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What is Health?

What is Health?. Chapter One Lesson One PPT. What is Health?. Combination of your physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being. Your personal level of health effects everything about you. How you look, feel, and act. 3 Elements of Health. Physical Mental and Emotional Social.

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What is Health?

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  1. What is Health? Chapter One Lesson One PPT

  2. What is Health? • Combination of your physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being. • Your personal level of health effects everything about you. • How you look, feel, and act.

  3. 3 Elements of Health • Physical • Mental and Emotional • Social

  4. Physical Health • Way parts and systems in your body work together • Body has the ability to cope with stresses • Having strength and energy to pursue challenges • To gain and maintain • Must have.. • Proper nutrition • Adequate sleep • Participate regularly in physical activity • Practice good hygiene • Staying away from harmful substances such as, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs

  5. Mental and Emotional Health Mental health • Includes feelings about yourself • How well you relate to others • How well the demands of daily life are met • Develops thinking skills Emotional Health • In touch with feelings and expresses them in an appropriate manner • Deals with problems without being overwhelmed

  6. Social Health • How well an individual gets along with others • Involves communicating and showing respect and care for yourself and others

  7. Your Health Triangle Activity.. • Draw a triangle • Label the 3 corners with the 3 aspects of health • Fill in aspects from your own life • Is your triangle balanced • What could you do to better balance it?

  8. The Health Continuum • Wellness- an overall state of well-being, or total health. • At any point your body can take on changes • Page 7

  9. Lifestyle Factors • Personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives, that help determine his or her level of health • 7-8 hours of sleep • Eat nutritious foods • Refrain from tobacco products • Eat breakfast daily • Work out at least 3 times a week • Do not use alcohol or other drugs • Maintain recommended weight

  10. Other vocab.. • Prevention- practicing healthy habits to keep a person well and free from disease and other ailments • Health Education-is the providing of accurate health information in such a way as to influence people to change attitudes so that they take positive action about their health

  11. Being Health Literate • Health Literacy- individuals capacity to obtain, interpret and understand basic health information and services and use such information and services in ways that promote your health and wellness • Critical Thinker and Problem Solver • Responsible, productive citizen • Self- Directed Learner • Effective Communicator

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