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PE 131 – Lifetime Wellness. Go to: www.wou.edu/~timkeng For syllabus For all powerpoint lecture notes For assignments Monitoring Behavior Assignment is up and due next week to lab instructor. Why this class?. What are some of your frustrations around taking this class?
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PE 131 – Lifetime Wellness • Go to:www.wou.edu/~timkeng • For syllabus • For all powerpoint lecture notes • For assignments • Monitoring Behavior Assignment is up and due next week to lab instructor
Why this class? • What are some of your frustrations around taking this class? • Share with a neighbor • What are some of the things you’d like to know related to your health? • Share with a neighbor
Leading Causes of Death • Heart disease • Cancer • Stroke • Chronic lower respiratory disease • Unintentional injuries • Diabetes
Underlying Causes of Death 1993 Death related to lifestyle & behavior Alcohol Diet/Physical Inactivity Tobacco
Underlying Causes of Death 2000 Death related to lifestyle & behavior
Did you know???!!! • 2003 - Poor diet and physical inactivity now tied with tobacco related disease deaths and will soon overtake as the #1 cause of actual death • Again - we’re talking about deaths directly attributable to lifestyle and behavior • What does all that really mean to you?
And the cost… • Chronic diseases - 75% of all medical care costs • Diabetes - $132 billion / year • Smoking - $75 billion / year • Cardiovascular - $300 billion / year (2000) • Physical inactivity - $76.6 billion /year (2000)
Wellness - What is it? • We know it when we’re not well • We take it for granted when we are • The constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy
Your wellness lifestyle… • Today will determine the health and quality of your life tomorrow • And in this class, we’ll try to cover some of the topic that help be healthy now and later • Focus: Making health a priority • Focus: Making good decision regarding health
Assignment 1 • Monitoring Behavior • If there is to be change, first must come awareness • This assignment is about developing some awareness about healthy and unhealthy behaviors
Assignment 1 • Complete Lifestyle Wellness Questionnaire • pp. 25 & 26 • Make photocopy – so you can sell back the text • Identify 5 behaviors that could use changing • Choose 1 as a priority behavior • Closely monitor that behavior for 4 days • In writing – journal, excel spreadsheet, whatever works……BUT IN WRITING • Write a summary of what you found out about that behavior