest
Peer pressure
Social Environment
Culture: the collective beliefs, customs, and
behaviors of a group
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Cultural Environment
One factor in your life you have a lot of control over
The way you choose to act within your environment and with your inherited abilities has a very important impact on who you are
Behavior
IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HEALTH
THE SAME AS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT