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Understanding Your Health

Understanding Your Health. Chapter 1 Lesson 1. Taking Charge of you health . What is Health Combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well being.

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Understanding Your Health

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  1. Understanding Your Health Chapter 1 Lesson 1

  2. Taking Charge of you health • What is Health • Combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well being. • This is what this class/book is all about…giving you the knowledge and skills you need to take charge of your health for a lifetime!!!!!

  3. Health Triangle • What could possibly make up the health triangle…??? • Physical Health • 8-10 hours of sleep each night • 30-60 minutes of physical activity • Bathe daily and floss and brush your teeth every day

  4. Continued… • Mental/Emotional health • Enjoy challenges that help you grow • Accept responsibility for actions • Express emotions in appropriate ways • Mental/Emotional health also includes spiritual health, this simply involves having a feeling of purpose and a sense of values.

  5. Continued… • Social Health • Seeking and lending support when needed. • Communication clearly and listening to others • Showing respect and car for yourself and others • When your health triangle is balanced, you have a high degree of wellness • Ignoring any area of your health triangle can affect your total health

  6. Lesson 2- Changes during the teen years In this lesson, you will learn to • describephysical changes that occur during the teen years. • identifythe mental and emotional changes hormones cause. • explainhow your relationships may change. • practice healthful behaviors to improve total health. Vocabulary for the lesson- Need to be defined in your notebook • Adolescence, puberty, Hormones, Peers, Community Service

  7. Physical Changes • What Happens…? • Growth Spurts, Growth of body hair, changes in body shape. • Puberty- Time when you start to develop physical characteristics. • Boys= Ages 11-14 • Girls= Ages 8-14

  8. Physical Changes Cont… • Hormones- These are chemical substances that help regulate many body functions. • Changes caused by hormones can make teen feel uncomfortable such as… • Feet and hands growing larger, voice deepens/cracks, others…?

  9. Mental/Emotional Changes Mental Emotional Teens can experience mood swings caused by hormones Responsibility begins to show its importance Why… what do you get out of responsibilities…? Attractions towards other teens. Dating, girlfriends/boyfriends • Begin to develop your own values and beliefs • Teens begin to understand more complex situations/problems

  10. Social ChangesRelationships • Family- Not as dependent on parents • Peer- Peers take a greater importance • Who would you most likely tell “secrets” too..? Parents or Peers? • Community Service- Part of social growth is contributing to your community in a positive manner • Like what..?

  11. Lesson 3 • explainthe role of lifestyle factors in a person’s life • tellhow abstinence benefits the three sides of your health triangle. • Vocab • Lifestyle Factors • Risk Behavior • Sedentary Lifestyle • Cumulative Risk • Precaution • Prevention

  12. Living a Healthful Lifestyle • What can you do, to do this…? • Eat nutritious foods for each meal • 1 hour of physical activity each day • 8-10 hours of sleep • Abstaining from drugs, alcohol, and tobacco • Others…?

  13. Risks and Your Health • Each person will always take risks in life at some point… what could that be for you? • Quitting a job, skipping school, disobeying parents… • Risk Behaviors- Actions or behaviors that might cause injury or harm to yourself or others. • Such as what…?

  14. Risk Continued… • Cumulative Risk- Risks that increase in effect with each added risk • Like what….? • Reducing Risk • Precautions- Planned actions taken before an event to increase the changes of a safe outcome. • Prevention- Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse • Examples of each…?

  15. Abstinence • Most effective form of prevention is abstinence. • This is the conscious, active choice not to participate in high-risk behaviors. • Examples…? • This will benefit your health triangle • Promotes physical health by helping you avoid injury • Avoid pressure and worries that go along with it. • Promotes family trust in you and benefits your relationships with peers and friends.

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