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Leading A Healthy Life Chapter One

Leading A Healthy Life Chapter One. Discussion Quote: “Our Generation will live longer than people did a hundred years ago because we are learning to live healthier lives.”. What do you already know?. Most deaths are caused by our behaviors. True

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Leading A Healthy Life Chapter One

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  1. Leading A Healthy LifeChapter One Discussion Quote: “Our Generation will live longer than people did a hundred years ago because we are learning to live healthier lives.”

  2. What do you already know? • Most deaths are caused by our behaviors. • True • If you have a history of heart disease in your family, there is nothing you can do about your risk. • False- there are many behavioral risk factors • The leading cause of death in teens is motor vehicle accidents. • True • Smoking is the single leading preventable cause of death in the United States. • True • If you are not physically sick, then you are healthy. • False- physical health is just one aspect of overall health

  3. The Past vs. Today

  4. The Past: (circa 1900)- Leading Causes of Death • Infectious Diseases • Examples include Polio, TB, pneumonia, and…. • THE FLU!! • Other causes? • Accidents and mostly Uncontrollable Risk Factors

  5. Today- leading causes of death • Heart Disease • Cancer • Diabetes • Drug-Related Accidents • Motor Vehicle Accidents • Lifestyle!! Controllable Risk Factors!!!

  6. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING???

  7. What causes the most serious health problems? • Sedentary Lifestyle- examples? • Alcohol and other drug use- examples? • Sexual Activity- examples? (be tactful) • Injury caused by behaviors- examples? • Tobacco use • Poor eating habits- examples?

  8. Health and Wellness • SIX COMPONENTS OF HEALTH • Definition of Health- the state of well-being in which all of the following are in balance: • 1. Physical Health- what is it? • the way your body functions. • 2. Emotional Health- what is it? • expression of your emotions- preferably positive. • 3. Social Health- what is it? • quality of your relationships with others.

  9. Health Components (cont.) • Mental Health- what is it? • reality and coping with demands of daily life. • Spiritual Health- what is it? • possessing harmony and purpose- not always religion. • Environmental Health- what is it? • your surroundings and their state.

  10. WELLNESS!! definition • The achievement of all six components of health. • What percentage of people are living this way consistently? • DISCUSSION- How is this achieved? • Influences? Heredity, social, cultural, environmental. • Taking control- Knowledge, Lifestyle, Attitude

  11. SERIOUSLY!!!

  12. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com • www.twlewisfoundation.org • www.legendsofamerica.com • www.novanewsnow.com • newilluminati.blog-city.com • http://www.breadwithcircus.com/vault.html • http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/searchbrowse?q=Healthy+people&uname=&psc=G&filter=1#16 • http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/searchbrowse?q=Power+plant&uname=&psc=G&filter=1#56 • http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/searchbrowse?q=health+cartoons&uname=&psc=G&filter=1#4 • http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/searchbrowse?q=tobacco+poster&uname=&psc=G&filter=1#3

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