Chapter 1Health Choices and Behavior: What do personal choices have to do with wellness?

Bell Ringer Food Journal Entry Read Chapter 1 Section 1 Do Life Choice Inventory on page 8 and

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Essential Questions What are benefits to positive lifestyle

choices? What are the qualities to achieve

optimal health in each area? What are the steps to goal setting?

Health Choices Vocabulary Health: freedom from physical disease Wellness: maximum well-being Life Management Skills: skills that

allow person to be well and enjoy life Lifestyle Choices: daily choices on

how to treat body and mind Lifestyle Disease: diseases made

likely by neglect of body

Lifestyle Diseases Heart Disease Lung Disease Cancer Diabetes Liver Disease

Leading Causes of Death1890’s

Flu Pneumonia Tuberculosis Bronchitis StrokeCause: Germs/BacteriaNO 1 cause of death for Teenagers: Accidents

1990’s Heart Disease Cancer Suicide Diabetes HIV InfectionCause: Choices make in lifeWhy Accidents? Teenagers act off of impulse, irrationalSmoking: Lung Cancer

Family Health Choices Lead to have a hereditary FactorsHealth Choices Link(Outcome)1. Smoking 1. Lung Cancer2. Poor nutrition 2. Diabetes3. Alcohol 3. Liver

Disease4. Smokeless Tobacco 4. Oral Cancer

Healthy Choices lead to Healthy Lifestyle!!!

Portrait of a Well Person Wellness expresses itself in all parts of

your life: Physical Mental Emotional Spiritual Social

Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Health Maintains a strong sense of self Willing to accept new ideas Handles setbacks without a loss of self

esteem Aware of emotions & healthy expressions Seeks help when needed Feels that life has meaning Lives by cherished values Successfully manages stress

Physical Health Gets enough sleep Uses food to get nutritional needs Maintains appropriate weight Works to achieve physical fitness Does not abuse drugs Takes preventative measures Aware of infectious diseases Knows disease risks and measures to take

Social Health Develops supportive relationships Effectively resolves conflicts Socializes well with others without the

influence of drugs or alcohol Understands the risks of STD’s and

pregnancy and will take responsibility Continues to grow and learn and face

new challenges

Focus Activity Choose 1 and be able to explain why:

Work every weekend for a year and get two free years of college

Work every day after school and weekends for a month and get $1000 added to paycheck

Pay $5 a week and get $100 Work 10 hours a week for 1 year and have

a chance at winning a 4 year scholarship

Focus Activity Continued Show of hands for the one that picked Explain why you picked that one

Motivators Value Timing Cost Probability

What are problems when it comes to motivating people to improve health practices?

Making Behavior Changes Motivation is shaped by 4 factors:1. The Value of the reward

How big is the reward?

2. Its Timing How soon will the reward come or how soon

will the price have to be paid?

3. The Costs What is the risks or consequences?

4. Its Probability How certain is the reward?

6 Steps to Goal Setting1. Identify (the change)2. 3 behaviors that will attain the goal3. Preparation4. Commitment (Time)5. How will you Measure Progress6. Reward

Assignment: Pg. 22 You may do this assignment with a

partner. Write answers only and be thorough.

Recalling Important Facts and Ideas 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13