Terms
A combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well being?
Health
What are the 3 aspects of health?
Physical, mental/emotional, and social
Give me two examples of risk behaviors
Speeding, smoking, getting into fights, not wearing a seatbelt, etc.
How can social media affect someone's health?
Cyber bullying, etc.
Traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents.
Heredity
Actions that can potentially threaten your health or others.
Risk behaviors
Your feelings about yourself, and how well you meet the demands of daily life.
Mental/Emotional health
Refraining/not choosing to do something is called....
Abstinence
Give me two examples of your PHYSICAL environment that can affect your health.
Air pollution, crime rate, parks, activities, etc.
People of the same age who share similar interests.
Peers
The sum of your surroundings
Environment
How well your body functions
Physical health
TRUE OR FALSE:
People who tend to be more positive in situations are more likely to have better health than those who only see the negative.
TRUE
Tell me a way social environment can be positive AND negative.
Positive: Having a supportive family, friends, or other role models.
Negative: Peers who do dangerous activities (drugs, alcohol, tobacco) could create pressure for you to do them as well.
A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information.
Health literacy.
Risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
Cumulative risk
Your ability to make friends and get along with others. You are also able to seek and lend support.
Social health
TRUE OR FALSE:
Being healthy means you never get sick.
FALSE.
Never getting sick means you have good physical health, that doesn't mean you may have good mental or social health.
How are risk behaviors associated with consequences?
The more risk behaviors you do, the more likely you are to experience negative consequences.
You have the most control over these two things.
Attitude and behavior.
The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
Culture
Describe how culture can influence your health
Ethnic group, religion, nationality.
Ex: Some races may be more prone to disease and some may have different diet habits.
Tell me why the media is not a reliable source for health messages.
The media usually is trying to buy a product through exaggerated claims or focuses on "whats new" that celebrities are doing (ex: fad diets).
How is technology as a WHOLE(all the new products, gadgets, etc.), negatively affecting people/families health?
Society relies more on technology and are becoming less and less active and technology has replaced many family activities.
ex: watch TV or be on their phones instead of doing family activities
Tell me 4 positive lifestyle factors that can affect overall health.
8-10 hours of sleep, eating well, eating a healthy breakfast, being physically active (30 mins), avoiding tobacco/alcohol/drugs, maintaining positive relationships, staying at a healthy weight, etc.