What is Health? Vocab
Feelings about self, how you relate to others, and how well you meet the demands of daily life.
Mental/Emotional Health
Non hostile comments that point out problems and have potential to help a person change.
Constructive Criticism
A measure of how much energy you get from a serving of a product
Calories
A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas found in cigarette smoke and automobile exhaust fumes,
When united with hemoglobin prevents oxygen delivery.
Carbon monoxide
the chemical action of yeast on sugars
Fermentation
How parts of the body and systems work together.
Physical Health
What does S.M.A.R.T. stand for?
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-framed
Nutrient that makes up the greatest percentage of your body (60% in males and 50% in females)
water
the addictive drug in cigarettes that raises blood pressure and increases heart rate.
Nicotine
Drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart and other organs
Stimulant
The passing of physical/mental characteristics from biological parents to children
Heredity
A process through which you send messages to, and receive messages from others.
Communication
The substances in food that our body needs to function properly, repair itself, and supply us with energy.
Nutrients
A chemical need - the body needs the drug
Physiological Dependency
The result of each person giving up something in order to reach a solution that satisfies everyone
compromise
The combination of your physical, mental or emotional, and social well-being.
Health
A process in which compromise is used to reach an agreement
Negotiation
13 types, only one is produced naturally by the body.
Vitamins
Thickened, white lesions appearing in spots on the inside of a smokeless tobacco user's mouth
Leukoplakia
Inorganic substances that the body cannot manufacture but act as a catalyst, regulating many vital body processes
minerals
Anything that surrounds or shapes a person.
Environment
The object of a person's ambition of effort.
Goals
A natural drive that protects you from starvation
Hunger
The type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages
Ethanol
An overall state of well-being or total health
Wellness