Leading a Healthy Lifestyle: Understanding Risk Factors and Optimal Health

1. CHAPTER1 LEADING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

2. Vocabulary chapter 1

3. Risk factor Page 7 Anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other health problems

4. Lifestylediseases Page 6 Diseases caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors

5. sedentary Page 9 Not taking part in physical activity on a regular basis

6. Health Page 11 State of well-being in which all of the components of health are in balance

7. Value Page 13 A strong belief or ideal

8. Wellness Page 13 The achievement of a person’s best in all six components of health

9. Wellness: the achievement of a person’s best in all 6 components • OPTIMAL HEALTH • IMPROVED HEALTH • AVERAGE HEALTH • ILLNESS • DEATH

10. Health literacy Page 15 Knowledge of healthinformation needed to make good choices about your health.

11. Public health Page 17 The practice of protecting and improving the health of people in a community

12. Advocate Page 19 To speak or argue in favor of something

13. Public service announcement (PSA) Page 20 A message created to educate people about an issue

14. Chapter 1 objectives

15. Section 1 page 6 Compare the major causes of death in the past with the major causes of death today

16. Past Infectious diseases Present lifestyle

17. Infectious Diseases Caused by pathogens Can be passed from one to person to another Pathogen……

18. Polio Tuberculosis Pneumonia influenza Being healthy = disease free

21. Health Today: Lifestyle Diseases Unhealthy behaviors contribute to Diseases influenced by choices • Some types of • Diabetes • Cancer • Heart disease

22. Distinguish between controllable risk factors and uncontrollable risk factors

23. You have the power to changecontrollable risk factors

24. CONTROLLABLE RISK FACTORS Factors YOU Can do something about

25. Physical activity Smoking Weight Diet Stress

26. Uncontrollable risk factors Can’t be changed

27. Uncontrollable risk factorsageracegenderheredity

28. You are in charge and can control your behaviors

29. Compare the major causes of death for teens with those for other age groups in the United States

30. Major cause death over 65 • Heart disease

31. Major cause of death 19-65 years of age • Cancer

32. Major cause of death for teens • MVA • Homicide • Suicide • Other accidents

33. ¾ USA teenage deaths result of MVA

34. HomicideSuicide

35. Other Accidents

37. Major cause of death of children • MVA

38. Leading Causes of Deaths Infants and children: MVA 19 – 65: Cancer Over 65: Heart Disease

39. List the six health risk behaviors that lead to health problems in teens

40. Sedentary lifestyle • Alcohol and drug use • Sexual activity • Behaviors that result in unintentional and intentional injuries • Tobacco use • Poor eating habits

41. Name three behaviors you can adopt now to improve your health……..

42. Section 2 page 11 • Describe each of the six components of health

43. Holistic • Physical • Emotional • Social • Mental • Spiritual • Environmental

44. PHYSICAL HEALTH EAT A WELL BALANCED DIET EXERCISE REGULARLY AVOID TOBACCO, ALCOHOL AND DRUGS FREE OF DISEASE

45. EMOTIONAL HEALTH EXPRESS EMOTIONS CONSTRUCTIVE ASK FOR HELP WHEN SAD

46. SOCIAL HEALTH RESPECT OTHERS SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS EXPRESS YOUR NEEDS TO OTHERS

47. MENTAL HEALTH HIGH SELF ESTEEM ENJOY TRYING NEW THINGS FREE OF MENTAL ILLNESS

48. SPIRITUAL HEALTH SENSE OF PURPOSE IN LIFE FOLLOWS MORALS AND VALUES FEELS A UNTIY WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS

49. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAS ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR AND WATER HAS A CLEAN AND UNCROWDED LIVING SPACE RECYCLES USED PAPER, GLASS PRODUCTS AND ALUMINUM

50. State the importance of striving for optimal health….