Transcript Chapter 1-Wellness and Food Choices

 On
your own paper: In a
minimum of 3
sentences, explain the
phrase, “You are what
you eat”.
 Wellness—reaching
for your personal overall
best level of health. Includes physical, mental,
emotional and social aspects
 Taking positive steps to improve your current
health and prevent future health problems
 Recognizing and accepting the responsibility you
have for your health
 The key to wellness is accepting and managing
your limits and making the most of who you are
 Physical
Health—normal functioning of the body
systems and having enough energy for daily living, a
normal growth rate, resistance to illness, and the
ability to relax and sleep well
 Things
to do for physical health:
 Mental
and Emotional Outlook—how you deal with
daily life and how you feel about yourself.
 This
aspect can affect your physical health, help
you cope with change, handle problems &
emotions, and work towards your goals
Social Well Being—People with high levels of
social health:
 Can praise and accept others
 Enjoy friends of both genders
 Are helpful and considerate
 Can accept rules and be responsible
 Handle conflict in a constructive way
 Communicate well
 Handle peer pressure without compromising
their values
Lifestyle—includes how you live your life and all the
things you do—for a healthful lifestyle, you need both
good nutrition and active living
 Nutrition—how the food you eat affects your body

Variety of foods

Adequate amounts
 Nutrients—chemicals that nourish your body—found in
foods
 Nutrition not only affects your day to day life, but also
your life in the future
 Active living—at least 60 minutes of moderately intense
physical activity each day
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 People
around you—family, friends
 Culture—the shared beliefs, values and behavior
of a group of people. Could refer to your local
community, ethnic community, nation or part of
the world
 Available
food supply—what is available where
you live
 Schedules/energy/budget—all affect food
choices. Resources—the things such as time,
money, and energy that help you reach a goal or
complete a task
 Advertising
and media—make us aware of food and
information about it
 Knowledge
about food, nutrition and wellness—
when you know more, you can make more healthy
choices
 Miscellaneous—age,
goals
attitudes, emotions, health,
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Decision making to improve your wellness:
•
Identify the decision to be made
•
Collect information and identify your
resources
•
Identify possible choices
•
Weigh the choices, consider
pros/cons/consequences
•
Choose the best option
•
Take action
•
Evaluate your decision—would you decide
differently if you did it again? Did you reach
your goal?
Tips for making an action plan for wellness:
 Set realistic goals
 Decide on a plan
 Identify small, achievable steps
 Take action
 Stick with it
 Get support
 Check your progress
 Reward yourself
 Specific—how
will you know when you
reached it?
 Measurable—break it down into little pieces
 Attainable—how will you do this?
 Realistic—can you really do this?
 Timebound—what is your deadline?
 Specific—how
will you know when you
reached it?
 Measurable—break it down into little pieces
 Attainable—how will you do this?
 Realistic—can you really do this?
 Timebound—what is your deadline?
 Trade
the written goal with another team.
Using colored pens, mark each of the
following elements:
 In yellow: Specific—how will you know
when you reached it?
 In green: Measurable—break it down into
little pieces
 In blue: Attainable—how will you do this?
 In pink: Realistic—can you really do this?
 In orange: Timebound—what is your
deadline?
 Re-write
the goal to include all the elements
and pass to another group.
 Using
colored pens, mark each of the following
elements:
 In yellow: Specific—how will you know when you
reached it?
 In green: Measurable—break it down into little
pieces
 In blue: Attainable—how will you do this?
 In pink: Realistic—can you really do this?
 In orange: Timebound—what is your deadline?
 Create
your OWN personal goal related to
health/wellness using the form. Please write
in pencil and make sure I review your goal
with before you turn it in.