Mental and Emotional Health Physical Health Social Health

What are the three components of your health triangle?

What affects your health?

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Heredity – traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents.

Environment – your surroundings including physical, social, and cultural aspects.

What affects your health?

Physical Environment – where you live, access to parks, recreational facilities, and libraries, access to medical care, and air and water quality.Social Environment – family and peersCulture – collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group

Language you speak Foods you eat Spiritual beliefs and traditions

What affects your health? ENVIRONMENT

Attitude – the way you view situations This class Graduation Receiving a rejection letter from a college Having a job Going to a party Getting a pet

What affects your health?

Behavior – every day decisions you make Diet and exercise Entering a high-risk situation Helping others Cleaning up after yourself

What affects your health?

Six Risk Behaviors• Tobacco Use• Unhealthy diet• Inadequate physical activity• Alcohol and other drug use• Sexual behavior leading to HIV, STD, and unintended pregnancy• Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence

Risk Behavior - actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others

Cumulative Risks – related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.

Abstinence – deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

What affects your health?BEHAVIOR

Media – various methods for communicating information.• How do you obtain information?• Does media affect your day-to-day decisions?

Public Service Announcements Celebrity behavior Enthralling actions scenes in movies or television

• How has the advancement in technology affected you?

What affects your health?

Terms to Know Heredity Environment

Physical Environment Social Environment Culture

Attitude Behavior Media

What affects your health?

Ch. 1 pg. 11-19