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LEADING
A
HEALTHY LIFE
Health and Teens
Chapter 1: Section 1
Pages 6-10
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HEALTH AND YOUR
WELLNESS
BY THE END OF THIS LESSON, STUDENTS WILL HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO THE FOLLOWING:
Compare the major causes of death in the past with the major
causes of death today.
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Distinguish between controllable risk factors and uncontrollable
risk factors.
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Compare the major causes for teens with those for other age groups
in the U.S.
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List the six health risk behaviors that lead to health problems in
teens.
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Name three behaviors you can adopt now to improve your health.
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OBJECTIVES
TECHNOLOGY
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Feel free to change the color of the pen
 Pass on the pen to someone else
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Brainstorm risk behaviors in which teens engage
 Go to the Whiteboard and write down one or two
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“DO NOW” ACTIVITY
Write down what you think are the most serious
health problems for teens.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-03-09-obesity_x.htm
Give examples of medical advancements that have
been made in the last 100 years that have reduced
the number of deaths from infectious diseases.
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KEY TERMS
Lifestyle disease
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Risk factor
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Anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease,
or other health problems
Sedentary
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Not taking part in physical activity on a regular basis
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A disease caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and
partly by other factors
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HEALTH TODAY
Health Today: Lifestyle Diseases
 Diseases caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and
partly by other factors (i.e. some types of cancer,
diabetes, and heart disease)
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Medical advances, better living conditions, and focus on
preventative medicine have helped to control diseases of
the past.
http://naturalhealthperspective.com/home/civilization.html
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Health in the Past: Infectious Diseases
 1800s and early 1900s: the leading causes of death in the
U.S. were infectious diseases.
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WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE
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AGES
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Many myths and superstitions
about health and hygiene
Relief from ills through
meditation, prayer, pilgrimages,
and other nonmedical methods
Bloodletting , uroscopy, and
surgery without anesthesia
The body was viewed as a part of
the universe, a concept derived
from the Greeks and Romans.
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Four humors, or body fluids, were
directly related to the four elements:
fire=yellow bile or choler; water=phlegm;
earth=black bile; air=blood. These four
humors had to be balanced.
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On-line resources
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http://www.learner.org/interactives/middl
eages/health.html
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DEATHS AND MORTALITY
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Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, tables B, D, 7, 30
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•Number of deaths: 2,426,264
•Death rate: 810.4 deaths per 100,000 population
•Life expectancy: 77.7years
•Infant Mortality rate: 6.69 deaths per 1,000 live births
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
•Heart disease: 631,636
•Cancer: 559,888
•Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 137,119
•Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 124,583
•Accidents (unintentional injuries): 121,599
•Diabetes: 72,449
•Alzheimer's disease: 72,432
•Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,326
•Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 45,344
•Septicemia: 34,234
LIFE EXPECTANCY
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Life span is the longest anyone can live (120
years)
75 – men
78 – average
46 – 1900’s
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf#027
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
http://www.who.int/global_health_histories/seminars/presentation07.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/pdf/2007YRBSslides.pdf
http://www.longestlife.com/forever.htm
80 – women
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Life expectancy is the average number of years
of life a person can live
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LIFE EXPECTANCY
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TOP 10 GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH
ACHIEVEMENT OF PREVIOUS CENTURY
HTTP://WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM/HEALTH/060523_INFANT_MORTALITY.HTML
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Improvements in motor-vehicle safety
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Safer workplaces
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Control of infectious diseases
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Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke
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Safer and healthier foods
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Healthier mothers and babies
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Family planning
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Fluoridation of drinking water
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Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard
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But while all of these factors helped to add a few more years to the average
American adult's life, their combined effect was overshadowed by one other
that often goes unmentioned: reduced infant mortality, which is the risk of
death during the first year of life.
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Vaccination
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HEALTH RISK FACTORS
Controllable Risk Factors
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Uncontrollable Risk Factors
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Physical activity, smoking, weight, and diet.
Age, race, gender, and heredity.
FACT
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Smoking causes coronary heart disease, lung
cancer, and COPD (chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease). The harmful health effects
of smoking cigarettes are innumerable.
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A risk factor is anything that increases the
likelihood of injury, disease, or other health
problems.
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Causes of death for teens
(ages 15-24)
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Motor vehicle accidents
Homicide
Suicide
Other accidents
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Cancer
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Heart disease
Causes of death for
adults (ages 19-65)
Causes of death for
adults (over age 65)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/preliminaryde
aths05_tables.pdf#A
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RISK FACTORS AND YOUR HEALTH
Health Behavior
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Taking action that affects
your health, either
negatively or positively
Quality of Life
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The ability to enjoy
normal life activities.
Health Knowledge
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Knowing the
consequences of your
behavior on your
health
Consequences
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Facing the effect of
your behavior on your
health
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IMPORTANT TERMS
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6.
Sedentary lifestyle
Alcohol and other
drug use
Sexual activity
Tobacco use
Poor eating habits
Behaviors that cause
injuries
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SIX HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS
CLOSURE
A lifestyle disease is a disease you can get if you lead a
healthy lifestyle.
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Risk factors are only involved in the development of
lifestyle disease.
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Infectious disease is not one of the three main causes of
death for Americans of all ages.
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Thumbs Up (True) or Thumbs down (False)
 State whether each of the statements below is
true or false. Correct false statements.
THE BIG PICTURE
Write a brief summary about health issues facing
teens and adults today.
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WORKS CITED
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Images. Retrieved on April 1, 2006 from
http://www.images.google.com
Retrieved on September 15, 2009
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1
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Friedman, D. P., Stine, C.C., and Whalen, S. (2004).
Lifetime Health. Austin, Texas: Holt, Rinehart, and
Winston.
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