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Chapter Health Choices and Behavior1

Section 1 Wellness and Your Choices

Section 2 Portrait of a Well Person

Section 3 Making Behavior Changes

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Fact or Fiction?

Is this statement true or false? If you think it’s false, explain what is true.

• Accidents are among the major causes of death for teens.




Content Vocabulary

health

wellness

chronological age

physiological age

centenarians




• Your daily choices affect your health and wellness.

healthFreedom from physical disease, poor physical condition, social maladjustment, and other negative states

wellnessMaximum well-being, the top of the range of health states




The leading causes of death have changed over time.

Physical Health Yesterday and Today




• In the past, many children, teens, and older people died of infectious diseases.

• Today, however, these diseases are better understood and many of them can be prevented.





• Lifestyle choices are daily choices.• Example: The choice to smoke is a major cause

of lung disease. • Lifestyle diseases that may be caused by neglect

include heart disease, lung disease, cancer, diabetes, and liver disease.

Daily Choices Affect Your HealthPhysical Health Yesterday and Today




• In addition to personal choices, heredity and environment affect your overall health and wellness.

Family Medical History and Environment





• Heredity: The tendency to develop certain diseases may be more common within a family.

• Eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and avoiding tobacco use can still reduce a person’s risk of disease.






• Environment: Infectious disease and diseases caused by air, water, and food pollution are examples of the environment’s effect on health.

• Environmental impacts include physical, social, and cultural environmental factors.






–Physical environment refers to where you live. It may include air pollution, access to medical care, and the availability of safe places to play.






–Social environment refers to the influence that the people around you have on your choices.






–Cultural environment refers to the beliefs and customs that your family practices.






• Wellness can exist anywhere along a line, from maximum wellness on one end to total failure to function (death) on the other.

• It is up to you to take control and be responsible for your own health and choices.

The Power of Taking Control





Lifestyle choices affect overall health and even the length of life.

Age: A Matter of Definition




Age: A Matter of Definition• Your chronological age after 60 years will be

60, but what about your physiological age?

chronological ageAge as measured in years from the date of birth

physiological ageAge as estimated from the body’s health and probable life expectancy




• Five factors that impact your physiological age:

– Get eight to nine hours of sleep each night.– Eat regular, nutritious meals, including breakfast.– Engage in regular physical activity.– Avoid the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.– Maintain a healthy weight.





• Lifelong habits affect the length of life. Evidence of this comes from the study of centenarians.

• Centenarians are usually well nourished, are nonsmokers, don’t abuse alcohol or other drugs, and are physically active.


centenariansPeople who have reached the age of 100 years old or older




• Define chronological age.

chronological ageAge as measured in years from the date of birth

Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary




• What is a centenarian?

Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary

centenariansPeople who have reached the age of 100 years old or older

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