Health Terms
What is health?
What is a complete state of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being?
Name the three dimensions of health
What is Physical, Mental/Emotional, and Social Health?
What is a risk factor?
What is something that increases your chance of illness or injury?
What are genes
What are DNA segments that determine traits and body functions?
What is environment?
What is surroundings and conditions a person lives in?
What is wellness?
What is the process of improving one's health by making positive choices?
Give one example of Physical Health.
What is sleeping enough, exercising, or poor nutrition, etc.?
What is a protective factor?
What does the term DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
What is the presence of harmful waste in the environment?
What is Pollution?
What is well-being?
What is A person's overall satisfaction with life, and how well they are functioning?
Explain how physical health can affect mental health.
What is poor sleep or diet can cause stress, low energy, or irritability?
What are behavioral factors?
What are choices and habits that affect your health?
What is a genetic disorder?
What is a health condition caused by a person’s genes?
How can peers influence health? Name one positive and one negative.
Positive peers encourage healthy choices; negative peers encourage risky behaviors.
What is Life Expectancy = predicted years; Life Span = actual years lived?
Which dimension deals with thoughts, feelings, and self-esteem?
What is mental and emotional health?
Give one example of one modifiable and one nonmodifiable factor.
what are
modifiable: Diet, physical activity, or screen time.
nonmodifiable: age, genetics, cancer, blood clotting, or diabetes.
What is the difference between communicable and noncommunicable diseases?
What is communicable spread from person to person; noncommunicable do not.
Which part of your environment (physical, social, media, or economic) do you think has the strongest impact on teen health today? Explain why.
What is explain how one environment influences behaviors, stress levels, resources, and decision-making?
What is Quality of life?
Explain how sleep, nutrition, and screen time can all interact to impact health.
What is poor sleep reduces focus, low nutrition lowers energy, and screen time disrupts sleep and activity — all harming mental and physical health?
How can your genes influence your risk of communicable diseases?
What is genes impact your immune system, which affects how strongly your body fights infections.
How might education and income influence a person’s long-term health?
What is higher education leads to better jobs, which increases access to healthcare, healthy food, and safe living environments?