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Explore the impact of daily choices on health and wellness. Learn how lifestyle factors and family history influence your overall well-being. Discover how to take control of your health to achieve maximum wellness. Understand the difference between chronological and physiological age and how lifestyle habits affect longevity and quality of life. This comprehensive guide covers the importance of sleep, nutrition, exercise, tobacco and drug avoidance, and healthy weight maintenance in shaping your physiological age. Unveil the secrets of centenarians and gain insights into living a long and healthy life.
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1 Chapter Health Choices and Behavior Contents • Section 1 Wellness and Your Choices • Section 2 Portrait of a Well Person • Section 3 Making Behavior Changes
Fact or Fiction? Is this statement true or false? If you think it’s false, explain what is true. • Accidents are among the major causes of death for teens.
Content Vocabulary • health • wellness • chronological age • physiological age • centenarians
Your daily choices affect your health and wellness. wellness health Maximum well-being, the top of the range of health states Freedom from physical disease, poor physical condition, social maladjustment, and other negative states
Physical Health Yesterday and Today • The leading causes of death have changed over time.
In the past, many children, teens, and older people died of infectious diseases. Today, however, these diseases are better understood and many of them can be prevented. Physical Health Yesterday and Today
Daily Choices Affect Your Health Physical Health Yesterday and Today • Lifestyle choices are daily choices. • Example: The choice to smoke is a major cause of lung disease. • Lifestyle diseases that may be caused by neglect include heart disease, lung disease, cancer, diabetes, and liver disease.
Family Medical History and Environment Physical Health Yesterday and Today • In addition to personal choices, heredity and environment affect your overall health and wellness.
Family Medical History and Environment Physical Health Yesterday and Today • Heredity: The tendency to develop certain diseases may be more common within a family. • Eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and avoiding tobacco use can still reduce a person’s risk of disease.
Family Medical History and Environment Physical Health Yesterday and Today • Environment: Infectious disease and diseases caused by air, water, and food pollution are examples of the environment’s effect on health. • Environmental impacts include physical, social, and cultural environmental factors.
Family Medical History and Environment Physical Health Yesterday and Today • Physical environment refers to where you live. It may include air pollution, access to medical care, and the availability of safe places to play.
Family Medical History and Environment Physical Health Yesterday and Today • Social environment refers to the influence that the people around you have on your choices.
Family Medical History and Environment Physical Health Yesterday and Today • Cultural environment refers to the beliefs and customs that your family practices.
The Power of Taking Control Physical Health Yesterday and Today • Wellness can exist anywhere along a line, from maximum wellness on one end to total failure to function (death) on the other. • It is up to you to take control and be responsible for your own health and choices.
Age: A Matter of Definition • Lifestyle choices affect overall health and even the length of life.
Age: A Matter of Definition • Your chronological age after 60 years will be 60, but what about your physiological age? physiological age chronological age Age as estimated from the body’s health and probable life expectancy Age as measured in years from the date of birth
Five factors that impact your physiological age: Get eight to nine hours of sleep each night. Eat regular, nutritious meals, including breakfast. Engage in regular physical activity. Avoid the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. Maintain a healthy weight. Age: A Matter of Definition
Lifelong habits affect the length of life. Evidence of this comes from the study of centenarians. Centenarians are usually well nourished, are nonsmokers, don’t abuse alcohol or other drugs, and are physically active. Age: A Matter of Definition centenarians People who have reached the age of 100 years old or older
Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary • Define chronological age. chronological age Age as measured in years from the date of birth
Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary • What is a centenarian? centenarians People who have reached the age of 100 years old or older