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Introduction to Wellness
No knowledge is more
crucial than knowledge about health. Without it, no other life goal can be
successfully achieved--Andrew Carnegie
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Your Turn
• If you had three wishes, what would you wish for? (No, you can’t say you would wish for more wishes)
• Now… If you had an incurable disease, would you make different wishes? If so, what would you change and why?
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Then and Now
• 1900: average life expectancy was 47
• The leading cause of death was infectious diseases
• 2006: average life expectancy is 78
• The leading causes of death are:– Heart disease– Cancer– StrokeDue to lifestyle choices
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Your Turn!
• List at least 5 things you like to do in your spare time.
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It’s Physical
It’s Social
It’s Intellectual
It’s Spiritual It’s
Vocational
It’s Emotional
Health: It’s not just about your
body
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7 Magical Keys to Good Health
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Get between 8 and 9 hours of sleep each
night
Ages Sleep Needed
0-4 12-16 hours
5-12 10-11 hours
13-18 8-10 hours
Adults 7-8 hours
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Sleep Facts
• About 100,000 car crashes are caused by drowsy drivers each year.
• Before the light bulb, people slept an average of 10 hours a night; today Americans average 6.9 hours of sleep on weeknights and 7.5 hours per night on weekends
• Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders cost Americans more than $100 billion annually in lost productivity, medical expenses, sick leave, and property and environmental damage
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Refrain from smoking and using tobacco
products
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Eat breakfast daily
• Regulates metabolism• Helps prevent diabetes• Makes you smarter
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Eat nutritious foods from the various food
groups each day
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Do 20 to 30 minutes of nonstop vigorous
activity at least three times a week.
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Don’t use alcohol or other drugs
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Maintain your recommended weight.
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6 Major Risk Factors for Teens
• Unintentional and intentional injuries
• Tobacco use
• Alcohol and other drug use
• Sexual behaviors
• Unhealthy eating
• Physical inactivity
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Cumulative Risk
Doing a harmful behavior repeatedly over time (suntanning, smoking, bad diet, etc.)
OR
Doing several dangerous things together (For example: Speeding and not wearing a seatbelt)
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Your Turn!
Draw a timeline on your paper. Start with Zero and mark off 10-year increments, ending with 80. Put a dot on each end. It should look something like this:
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
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Once you have a total, subtract that number from 80 and mark a dot on your timeline showing your answer.
10 years:
10 years:10 years:
8 years:8 years:
7 years:5 years:
5 years:5 years:3 years:3 years:
3 years:
Drinking more than three ounces of alcohol in one week
Being overweight or obeseNot exercising at least 3 times a
weekSmoking 2 packs of cigarettesEat a lot of sugar (cookies, cakes,
pastries, candy, soda)Having a lot of stress in your lifeOvereating (more than 2,500
calories a day)Eating excess fat in your dietOften being depressed or unhappyOften handing firearmsOften working with or handling
toxic chemicalsDriving or riding in a car without a
seatbelt
Look at the following list of behaviors. Total the years for the behaviors that are
true for you.
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Your Turn!
• Make a list of all the decisions you can remember making since you got up this morning
• Write down a decision you made in your life that turned out really well…
• And one that didn’t.
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Six Steps to Great Decisions
1. Identify the problem (or situation)
2. List your options3. Consider the possible
consequences (pros and cons)
4. Consider your values5. Make a decision and act6. Evaluate the outcome
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Check your Values
• Who will be affected by this decision?
• Will I be treating others the way I would want to be treated?
• Would I want an announcement of this decision on a billboard in my neighborhood?
• How would I feel if “Dateline” did a story on this decision?
• Do little bells in my head warn me that it’s not a good move?
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More Values Questions
• Are there any laws about this decision?
• If everyone did it, would that be a good thing?
• Would I do it if my mom was looking over my shoulder? My little brother or sister?
• Is it an act of good citizenship?
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Consider the Consequences:
The Decision
Pros Cons
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If You’re Not Comfortable With Any of Your Answers to the
Nine Questions, It’s Probably Not a Good Decision.
Rule of Thumb: When in Doubt… Don’t!
Remember: You’re the One Who Has to Live With You.