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Health & Wellness MS
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cancer, Lung Disease & Heart Disease | Top three leading causes of death across ALL ages. |
| Smoking, Inactivity and Unhealthy Diet | Top three risk factors of the Cancer, Lung Disease and Heart Disease |
| Risk Factors | Factors that increase the probability of disease, injury, or death |
| Risk Reduction/Protection Measures | Actions taken that decrease the chance of experiencing harm or disease |
| Heredity, Behavior and Environmental | Categories of risk factors |
| Behavioral Risk Factors | The only controllable risk factor. |
| Examples of environmental risk factors | friends that do drugs, contaminated drinking water, asbestos |
| Examples of hereditary risk factors | Down Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, Color Blindness, SIckle Cell Anemia |
| Examples of behavioral risk factors | smoking, drinking alcohol, not wearing seat belts, unhealthy eating, not exercising |
| Making poor health choices and engaging in high risk behaviors are the causes of | Poor grades and overall academic achievement |