WHAT IS HEALTH?

HEALTH TODAY

Health
• Overall well being of …
• YOUR BODY
• YOUR MIND
• YOUR RELATIONSHIPS

Two factors used to evaluate overall
health
•Life expectancy-
• the number of years a
person can expect to live.
•The life expectancy
increased between 1900
and 2000. Why?

Two factors used to evaluate overall
health
•Quality of life
• degree of overall
satisfaction
•High quality of life should
be a person GOAL !!!

GOAL
•What is a goal???

• Result which a
person aims
for and works
hard to reach.

ASPECTS OF HEALTH

Physical Health
• How well your body functions

Physical Health
•Healthy diet
•Regular exercise
•Adequate sleep
•Proper medication and
dental care

Mental & Emotional Health
• Mentally healthy
• Your mind is alert
• You learn from mistakes
• You recognize achievements
• Emotionally
• Refer to how you react to events in you life
• You need to take time to relax
• You need to share your feelings with others

Relaxation Music
• Reflection and calming
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Social Health
• How well you get long with others
• Being able to make friends
• Loving relationships
• Respect rights of others
• Give and aspect help

Social health does not just happen!!!
• What do you need to do to
become socially healthy?

Hands on activity
•Building a mobile
• Page 4

A HEALTH CONTINUUM

YouTube
• What's the medicine to a healthy life?

Continuum
• Gradual progression through
many stages between one
extreme to another

What is a continuum?
• Typically one end of the continuum
represents poor health and the other
end represents good health
(WELLNESS)

Health Declines
-Illness
-Low energy
-isolated from others
Midpoint

Predicting
• How might deciding not to smoke
affect your position on the health
continuum?
• What other decisions might impact
you location on a health
continuum?

Section 1 Review
• Pg 5 # 1-7
• “Health at school” –Writing

IDENTIFYING HEALTH
RISKS

Factors that can influence health include:
• Heredity
• Traits passed biologically
• Physical environment
• Physical and social surroundings
• Social environment
• People you spend time with (friends and
family)
• Culture
• Beliefs and patterns that are shared by a group
of people.

Factors that can influence health include:
• Media
• Forms of communications that provide news and
entertainment.
• Technology
• Advances help healthcare and improve quality of life.
• Healthcare
• What healthcare that is available to you?
• Location is important
• Behavior
• Habits are repeated behaviors
• They can be healthy and unhealthy

Connect to your life-Poster Activity
• Why do you think that
teenagers tend to take more
risks than an other age group?

Evaluating health risk
• Consider both long term and short
term consequences.
• DECIDE whether you can control the
risk factor
• Analyze the possible benefits and
risks of a decision.

Identify Risk factors you can control
• Your level of physical Activity
• Your intake of fat, sugar or salt
• Your use of tobacco, alcohol, and
other drugs
• Your use of protective gear, such as
seat belts
• Your choice of friends

Create
• Write a scenario where you
have to make a decision where
there are risks and benefits.
• Draw a T-Chart, on one side
make a list of the risks on the
other make a list of the
benefits.

Chapter 1 Quiz
1. The life expectancy increased
between 1900 and 2000. Why?
2. List the three aspects of health and
describe what one of the three
entails.
3. Describe 3 factors that influence
health.
4. Identify two factors that influence
health that you can control.

BEING A WISE
CONSUMER

Factors to consider before buying a
product…
•Safety
• Read labels and other information to
determine if product if safe

Factors to consider before buying a
product…
•Cost
• Are the same results available in
other products at a lower price?

Factors to consider before buying a
product…
•Warranty
• Can the product repaired or
replaced?
• If so how long & what does it cover?

Factors to consider before buying a
product…
•Consumer Testing
• Published results of tests from
government agencies and private groups.
• Groups may endorse, approve, or rate
products.

Evaluating the quality of a Services
• How might attending a class as a
guest help out make the decisions
weather or not to join?

Evaluating the reliability of Information
• To evaluate information you
need to evaluate the source
of the information.
• Is the source qualified to speak
on the topic?
• Does the source appear bias?
• Is the information current and up
to date?
• Do other reliable sources reach
the same conclusion?

THE EFFECTS OF
ADVERTISING

Advertising
• Public promotion of a product or
service.

Reflect
• Have you bought a product based on
an ad? If so, how did the ad convince
you to buy the product?

Advertising Methods
• Scientific Studies
• Scientific test prove the products effective

Advertising Methods
• Bandwagon Approach
• Everyone is using the product. You
should, too!!!

Advertising Methods
• Testimonial
• The product is effective because trustworthy
people recommend it.
• Subway Advertisement

Advertising Methods
• Comparison to other products

Advertising Methods
• Emotional appeal

Advertising Methods
• Price appeal

WHAT IS HEALTH?