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1/4/2021

Welcome to 2021 Health Class

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What is health?


Health: the overall well being of you body, mind, and relationships with other people 

Types of health


Physical health: how well your body functions​

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, your mind is alert, you can learn from your mistakes, and recognize your achievements
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Social health:
 how well you get along with others, have loving relationships, respect the rights of others, give and accept help
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Wellness:
 ideal level of health 

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Common Terms 



​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 ​

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​

Influences: anything that can affect your decisions, habits and behaviors​


What impacts our health related decisions?


Culture: What we learn from people in our community

Friends and people at school: What we hear from others

Advocacy: using communication to influence and support others in making positive decisions
​, could be public speakers or public service announcements

Advertising: any effort to sell you products or services


We can set personal goals that improve health



​To make sure your goals are clear and reachable, each one should be SMART:
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  • Specific (simple, sensible, significant).
  • Measurable (meaningful, motivating).
  • Achievable (agreed, attainable).
  • Relevant (reasonable, realistic and resourced, results-based).
  • Time bound (time-based, time limited, time/cost limited, timely, time-sensitive).

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