What is Health?

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Health TodayHealth 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

hardto reach.

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 well-being are• Physical health• Mental health• Emotional/spiritual health• Social health.

Physical Health O Refers to how well your body

functionsO Physically Healthy includes

O Healthy dietO Regular exerciseO Adequate sleepO Proper medical/dental care

Mental Health O State of being comfortable with

yourself, others, and your surroundings

O Mental Health includesO Alert mindO Learns from mistakesO Recognize achievements

Emotional/Spiritual Health

O How you react to events in your lifeO Emotional/Spiritual Health includes

O AngerO Optimism vs. pessimismO RelaxationO Sharing feelings with others

Social HealthO How well you get along with othersO Social Health includes

O Making and keeping friendsO Respecting otherO Giving and accepting helpO Healthy relationships with family and

friendsO 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).

Movement Along the Continuum

Many of the choices you make on a daily basis affect your position on the health continuum.

• The other end represents perfect, or ideal, health (wellness).• Wellness is a state of high-level health.

A Continuum of Health

Vocabularyhealth The overall well-being of your body, 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 total satisfaction that a person gets from life.

goal A result that a person aims for and works hard to reach.

physical health

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

social health The aspect of health that refers to how well you get along with others.

continuum A gradual progression through many stages between one extreme and another.

wellness A state of high-level health.

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.

mental health

The state of being comfortable with yourself, with others, and with your surroundings.