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CH.1 Health Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the most significant health problem of the past? | infectious diseases |
| What are infectious diseases? | they are passed from 1 person to the next by bacteria EXAPMLE:flu, strep throat |
| What are the health problems of today? | unhealthy lifestyles EXAMPLE:diabetes, heart disease |
| What are lifestyle diseases? | unhealthy behaviors and other factors |
| What are health risk factors? | anything that increases the risk of injury, disease, and other health problems |
| What are controllable risk factors? | health factors that you can do something about |
| What are uncontrollable risk factors? | health risk factors that you can not controll EXAMPLE: age, race, gender, heredity |
| How can we protect our health? | -focusing on controllable risk factors -knowing the leading causes of death for your age group and ALL ages |
| What are the leading casues of death from ages 15 to 24? | -motor vehicle accidents -homocide -suicide |
| What are the leading causes of death for ALL ages? | -heart disease -cancer -strokes & cerebrovascular disease |
| What are the 6 health risk factors? | 1. sedentary lifestyle 2. alcohol & ddrugs 3. suxual activity 4. behavior that casues injury 5. tobacco 6. poor eating |
| What are the 6 components of health? | physical, emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and environmental |
| What does HEALTH mean? | state of being in which all the components of health are in balance |
| What is physical health? | Body function- eating right, exercise, good body weight, drugs or alcohol, no diease or sickness |
| What is emotional health? | copeing with feeling- in positive and nondistructive ways |
| What is social health? | Your relationships with friends, family and others- respect others and stay away from people who dont respect you |
| What is mental health? | to recognize reality and cope with the damands of daily life- having high self esteem, free mental health, trying new things |
| What is spiritual health? | having spiritual direction and understanding your purpose in life- living according to my ethice morals and values, practice a religion, and peace with yourself and those around you |
| what is environmental health? | Keeping air and water clean, food safe, and land around us enjoyable and safe |
| What are values? | strong beliefs and/or ideas |
| What is wellness? | a persons best in all 6 components of health -can't achieve all at one time -a person who is neither unhealthy or healthy |
| What is optimal health? | cope with emotions, healthy relationships, and smart decisions |
| What is illness? | poor eating, health risk beahvior, no exercise, unhappy -can change -you have control |
| What is heredity? | traits that come from your parents -heart conditions -high blood pressure |
| What are 4 influences on your wellness? | heredity, social, cultural, environmental |
| What is social wellness? | relationships with others. Friends-peer pressure makes you better Family-how handling crisis(yelling or talking it out) |
| What is cultural wellness? | strongly influences your health Culture-values, beliefs, and practices shared by people with a common backround |
| What is environmental health? | surroundings, things you come into contact with -pollutants -safety regualtions -traffic laws -medical care |
| How can you take charge of your wellness? | -knowledge -lifestyle -attitude |
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