Health Basics
The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
What is health?
Traits biologically passed from parents to children.
What is heredity?
Sleep, nutrition, and exercise support this side of health.
What is physical?
A thoughtful process used to make responsible choices.
What is decision-making?
The ability to understand and use health information.
What is health literacy?
An overall state of well-being or total health.
What is wellness?
Your family, school, neighborhood, and surroundings.
What is environment?
Feelings and stress management support this side of health.
What is mental/emotional?
The first step in responsible decision-making is to identify this.
What is the decision?
Choosing not to participate in high-risk behaviors.
What is abstinence?
The sliding scale that shows how health changes over time.
What is the Health Continuum?
Shared beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
Relationships and communication support this side of health.
What is social?
The possible results of each choice.
What are consequences?
Taking action to avoid health problems.
What is prevention?
This end of the health continuum represents poor health.
What is illness?
Actions that could negatively affect your health.
What is risk behaviors?
Being able to recognize, understand, and appropriately express your feelings is part of this side of health.
What is mental/emotional health?
A goal that can be reached relatively soon.
What is a short-term goal?
An unfair preference that can make health information unreliable.
What is bias?
Name all three parts of total health.
What are physical, mental/emotional, and social?
Risks that build upon one another.
What is cumulative risks?
A healthy triangle should have all three sides in this condition.
What is balanced?
The acronym for specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-based goals.
What is SMART?
Supporting or speaking out for a health issue.
What is advocacy?