Health 101
True or False: Someone can be physically healthy but still have areas of their overall health that need attention.
True
Name all five dimensions of health.
Physical, mental, emotional, social, and environmental.
What is a habit?
A behavior that is repeated regularly and can eventually become automatic.
Can one dimension of health affect another dimension?
Yes.
What is a risk factor?
What is something that increases the likelihood of a health problem or negative health outcome.
What is wellness?
What is the active process of making choices and taking actions that support overall well-being.
Which dimension focuses on your body's health, physical activity, nutrition, sleep, and physical functioning?
What is physical health
Give one example of a healthy habit.
Getting enough sleep, exercising, drinking water, eating nutritious foods, managing stress, etc.
A student doesn't get enough sleep and has trouble concentrating in class. Which two dimensions are connected?
What is physical and mental
What is a protective factor?
What is something that helps protect health or supports positive health outcomes.
What is health?
What is a state of overall well-being involving multiple areas of life, not just physical health.
Which dimension involves your thoughts, learning, decision-making, and ability to handle challenges?
What is mental health
What is a health behavior?
An action or choice that can affect a person's health.
A student has an argument with a close friend and feels stressed and distracted afterward. Which dimensions could be affected?
What is social, emotional, and mental.
Lack of sleep: Risk Factor or Protective Factor?
What is Risk Factor
Why is health considered more than just physical health?
What is health includes multiple dimensions, including physical, mental, emotional, social, and environmental health.
Which dimension involves recognizing, expressing, and managing your feelings?
What is emotional health
Why can small choices become important to our health over time?
Repeated choices can become habits, and habits can contribute to our overall lifestyle.
Explain how exercise could affect more than just physical health.
Exercise can support physical health while also potentially improving mood, reducing stress, and supporting mental/emotional health.
A supportive family that encourages healthy choices: Risk Factor or Protective Factor?
Protective Factor
Explain why health can change over time.
Health is influenced by behaviors, habits, relationships, environment, choices, and other factors that can change throughout life.
A student has a supportive group of friends, communicates well, and knows how to set healthy boundaries. Which dimension is most directly involved, and why?
Social health because it involves relationships, communication, and interactions with others.
A student regularly stays up late, skips breakfast, and rarely exercises. Explain how these repeated behaviors could affect their overall health.
They could negatively affect physical health and potentially influence mental, emotional, and other areas of health.
Explain how ONE unhealthy habit could create a domino effect across multiple dimensions of health.
Example: Staying up too late → lack of sleep → poor concentration → frustration → conflict with others. This can affect physical, mental, emotional, and social health.
A student is under a lot of stress but talks to a trusted adult and uses healthy coping strategies. Identify the risk factor and the protective factors.
Risk factor: Stress
Protective factors: Trusted adult/support system and healthy coping strategies.