Living a Healthy Life

Lessons Two & Three

Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle

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The Health Triangle

Physical Health

Mental/Emotional Health

Social Health

Physical Health

How well your body functions

Energy for daily activities

Cope with challenges and stresses

Resist disease

Avoid Injury

Mental & Emotional Health

Feelings about self

Meet demands of life

Information processing

Enjoy challenges

Learning new things

Learn from mistakes

Accept responsibility for actions

Social Health

Getting along with others

Make and keep friends

Cooperative with others

Seek and lend support

Good communication

Respecting and caring for self and others

Influences on HealthHeredity-traits passed biologically from parents

Environment-sum of your surroundings (family, school, life experiences)

Culture-collective beliefs/behaviors of a group

Attitude-the way you view situations

Behavior-your actions

Media-radio, T.V., newspapers, etc

Technology-affects medicine, environment, etc.

Understanding Health Risks

Risk behaviors are actions that could threaten your health or others

Teen Risk Behaviors

Behaviors contributing to injury

Tobacco use

Alcohol and drug use

Sexual behaviors

Unhealthy dietary behaviors

Physical inactivity

Cumulative Risks

Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk (repeated behaviors or combination behaviors)

Abstaining from Risk Behaviors

Abstinence is avoiding harmful behaviors such as:

1. Abstaining from tobacco, alcohol, drugs

2. Abstaining from sexual activity