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5. Health & Wellness

Discover the essence of wellness and its components: personal responsibility, balance, stable physical and mental health, nutrition, stress management, exercise, and sleep. Dive into the "Compass of Wellness" to navigate away from a sedentary lifestyle and poor nutrition. Learn about the impacts of drug, alcohol abuse, and tobacco addiction on health. Explore statistics and guidelines for a healthier lifestyle.

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5. Health & Wellness

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  1. 5. Health & Wellness

  2. What is Wellness? • Wellness is an intentional choice that involves: • Personal responsibility • Balance • Stable physical and mental health

  3. Nutrition Without Stress Exercise Sleep “Compass of Wellness”

  4. Sedentary Lifestyle - • Requiring much sitting or not physically active • Twice as likely to develop coronary artery disease • 60% adults not physically active on a regular basis.

  5. Poor Nutrition • 50% Americans have blood cholesterol above 200 • 32 million Americans are obese. • Follow MyPlate- guideline created by the US Dept of Health describing healthy eating habits

  6. Drug & Alcohol Abuse • 11 million Americans meet criteria alcohol & drug abuse or dependence. • 1 of every 750 newborns have fetal alcohol syndrome. • 50% deaths from car crashes, fires, drowning, homicides & suicides result of alcohol intoxication.

  7. Blood Alcohol Content level for a DUI in Pennsylvania Male alcohol impairment chart Female alcohol impairment chart

  8. Tobacco • Addiction–physical or psychological need for a substance • 125,500 Annual Lung Cancer deaths. • 41,000 Annual Passive Smoke deaths. • Total Annual deaths above 480,000

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