Transcript Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior

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Chapter
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Chapter
Health Choices
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Contents
 Section 1 Wellness and Your Choices
 Section 2 Portrait of a Well Person
 Section 3 Making Behavior Changes
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Fact or Fiction?
Is this statement true or false? If you think it’s false,
explain what is true.
• Accidents are among the major causes of death
for teens.
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Content Vocabulary
health
wellness
chronological age
physiological age
centenarians
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• Your daily choices affect your health and
wellness.
health
Freedom from physical disease, poor physical
condition, social maladjustment, and other
negative states
wellness
Maximum well-being, the top of the range
of health states
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Physical Health Yesterday and Today
The leading causes of death have
changed over time.
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Physical Health Yesterday and Today
• In the past, many children, teens, and older
people died of infectious diseases.
• Today, however, these diseases are better
understood and many of them can be prevented.
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Physical Health Yesterday and Today
Daily Choices Affect Your Health
• Lifestyle choices are daily choices.
• Example: The choice to smoke is a major cause
of lung disease.
• Lifestyle diseases that may be caused by neglect
include heart disease, lung disease, cancer,
diabetes, and liver disease.
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Physical Health Yesterday and Today
Family Medical History and Environment
• In addition to personal choices, heredity and
environment affect your overall health and
wellness.
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Physical Health Yesterday and Today
Family Medical History and Environment
• Heredity: The tendency to develop certain
diseases may be more common within a family.
• Eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and
avoiding tobacco use can still reduce a person’s
risk of disease.
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Physical Health Yesterday and Today
Family Medical History and Environment
• Environment: Infectious disease and diseases
caused by air, water, and food pollution are
examples of the environment’s effect on health.
• Environmental impacts include physical, social,
and cultural environmental factors.
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Physical Health Yesterday and Today
Family Medical History and Environment
–Physical environment refers to where you
live. It may include air pollution, access to
medical care, and the availability of safe
places to play.
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Physical Health Yesterday and Today
Family Medical History and Environment
–Social environment refers to the influence
that the people around you have on your
choices.
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Physical Health Yesterday and Today
Family Medical History and Environment
–Cultural environment refers to the beliefs and
customs that your family practices.
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Physical Health Yesterday and Today
The Power of Taking Control
• Wellness can exist anywhere along a line, from
maximum wellness on one end to total failure to
function (death) on the other.
• It is up to you to take control and be responsible
for your own health and choices.
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Age: A Matter of Definition
Lifestyle choices affect overall health and
even the length of life.
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Age: A Matter of Definition
• Your chronological age after 60 years will be
60, but what about your physiological age?
chronological age
Age as measured in years from the
date of birth
physiological age
Age as estimated from the body’s
health and probable life expectancy
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Age: A Matter of Definition
• Five factors that impact your physiological age:
– Get eight to nine hours of sleep each night.
– Eat regular, nutritious meals, including breakfast.
– Engage in regular physical activity.
– Avoid the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
– Maintain a healthy weight.
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Age: A Matter of Definition
• Lifelong habits affect the length of life. Evidence
of this comes from the study of centenarians.
• Centenarians are usually well nourished, are
nonsmokers, don’t abuse alcohol or other drugs,
and are physically active.
centenarians
People who have reached the age
of 100 years old or older
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary
• Define chronological age.
chronological age
Age as measured in years from the
date of birth
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Chapter 1 Health Choices and Behavior
Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary
• What is a centenarian?
centenarians
People who have reached the age of
100 years old or older
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