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7/31/2020

Welcome to 2020 Health Class

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Essential Questions: 

​What is health?

How does learning about health help us?

How does learning about disease help us prevent illness?

How do we find reliable sources of information?
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What is Health?



​Health:
 overall well being of your body, mind, spirit, and relationships with other people 
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Health affects:



Life expectancy: the number of years a person can expect to live

Quality of life: the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life

Goals: a result that a person aims for and works hard to reach 

Physical health: how well your body functions, exercise

Mental health: the state of being comfortable with yourself, with others, and with your surroundings 

Emotional health: how you react to events in your life, when your mind is alert, you can learn from your mistakes, and you can recognize your achievements

Social health: how well you get along with others, knowing how to have loving relationships, respecting the rights of others, giving and accepting help

Wellness: ideal level of health 

Risk factors: any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome

Habits and behavior: habits and behaviors are repeated so often that they become almost automatic



What may affect how we make decisions about health?



​Advocacy: using communication to influence and support others in making positive decisions

Influences: anything that can affect your decisions, habits and behaviors, it may be peers or parents

Advertising: any effort to sell you products or services

Sources of Information: web sites, radio, books, media...
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Healthy environments promote health



Learning about how a disease is transmitted can help control the spread



We are learning more about coronavirus every day



What Happens next?



So taking precaution is best


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