Chapter 1Making Wellness a

Lifestyle

Objectives1. Explain the physical, mental and social aspects of

wellness.2. List factors that contribute to disease.

3. Predict how lifestyle choices you make will affect your health.

4. Describe the relationship between nutrition and health.

Introduction

What are some factors that

influence teens’ health-related

choices?What are some specific What are some specific

ways teenagers can ways teenagers can learn to increase learn to increase

individual responsibility individual responsibility for health-related for health-related

choices?choices?

Activity

Worksheet:

Lifestyle Assessment(10 minutes)

Discussion

What Does Wellness Mean?

wellness: state of being in good health

quality of life: a person’s satisfaction with his/her looks, lifestyle and responses to daily events

When people are in good health:

When people are not in good health:

•they have a desire to stay fit and live a healthy lifestyle

•they are energetic and have an enthusiastic outlook

•they are able to successfully meet the challenges of each

day

•life’s events become harder to manage

•there is a decrease in the quality of life

The Wellness Continuum

You can use a continuum to define You can use a continuum to define your personal state of wellness.your personal state of wellness.

premature death: death that occurs due to lifestyle behaviors that lead to fatal accident or the formation of an avoidable disease

optimum health: a state of wellness characterized by peak physical, mental and social well-being

Your health status determines your place along the wellness

continuum.

The Wellness Continuum

low energy level moderate energy level

high energy level

frequent illness some illness infrequent illness and quick

recovery from illness

inferior stress management

skills

average stress management

skills

superior stress management

skills

poor social relationships

fair social relationships

excellent social relationships

Premature Death

Optimum Health

Objectives

1. Explain the physical, mental and social aspects of wellness.

2. List factors that contribute to disease.

3. Predict how lifestyle choices you make will affect your health.

4. Describe the relationship between nutrition and health.

Review

What is the difference between wellness and

quality of life?

What causes premature

death?

What are some characteristics ofoptimum health?

Activity

Worksheet:

Lifestyle Choices for Wellness(10-15 minutes)

Three Major Components of Wellness

Physical Health

•fitness of your body

Mental Health

•related to the way you feel about yourself, your life and

the world around youSocial Health

•the way you get along with others

What factors can harm your physical health?

How can you improve your mental health?

•related to understanding and

accepting roles

Holistic Approach to Wellness

holistic medicine: an approach to health care that focuses on all aspect of patient care—physical, mental and social

Physical Health

Social Health

Mental Health

WELLNESS

Factors that Affect Wellness

Why is it important to recognize the impact of

health-relatedissues in the teen years?

Your present actions and

attitudes are shaping the person you will become in

the future

Factors that Contribute to Disease

risk factor: a characteristic or behavior that influences a person’s chance of getting a disease

•unhealthy lifestyle choices

•poor environmental quality

•inadequate health care

•heredity

Factors that Contribute to Disease—Unhealthy Lifestyle

Choices

Three major causes of death among adults:

•heart disease

•cancer

•stroke Unhealthy lifestyle Unhealthy lifestyle choices:choices:

•nutritionnutrition

•stress managementstress management

•exerciseexercise

**the CDC estimates lifestyle choices account for about half

the factors contributing to these diseases

Factors that Contribute to Disease—Poor Environmental

Quality

environmental quality: the state of the physical world around you

Includes the safety Includes the safety of:of:•the water you drink

•the air you breath

•the food you eat

Factors that Contribute to Disease—Inadequate Health

Care

•accounts for about 10% of the risk factors that contribute to leading causes of death

Causes of inadequate health care:•failure to diagnose, or recognize, a disease early enough

•lack of specialists or equipment at health care facilities

•poorly managed facilities

•improperly given treatments

•failure to get check-ups

•lack of health insurance or money to pay for treatment

Factors that Contribute to Disease—Heredity

•accounts for 25% of the factors accounts for 25% of the factors that contribute to the leading that contribute to the leading

causes of deathcauses of death•beyond your control (genetics)beyond your control (genetics)

How can you How can you combat heredity?combat heredity?

Health-Promoting Choices

You have control over the factors that influence your health.

•choose a healthy lifestylechoose a healthy lifestyle

Experts have identified certain behaviors that make a difference in people’s

quality of life.

•resist negative peer pressure

•improve your environment

•choose quality health care

Health-Promoting Choices:

Choose a Healthy Lifestyle

diet: all the foods and beverages you consumeHealthy lifestyle practices:

•provide your body with fuel throughout the day by eating 3 or more regularly spaced meals, including breakfast

•sleep 8-9 hours each night

•maintain a healthy weight•exercise most days of the week for at least 20

minutes•do not smoke

•avoid drinking alcoholic beverages

•do not use street drugs

Health-Promoting Choices:

Resist Negative Peer Pressure

peer pressure: the influence people in your age and social group have on your behavior

How to combat negative How to combat negative peer pressure:peer pressure:

•self-confidenceself-confidence

•strong enough to say “no” strong enough to say “no” to what you consider to be a to what you consider to be a

poor choicepoor choice

Health-Promoting Choices:

Improve Your Environment

•carpool or take public

transportation to avoid polluting the air with car exhaust•use cleaning

products that will not pollute water

supplies

•handle food carefully to avoid contamination that can cause illness

Health-Promoting Choices:

Choose Quality Health Care

•select a physician who specializes in your

particular health care needs•choose facilities that have

a reputation for offering quality health care

•see your doctor for regular checkups

•seek your doctor’s advice when first noticing a health

problem•when you visit your doctor, describe your

symptoms accurately and completely

Making a Change

Changing one behavior can affect all aspects of your health.

Worksheet:

My Plan for Wellness and

Behavior Change Contract(15-20 minutes)

Objectives

1.Predict how lifestyle choices you make will affect your health.2.Describe the relationship between nutrition and health.

Review

Name some healthylifestyle choices?

What are somefactors that

contribute todisease?Define the following:

•physical health

•mental health

•social health

Describe some characteristics of quality

health care.

Nutrition and Wellness

nutrition: the sum of the processes by which a person takes in food and uses food substances

nutrients: the basic components of food that nourish the body

One factor shown to One factor shown to have a big impact on have a big impact on wellness is nutrition.wellness is nutrition.

•eating specific foods cannot cause or prevent

certain diseases

•following certain eating patterns tends to increase or decrease a person’s chance of

illness

Evaluating Research Reports•studies should be replicated

•examine what’s in a research article

•who speaks on nutrition must be reliable (e.g., doctors, registered dieticians)

•when looking at nutrition claims, ask:•is if from a peer review journal?

•does the report describe purpose, method & limitations?

•what was the type of population studied?

•has there been previous research?•does it make common sense?

Evaluating Research Reports

A single study is not a A single study is not a sufficient basis for sufficient basis for

recommending changes recommending changes in behavior.in behavior.

Activity

In lab groups, complete worksheet:

Evaluating Health and Nutrition Information

(20-25 minutes)

Objectives

1.Predict how lifestyle choices you make will affect your health.2.Describe the relationship between nutrition and health.

Review

What is the differencebetween nutrition and

nutrients?

What are some

things to keep in

mind when evaluating research reports?

Healthy Eating in the U.S.Do you think that people in the U.S. are eating as

well as they should?

Nutrition problems affecting the nation’s state of wellness:

•about one-third of the people in the U.S. eat an inadequate diet

•1 out of 3 adults is overweight; 1 out of 4 is more than 20% overweight

•popular lifestyles include less and less exercise•important nutrients are missing from the diets of some

groups of people, such as teens and older adults•fat, cholesterol, sodium and sugar intake are higher than

recommended

Healthy Eating in the U.S.Why do you think

some of these problems arise?

Reasons for nutrition problems in the U.S.:•not have enough money to acquire

adequate nutrition

•lack of information and skills needed to select a nutritious diet

•some people may not know they need to make changes

•some people ignore current nutrition recommendations

The Benefits of Healthy Eating

life expectancy: the average length of life of people living in the same environment

Life expectancy in the Life expectancy in the U.S. is over 70 years.U.S. is over 70 years.

Activity

Use the remainder of the class period to complete the

review.