Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness

DO NOW: What does being healthy mean?

Write 3 different endings to the following sentence:

“To me, healthy means being able to…”

Health and WellnessThere are three elements of health:

Physical

Emotional/Mental Social

The three characteristics of health are interconnected, if one area receives too much attention, the triangle can become lopsided.

Health and WellnessHealth is the well-being of your body (physical), your mind (mental/emotional), and your relationships with others (social).

Health is closely tied with a persons Quality of Life.

Quality of Life is defined as the degree of overall satisfaction one gets out of life.

When your health triangle is balanced, you have a high degree of wellness: an overall state of well-being or total health.

Characteristics of a Healthy Person

Physical Health: is the way that your body parts and body systems work together.

Exercise

Rest

Proper nutrition

Doctor Visits

Dental Visits

Proper Hygiene

Characteristics of a Healthy Person

Mental/Emotional Mental/Emotional Health: refers to Health: refers to how good you feel how good you feel about yourself and about yourself and how well you cope how well you cope with day to day with day to day activities. activities.

Enjoys learningEnjoys learning

See mistakes as opportunities to learnSee mistakes as opportunities to learn

Take responsibility for their actionsTake responsibility for their actions

Stand up for their beliefs and valuesStand up for their beliefs and values

In touch with his/her feelings and In touch with his/her feelings and expresses them appropriatelyexpresses them appropriately

Can deal with problems and Can deal with problems and frustrationsfrustrations

Does not dwell on negative thoughts; Does not dwell on negative thoughts; is optimisticis optimistic

Characteristics of a Healthy Person

Social Health: refers to how well you get along with others.

Ability to make friends

Ability to maintain friendships

To work cooperatively with others

Ability to communicate effectively

Showing respect for yourself and others.

Identify the aspects of Health in the following…

James was so anxious about his game that he could not eat dinner and yelled at his brother for no reason.

Jill had an argument with her friend so she didn’t feel like working out after school because she was upset.

Positive Lifestyle Factors

Positive Lifestyle Factors

DO NOW: List three of your favorite activities or hobbies, then briefly describe the positive effect each has on your health.

Lifestyle factors

Why do people now generally live longer than in years past?

Positive Lifestyle Factors

Lifestyle Factors: Personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives that help determine his/her level of health.

Get between 7-8 hours of sleep a night.

Eat nutritious foods from various food groups.

Eat breakfast everyday.

Refrain from smoking and tobacco products.

Do 20-30 minutes of continuous vigorous activity at least 3x per week.

Do not use alcohol or other drugs.

Maintain recommended weight.

Attitude

Attitude can play a major role is both your quality of life and your health.

Believing there is a benefit and practicing healthy habits go hand in hand.

Optimists vs. Pessimists

Not what happens to you but how you respond (attitude) will determine your happiness.

Prevention

Practicing healthy habits to keep a person well and free from disease and other ailments.

What are some examples?

Helmets/Seat belts

Eating healthy

Exercising

Prevention

• Relationship between current decisions and current wellness.

• What does it mean?

• Examples?

Write a letter…

• Imagine you are 90 years old and have led a long, happy life. Based on the three aspects of health, positive lifestyle factors, and preventative health, write a letter to younger generations letting them in on the secrets and details of a living a long, healthy, and satisfying life.

Risk Factors & Decision

Making

Do Now:

• How do you think your upbringing has made you the person you are today?

• Think about: family, friends, where you grew up, etc

Risk Factors

Risk Factor: Heredity

• All the traits that are passed biologically from parents to child.

• What are some common characteristics in your family?

– Physical

– Intellectual

– Prevalence of certain diseases

Risk Factor: Environment• The SUM of all your experiences:

» Where you grew up

» Where you live now

» Where you go in a given day

» Physical conditions in which you live

» People in your life

» Your culture

• Is broken down into three categories:

• Physical, Social, & Cultural

Risk Factors: Physical Environment

• Your outdoor and indoor surroundings

– Outdoor

Examples: air quality, pollutants, poisonous waste, radiation, noise, safety.

– Indoor

Examples: electrical safety, fire alarms, school safety, exposure to asbestos, second hand smoke.

Risk Factors: Social Environment

• Includes you family and other people with whom you come into contact with daily.

• Family Members: Why do they effect your social environment?

• Other people you come into contact with…

– Who?

– What changes as you get older?

– Why can this be good/bad?

Do Now:

• Taking everything that we have discussed so far in our Taking everything that we have discussed so far in our wellness unit, what are some aspects of your health that wellness unit, what are some aspects of your health that you personally may need to work on? you personally may need to work on?

– Try to think of at least one thing from physical, Try to think of at least one thing from physical, emotional/mental, and social and a preventative measure. emotional/mental, and social and a preventative measure.

Risk Factors: Cultural Environment

• The beliefs, customs, and behavior of a group that are passed from generation to generation.

• Examples:

– Beliefs

– Customs

– Behavior

Risk Factor: Behavioral

• The decisions you make The decisions you make each day.each day.

• You have little control over You have little control over the other two risk factors the other two risk factors (heredity and environment), (heredity and environment), you have a great deal of you have a great deal of control over your behavior.control over your behavior.

• The way you choose to act in your environment has a very important impact on who you are.

Self Esteem

• Refers to how much you respect yourself and Refers to how much you respect yourself and like yourselflike yourself

• The level of confidence and satisfaction in The level of confidence and satisfaction in oneself. oneself.

• People can have High Self Esteem or Low Self People can have High Self Esteem or Low Self EsteemEsteem

Self Esteem

• People with High Self-Esteem:People with High Self-Esteem:

– Form close relationships Form close relationships with people who respect with people who respect and value them.and value them.

– Have a realistic view of Have a realistic view of their strengths and their strengths and weaknessesweaknesses

– Value themselves by Value themselves by taking care of themselves taking care of themselves and their health and by and their health and by avoiding risky behaviors.avoiding risky behaviors.

– Have an increased ability Have an increased ability to reach their goalsto reach their goals

• People with Low Self-Esteem:People with Low Self-Esteem:

– Judge themselves harshly Judge themselves harshly and worry too much about and worry too much about what others thinkwhat others think

– May put on an act in public May put on an act in public in order to impress others in order to impress others and hide their insecuritiesand hide their insecurities

– Vulnerable to peer Vulnerable to peer pressurepressure

– Feels depressed Feels depressed

– May use drugs and alcohol May use drugs and alcohol as a coping methodas a coping method

– Drop out of schoolDrop out of school

– Get PregnantGet Pregnant

• Speak positively about Speak positively about yourselfyourself

• Choose supportive friends Choose supportive friends

• Accepting yourselfAccepting yourself

• Set goals to improve a Set goals to improve a weaknessweakness

How can you improve Self Esteem?

• Take care of your physical Take care of your physical healthhealth

• Make a list of your Make a list of your strengthsstrengths

• Reward yourself when you Reward yourself when you do welldo well

• Try new thingsTry new things