Health Chapter: 1
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- Health
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combination of three things:
physical, mental/emotional, social - Wellness
- Overall state of well being
- Prevention
- Practing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury.
- Health Education/Literacy
- The providing of accurate health infomationto help people make healthy choices.
- Against what should you weigh the potential benefits of an activity?
- The risks
- Physical health, mental health, and socail health...how do these relate to wellness?
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- What factors influence your health?
- Heredity, Environment, Physical Environment, Culture, Attitude, Behavoir, Media, and Technology
- Wellness Wheel (Health Triangle)is....
- Physical Health, Mental/Emotional Health, and Social Health
- Culture
- Collective belefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
- Media
- Various methods of communicating information(ex. Radio,TV,Magazines)
- Risk Behaviors
- Actions that can potentially thresten your health or the health of others.
- Heredity
- All the traits that are biologically passed from parents to their child
- Abstinence
- avoiding harmful behaviors