The combination of physical, mental, and social wellbeing.
What is health?
100
All the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents.
What is Heredity
100
A deliberate decision it avoid high-risk behaviours, including sexual activity and the use for tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
What is abstinence?
100
Ability to do what needs to be done, without influence from other people or situations.
What is self-motivation?
200
An overall sense of well-being or total health.
What is wellness?
200
The sum of your surroundings.
What is an environment
200
Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.
What is risk behaviour
200
A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and to use these resources to promote one's health and wellness
What is health literacy?
300
The 3 sides of the health triangle
What are physical, mental, and social health?
300
People of the same age who share similar interests.
What is peers?
300
Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.
What is prevention?
300
The key to creating a healthier nation; Providing accurate health information and health skills teaching to help people make healthy decisions
What is health education?
400
An ongoing condition or illness.
What is chronic disease?
400
The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
What is culture?
400
The personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives.
What is Lifestyle factors?
400
A nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all of the people in the United States.
What is Healthy People 2020?
500
This spans the complete range of health, from lack of wellness on one end to a high level of wellness at the the other.
What is the health continuum?
500
The way you act
What is behaviour
500
Risks that increase in effects with each added risk?