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Understanding Health: The Health Triangle and Risk Factors Affecting Well-Being

This resource explores the concept of the Health Triangle and its arrows, signifying the balance between physical, mental, and social health. It highlights three key characteristics of a physically healthy person and discusses various health risks influenced by heredity, lifestyle, and environment. Additionally, it presents news on recent developments in at-home HIV testing kits and the ongoing engagement of teens in high-risk behaviors. Understanding these elements is crucial for promoting better health choices and preventing lifestyle-related diseases.

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Understanding Health: The Health Triangle and Risk Factors Affecting Well-Being

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  1. Bell Ringer 1.) Please draw the Health Triangle and explain the meaning of the arrows. 2.) Please list 3 characteristics of a “Physically” healthy person.

  2. News You Can Use Scientist develop “at-home” HIV testing kit.

  3. News You Can Use Teens continue to engage in high risk behaviors… • Ice / Salt • Cinnamon Challenge • Chubby Bunny

  4. Objective Identifying Health Risks

  5. Identifying Health Risks Factors that influence your health

  6. Identifying Health Risks Heredity – traits and characteristics that are passed down from parent to child.

  7. Identifying Health Risks Lifestyle Disease diseases that are caused by the lifestyle that you lead. Hereditary Disease diseases that are passed down genetically from parents / family history.

  8. Lifestyle or Hereditary Heart Disease

  9. Lifestyle or Hereditary Depression

  10. Lifestyle or Hereditary Sickle Cell Anemia

  11. Lifestyle or Hereditary Cirrhosis

  12. Lifestyle or Hereditary Obesity

  13. Lifestyle or Hereditary Gonorrhea

  14. Lifestyle or Hereditary HIV / AIDS

  15. Lifestyle or Hereditary

  16. Lifestyle or Hereditary

  17. Identifying Health Risks Physical Environment – the physical and social conditions that surround a person.

  18. Identifying Health Risks Social Environment – the people that you spend time with – your family , friends, classmates and other members of your community.

  19. Identifying Health Risks Media – any form of communication that provides news information and entertainments • Television • Movies • Radio • Magazine • Social Media

  20. Identifying Health Risks Technology / Healthcare – includes all the advances in medicine along with the doctors, nurses, dentists and therapists you may need.

  21. Identifying Health Risks Behavior – your everyday choices that have a direct impact on your health. • Smoking • Drinking • Diet • Risky Behavior

  22. Identifying Health Risks

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