Health & Wellness
Thse are the three areas that make up the Health Triangle.
What are physical, mental/emotional, and social health?
Traits such as eye color, height, and certain disease risks that are biologically passed from parents are examples of this influence.
What is heredity?
A behavior that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others is called this.
What is a risk behavior?
Taking steps to keep something from happening or becoming worse is called this.
What is prevention?
Carlos gets enough sleep, eats nutritious foods, exercises regularly, and avoids harmful substances. His habits are supporting this area of the Health Triangle.
What is physical health?
This term means an overall state of good health and well-being.
What is wellness?
This term refers to the sum of your surroundings.
What is environment?
The deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors is called this.
What is abstinence?
Staying healthy requires knowledge, a _______, and practicing healthful behaviors.
What is a plan?
Two students receive the same disappointing test grade. One thinks, “I can improve next time,” while the other believes there is no point in trying. This influence on health explains how differently they view the same situation.
What is attitude?
This area of health includes getting enough sleep, exercising, eating nutritious foods, and practicing good hygiene.
What is physical health?
Traditions, language, foods, celebrations, beliefs, and customs can all be part of this influence on health.
There are risks that increase in effect as additional risks are added.
What are cumulative risks?
These planned learning experiences are designed to give people the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices.
What is health education?
omeone sees a health claim on social media and checks a reliable government or educational website before believing it. This ability to understand and use reliable health information is called this.
What is health literacy?
A student exercises regularly but has stopped spending time with friends and feels lonely. This important idea about the Health Traingle is being ignored.
What is balance?
TV, movies, social media, and advertising fall under this health influence, while phones and computers are examples of technology.
What is media?
A student lives in a neighborhood with poor air quality and limited access to parks or medical care. These conditions are examples of this type of health influence.
What is the physical environment?
These personal habits and behaviors related to the way you live can positively or negatively affect your health.
What are lifestyle factors?
Before using information from a health website for a school assignment, Maya checks who published it, when it was updated, and whether the information comes from a trustworthy source. Maya is demonstrating this ability.
What is health literacy?
What is one-half?
Jordan cannot change the disease risks inherited from his parents, but he can change his eating, exercise, and other daily habits. There are the health influences over which he generally has the most control.
What are behaviors or lifestyle choices?
A student has a family history of high blood pressure but also chooses to exercise regularly and eat nutritious foods. This situation shows the difference between these two types of influences on health.
What are heredity and behavior?
Regularly participating in these types of behaviors can help you reach a high level of wellness.
What are health-promoting behaviors?
The more you understand what ________ your health, the better prepared you are to make healthy choices and maintain your overall wellness.
What influences your health?