Your Total Health
The combination of physical, mental/emotional and social well-being.
What is Health.
Traits that were passed on to you from your parents.
What is heredity or genetics.
Not wearing a seat belt while riding in a car and using alcohol or tobacco products are examples of _______.
What is risk behaviors.
Focuses on the body: how well it functions and how well you take care of it.
What is physical health.
The leading cause of death and disability among adolescents.
What is unintentional injuries.
Why is a triangle used to depict the three main components of health?
What is balance.
Each component is equally as important as the others. If you concentrate too much or too little on one area, the triangle can become unbalanced.
The way you view situations.
What is attitude.
Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.
What is prevention.
The quality of your relationship to your work.
What is occupational health.
It causes nearly a third of all adolescent male deaths in low and middle income countries of the WHO Region.
What is violence.
The sliding scale that shows the complete range of health, from a lack of health and welness from one end to a high-level of wellness at the other.
What is the Health Continuum.
An aspect of your health that you have total control over.
What is behavior.
Risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
What is cumulative risks.
The ability to maintain nurturing relationships, practice self-acceptance, pursue meaningful goals and respond appropriately to the environment.
What is psychological health.
An underlying cause of injuries, violence and premature deaths that can also cause health problems later in life.
What is alcohol and drugs.
An overall state of wellbeing or total health.
What is wellness.
Your environment greatly effects your health. Identify three types of environments.
What is physical, social and cultural.
A deliberate decision to avoid high risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol and misuse of drugs.
What is abstinence.
A willingness to take on new challenges, a capacity to think critically, recognize problems quickly, but also seek and create solutions.
What is intellectual health.
One of the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents.
What is depression.
One half of all Americans live with a ______________, which is an ongoing condition or illness.
What is a chronic disease.
One of the most powerful influences on your health that communicates information.
What is media and/or technology.
Identify four of the six top risk behaviors.
What is:
Tobacco Use
Unhealthy eating
Inadequate physical activity
Alcohol & other Drug use
High-risk sexual behaviors
Safety risks (leading to unintentional injuries or violence)
Influenced by your beliefs and values and the way you express them.
What is spiritual health.
Globally, only 1 in 5 adolescents are estimated to meet these guidelines.
What is physical activity.