4. Components of Health
• GOOD Health is a state of well being where all
components of health are in balance.
• Physical, Emotional, Social, Mental, and
Spiritual, and Environmental.
• Physical Health: The way your body functions.
• Emotional Health: Coping with your feelings
in a positive way.
• Social Health: The quality of your
relationships with family, friends, teachers.
5. Continued
• Mental Health: your ability to recognize
reality and cope with life’s daily demands and
stress.
• Spiritual Health: Having spiritual direction and
purpose in life. A “Higher Power” to help
guide your ethics, morals, and values.
• Environmental Health: Having access to clean
air, water, food, and space around you.
6. What is Good Health?
• Good Health is a BALANCE of Physical, Mental, and
Emotional/Spiritual and Social Health!
7. Key Ideas
• Compare the major causes of death in the past with the major
causes of death today.
• Distinguish between controllable risk factors and
uncontrollable risk factors.
• Compare the major causes of death for teens with those for
other age groups in the United States.
• List 6 health risk behaviors that lead to health problems in
teens.
• Name 3 behaviors you can adopt now to improve your health.
8. Health Today
• Health in the Past: Infectious diseases were the most
significant health problems in the past. Many
bacterial and viral infections due to the lack of
antibiotics and vaccinations and death during birth
to mother and child.
• Health Today: Many health problems today are
caused in part by unhealthy lifestyles. Not enough
exercise and too much bad food causing diseases like
cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and poor self
esteem.
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10. Health Risk Factors
• Health Risk Factors: Anything that increases the
likelihood of injury, disease, or other health
problems.
• Controllable Risk Factors: Choices you can make to
control risk factors such as getting more sleep,
watching less TV, using less social media, eating
healthier, getting more exercise. Focus on changing
THESE!
• Uncontrollable Risk Factors: Your genetically
inherited traits, gender, race, age.
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12. Health Risk Behaviors To Avoid!
• Poor Nutrition
• Lack of Exercise
• Smoking
• Injury Causing Behaviors
• Use of Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use
• Risky Sexual Behaviors
• Texting or using cell phone while driving
• NOT wearing seat belts
13. Taking Charge of Your Health &
Wellness
• Knowledge: Having access to information to
make good choices.
• Lifestyle: Making behavioral changes to your
lifestyle.
• Attitude: Having a positive attitude towards
YOURSELF, life and others.
• Consequences: Facing the effects of your
behavior on your health.
