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What is health?
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Physical health | condition of the body. |
| Mental health | condition of the mind and emotional stability. |
| Social health | condition of relations with family and peers. |
| Health | a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. |
| Holistic | Dealing with all aspects of health. |
| Knowledge | when you understand health information and use it correctly, this positively influences your health. |
| Access to Info, Resources and Services | Helps you make decisions about products or services and choose behaviors that will keep you healthy. |
| Communication skills | Talk about feelings and needs and resistance skills. |
| health advocacy | promote healthy behaviors and community action |
| heredity | genetics passed down from parents |
| random events | sometimes, things just happen |
| stress | The response of the body to the demands of daily living. |
| stressors | Cause of stress. |
| Eustress | Healthful response to a stressor. |
| distress | Harmful response to a stressor. |
| perception | The way we look at things. |
| Homeostasis | Normal body status. |
| fight or flight response | The 2 options a person has when dealing with stress. |
| General Adaptation Syndrome | Series of body changes that result from stress |