Health and Wellness

Themes :1. Understanding Your Health 2. Skills for a Healthy Life 3. Mental and Emotional Health 4. Relationships-The Teen Years 5. Nutrition for Health 6. Your Body Image 7. Alcohol 8. Tobacco9. Drugs

Theme 1 : Understanding Your Health• What is Health and Wellness:What is health?Your Health Triangle

Physical HealthMental/Emotional HealthSocial HealthAchieving a Healthy Balance

Wellness and Total Health • Taking Responsibility for Your Health:Choosing to live HealthfullyRisks and Your Health

Risk BehaviorsRisk and Consequences

Reducing risksChoosing Abstinence

Theme 2 : Skills for a Healthy Life • Making Decisions and Setting Goals:Decisions & GoalsMaking Responsible DecisionsThe Decision Making ProcessSetting Realistic Goals

Types of Goals

The Goal Setting Process • Building Your Character :What is a CharacterCharacter in Action

TrustworthinessRespectResponsibilityFairnessCaring

Theme 3 : Mental and Emotional Health • Your Mental and Emotional Health :Mental and Emotional HealthWhat Makes You Who You Are?

Your PersonalityYour Self Concept

Self EsteemBuilding Self Esteem

Understanding and Managing Your Feelings

Theme 4 : Relationships-The Teen Years • Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills :Peer Pressure and Decisions

Positive Peer PressureNegative Peer Pressure

Refusal SkillsA Strategy for Refusing

Styles of Communication

Theme 5 : Nutrition for Health • The Importance of Nutrition :The Role of Food

Food, Nutrients, and NutritionWhat Influences Your Food Choices

Appetite and HungerFood and Emotions

Meeting Nutrient Needs • Nutrients for Wellness:Nutrients and Nutrition

CarbohydratesProteinsFats Vitamins and MineralsWater

• Following Nutrition guidelines :Guidelines for Healthy Eating

A Closer Look at My PyramidGuidelines for Good Health

Eat a variety of FoodsEat More Fruits, Vegetables, and Whole GrainsLimit Fats, Sugar, and Salt

Keep Foods Safe to Eat • Planning Meals and Snacks Planning Healthy Meals

Breakfast: Start the Day Out RightLunch and Dinner

Snacking Smart

Theme 6 : Your Body Image • Maintaining a Healthy Weight Body Image

Body Image and Self EsteemYour Appropriate Weight

Body Mass IndexWeight problems

Overweight TeensUnderweight Teens

Reaching an Appropriate Weight

Managing Weight in a Healthy Way

Theme 7 : Alcohol • Why Alcohol is Harmful?What is Alcohol?Alcohol Use and Teens

Reasons Not to Drink • Short Term effects of Alcohol Use

(Briefly) Alcohol and The Body

IntoxicationHow Alcohol Affects the Individual

Alcohol Use and Violence

Alcohol and Nutrition

• Long Term effects of Alcohol Use (Briefly)

Long Term Physical effects of Alcohol UseAlcohol and the MouthAlcohol and the StomachAlcohol and the LiverAlcohol and the BrainAlcohol and the Heart

Driving While Intoxicated

Theme 8 : Tobacco• Facts About Tobacco:What is Tobacco?Different Tobacco Products

Cigarettes; Cigars and Pipes

Smokeless Tobacco • Health Risks of Tobacco Use:Tobacco use is hazardous to Your Health

How Tobacco Use Affects the Body • Tobacco Addiction:Tobacco’s Web of Addiction

Tolerance and dependence

Theme 9 : Drugs• Drug Misuse and Abuse:Drug Use

Types of MedicinesDrug MisuseDrug Abuse

Addiction• Selections from lessons :Define the following terms; describe their short term and long term

effects briefly and give examples on each.

Anabolic steroidsNarcoticsStimulantsDepressantsHallucinogensInhalants