What is Health?
Identifying Health Risks
Taking Responsibility for Your Health
DECIDE
Being a Wise Health Consumer
100
The number of years a person can expect to live:
Life expectancy
100
How can your heredity impact your health? Give an example
Skin color - fair skin--> more sunburns --> skin cancer
100
_______________ means taking action to avoid disease, injury, and other negative health outcomes.
Prevention
100
What is the first step in the DECIDE process?
Define the problem
100
A flyer announcing the opening of a health food store is an example of
advertising
200
Give two ways you can maintain good social health
Have friends that are a good influence, talk to friends and family
200
How can the media affect your health?
If you watch a lot of TV, then you may not exercise and become out of shape
200
What is the leading cause of death for young people?
Motor-vehicle injuries
200
What does the C in DECIDE stand for?
consider the consequences
200
If a person tells lies to obtain money or property, the person is guilty of an illegal act called ______________
fraud
300
Give two behaviors that could move you toward wellness on the health continuum:
Eat healthy Sleep at least 8 hours a night
300
A ____________ is a behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes almost automatic.
habit
300
___________ are the standards and beliefs that are most important to you.
Values
300
What does the I in the DECIDE process stand for?
Identify your values
300
A ____________ buys products or services for personal use.
Consumer
400
How could having to deal with a physical, mental, or emotional problem affect a person's social health?
If someone is sick, then they can become depressed and not want to hang out with other people and hurt their relationships.
400
A ____________ ______________ is any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative action.
risk factor
400
What are the 3 steps that can help people meet their personal health goals?
Gain awareness, gain knowledge, build health skills
400
Why is it important to use the DECIDE process when making decisions?
can help you to think out your decisions and the risks that come with those decisions
400
A _______________ an offer to repair or replace the product if there is a problem
warranty
500
A ________________ is a result that a person aims for and works hard to reach.
goal
500
List the six things that can influence your health:
heredity, media, healthcare, technology, behavior, environment
500
A(n) ____________ _____________ is a series of specific steps you can take to achieve a goal.
action plan
500
What does the last E in the DECIDE process stand for?
Evaluate risks
500
What 3 rights do consumers have?
the right to information, the right to consumer protection by government agencies, the right to complain
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