Chapter 1 Making Healthy Choices

Think of five different ways to

complete this sentence:
To me, being healthy means being able to
Health
The definition of health includes 6 different
components of well-being.

Physical Health -

Mental Health

Social Health

EmotionalCan express emotions in a

constructive manner and knows
when to get help dealing with
dicult feelings.

SpiritualHas deep morals and values and develop a

strong faith and connection to their beliefs

EnvironmentalHas access to clean water and air lives in

a clean and healthy environment and
contributes to the cleanliness of ones
surroundings

Wellness
Do you think any one aspect is more
important that the others? Or are they all
connected?
Wellness:

When a person has a peak level of all six components of

health we refer to this as total body wellness

Identifying Health Risks

The decisions you make and the risks you take
contribute to where you fall along the wide
spectrum of health.
(poor health verses optimal health)
This spectrum is referred to as the illnesswellness continuum.

Risk Factor:

Any action or condition that could lead to illness and injury

Risk Factors fall into three categories:

Hereditary Risk Factors
All the traits that are passed biologically from parent to child

Environmental Risk Factors

All the physical and social conditions surrounding a person and the influence
they have on that person

Behavioral Risk Factors

The decision you make each day with out taking moderate risks and trying new
things it would be impossible to grow as a person

Weighing the risks and or reducing the risk is important

Not all risks pose an immediate threat as they build over time.

Without taking moderate risks and

trying new things it would be
impossible to grow as a person.
Weighing the risks and/or reducing
the risk is important.
Not all risks pose an immediate
threat, some build over time.

Leading Causes Of Death

For Adults In The U.S.
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Coronary
heart disease

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Note: Cancer related deaths may soon

take over the number one cause of death
in the U.S.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leadingcauses-of-death.htm
All of these causes of death can be linked to
hereditary, environmental, and most certainly
behavioral risk factors.
The following is an example of a number of
risk factors connected to Heart Disease.
Are you at future risk?

Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Healthy People 2020

-Healthy People 2020

Is a comprehensive set of disease prevention and health

promotions for the nation caused created by the U.S.
Department of health

-It identifies a wide range of public health priorities for the

upcoming decade.
-Healthy People 2020 has several goals including:
A greater focus on health education and physical education in the
schools

-A tremendous focus is also being placed on health care and

health services.
http://www.ashaweb.org/files/public/Pulse_11_09/Proposed_
HP2020_Objectives.pdf

The leading cause of death for young people

today is motor vehicle accidents. Along with
heart disease, this cause of death could be
prevented by making educated decisions and
changing some of our unhealthy habits and
behaviors.
In order for a person to change a behavior, they must go
through the following process:
1.
Awareness
2.
Knowledge
3.
Decision-making
4.
Apply skills