Promoting Your Health
Health Triangle
Influences on Your Health
Drug Abuse
Vocabulary
100

This is the amount of hours you should be sleeping each night.

What is..

8-10 hours.

100

This includes your physical health, your mental/emotional health, and your social health.

What is...

Health Triangle

100

This is the sum of your surroundings.

What is...

Environment

100

This drug is in beer, wine, liquor, etc.

What is...

Alcohol

100

Health is...

What is...

The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.

200

You should be physically active at least three days a week for at least this duration.

What is...

30 minutes.

200

Your feelings about yourself, how well you meet the demands of daily life, and your ability to process information; in touch with your feelings and can express them in appropriate ways.

What is..

Mental/Emotional Health

200

All the traits that you were biologically passed on to you from your parents.

What is...

Heredity

200

This drug is in a juul, cigarettes, cigars, etc.

What is..

Nicotine (or Tobacco)

200

Wellness is...

What is...

An overall state of well-being, or total health.

300

The key to this is prevention

What is...

Wellness

300

The way you get along with others; ability to make friends, cooperate, seeking and lending support when necessary. Good communication!

What is...

Social Health

300

This includes your family and other people with whom you come into contact with each day.

What is...

Social Environment

300

This is a main reason why middle school students start using drugs.

What is...

To look "cool" around their friends OR to fit in with their friends.

300

Culture is...

What is...

The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.

400

Being on this too long is negative when promoting health.

What is...

Being on your device too long.

400

When thinking about your past health, this is a question you should ask yourself.

What is...

What situations and people affected your health at each stage of your life?

400

You have no control over heredity and limited control of your environment, but you have total control over this.

What is...

Behavior

400
The difference between drug abuse and drug use is..

What is..

One is using it often, one is using it compulsively until addiction kicks in.

400

Peers are...

What is...

People of the same age who share similar interests.

500

Warming up before exercise helps..

What is...

Prevent injuries.

500

When you have this, you have enough energy to perform the activities of daily life, to cope with everyday challenges and stresses, to resist diseases, and to avoid injury.

What is...

Physical Health

500

The various methods of communicating information.

What is...

Media

500

The four stages of drug abuse are..

What is...

  1. Trying one or more drugs. This is classified by experimental use.

  2. Using drugs once in a while (less than once a week). This is known as occasional use.

  3. Using drugs on a regular basis (once a week or more often) but in small amounts.

  4. Using drugs in an uncontrolled and excessive way. This is the abuse stage.

500

Health Literacy is...

What is...

A person’s capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and use these resources to promote his or her health and wellness.

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