Welcome to 2020 Health Class

7/31/2020

Welcome to 2020 Health Class

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what is this class about?

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?

What is Health?

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

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...