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vocab.1
health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Health | The state of being free from illness or injury |
| Wellness | The state of being in good health , especially as an actively pursed goal |
| Lifestyle factors | The modifiable habits and ways of life that can greatly influence overall health and well being, including fertility |
| Risk factors | Is any attribute, characteristic or exposure of an individual increases the likelihood of developing a disease or injury |
| Prevention | The action of stopping something from happening or arising |
| Heredity | (of a title,office, or right) conferred by on inheritance |
| Environment | The surrounding or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates |
| Peers | look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something |
| Culture | The arts and manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively |
| Values | The regard that something is held to deserve, the importance, worth, usefulness of something |
| Abstinence | The fact or practice of restraining oneself from, indulging in something , typically alcohol |
| Cumulative Risk | A measure of the total risk that a certain event will happen during a given period of time |
| Goals | A pair of posts linked by crossbar and often with net attached behind it, forming a space into or over which the ball has to be sent in order to score |