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Chapter 1UnderstandingHealth and Wellness
Lesson 4Health Risks and YourBehavior
Next >>Teacher’s notes are available in the notes section of this presentation.
riskThe chance that something harmful may happen to your health and wellness
Actions or choices that may harm you or others risk
behaviors
The results of actions consequences
When one risk factor adds to another to increase danger
cumulativerisk
prevention Taking steps to avoid something
The conscious, active choice to not participatein high-risk behaviors
abstinence
In this lesson, you will be able to
describe how risks and risk behaviors can affect your health.
explain that risk behaviors have consequences.
identify ways to avoid or reduce risk.
Risk and Risk Behaviors
Riding a bike without a helmet is an example of a risk.
risk The chance that something harmful may happen to your health and wellness
Some risks are hidden, such as a habit of snacking on high-fat foods
Eating these foods may lead to unhealthful weight gain and heart disease later in life.
Risk and Risk Behaviors
Smoking cigarettes is an example of a risk behavior.
risk behavior Actions or choices that may harm you or others
Risks that can be avoided often involve risk behaviors.
Risk and Consequences
Risk behavior has consequences.
consequences The results of actions
Some risks have consequences that may not be physically dangerous and may affect only you.
Other risks can have serious consequences, and everyone’s health can suffer.
Many teens know ways in which to reduce risks to the health problems of adolescence.
Many teens also know how to compare the benefits and risks of activities to reduce risk to themselves.
Teens and Risks
For example: * Teens know that using tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
are risk behaviors that have many serious effects on health and wellness.
For example: * Teens know that wearing a safety belt will help protect them in the
event of a motor vehicle accident.* Teens also understand that regular exercise helps fight heart
disease and other illnesses.
How Risk Adds Up
Jogging along a busy
street…
Jogging along a busy
street……at night……at night… …in a
rainstorm.…in a
rainstorm. = cumulative risk
cumulative risk When one risk factor adds to another to increase danger
Risk Risk Risk
The greater the number of risks, the greater the chances of negative consequences.
Is It Worth the Risk?
Every activity carries some sort of risk
These activities also offer benefits
Ask yourself, “are the benefits worth the risk?”– example: physical activity carries the risk of injury
physical activity improves your health
What can you do to reduce or eliminate the risk?
abstinence The conscious, active choice not to participate in a high-risk behavior
How to Avoid or Reduce Risks
Abstinence is a form of prevention.
prevention Taking steps to avoid something
How to Avoid or Reduce Risks
Prevention Abstinence
• Wearing a helmet when riding a bike
• Slowing down onwet or icy pavement
• Watching out for possible dangers
• Choosing not to smoke
• Choosing to stay away from alcohol and other drugs
• Choosing not to engage in sexual activity
Risks and Your Total Health
Avoiding risks behaviors will help prevent illness and injuries, contributing to your physical health.
When you take steps to reduce risks, you feel good about making responsible health decisions, contributing to your mental/emotional health.
Avoiding risks behaviors can keep others safe, contributing to your social health.
By practicing abstinence from risk behaviors, you take an active role in caring for your health. This will benefit each side of your health triangle.
What I Learned
Vocabulary Define prevention and use it in asentence.
Lesson 4 Review
Prevention means taking steps to avoid something. Sentences should use the term correctly.
What I Learned
Give Examples Name three risk behaviors thatcan have negative health consequences.
Lesson 4 Review
What I Learned
Explain What does abstinence mean? Give examplesof practicing abstinence.
Lesson 4 Review
Abstinence is the conscious, active choice not to participate in high-risk behaviors. An example is choosing not to smoke
What I Learned
List Name two or more risk factors that can create a cumulative risk.
Lesson 4 Review
Sample answer: jogging on a busy street, at night, and during a rainstorm
Thinking Critically
Hypothesize Suppose two teens are riding their bikeson a busy street at night. One is wearing a helmet andthe other is not. Describe the risks that both teens aretaking. What possible consequences do these riskscarry?
Lesson 4 Review
Answers should include the idea that riding at night and riding on a busy street both increase the risk of being hit by a vehicle and injured or killed. The teen not wearing a helmet is further increasing his or her risk of injury or death.
Thinking Critically
Apply Give an example of how prevention can help aperson avoid a risk.
Lesson 4 Review
Answers should include a specific risk and explain how it can be prevented
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