Your Total Health Chapter 1 Lesson 1 and

Your Total Health Chapter 1 Lesson 1 and 2

Define health Soc l sica Phy ial the combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being. Mental/Emotional

Physical Health • All about how well your body functions What does it take to get and keep a healthy body? a. 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night b. Eat nutritious meals and drink 8 cups of water each day c. Engage in 30 -60 minutes of physical activity every day d. Avoid tobacco, alcohol and other drugs e. Bathe daily, brush and floss your teeth every day

Mental/Emotional Health • All about your thoughts and feelings Describe mentally/emotionally healthy people a. Enjoys challenges that help them grow b. accepts responsibility for their actions c. has a sense of control over their lives d. expresses emotions in appropriate ways e. can usually deal with life’s stresses and frustrations f. generally have a positive outlook g. make thoughtful and responsible decisions h. May also include spiritual health

Social Health • Getting along with others How can I maintain healthy relationships? a. seeking and lending support when needed b. communicating clearly and listening to others c. showing respect and care for yourself and others

Wellness • An overall state of well-being or total health • Achieved when your health triangle is balanced

What affects your health? • Heredity – All the traits that were biologically passed to you from your parents • Environment – The sum of your surroundings including physical environment, social environment and culture. • Attitude • Behavior • Media/Technology

Values • The ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important, that helps guide the way you live.

Story What would you do? A young woman in New Jersey bought four lottery tickets – two for herself and two for a co-worker. Her ticket numbers were not posted among the winners, so she tore them up. In the meantime, the coworker went on a vacation to Wisconsin, where he dies suddenly. Later, when she was cleaning out her purse, the woman found his lottery tickets and checked them with the posted list. To her surprise, the dead man’s ticket was worth $50, 000. She could keep the money, and no one would know the difference – or she could give it to the man’s widow. What would you do? Keep in mind that only you would know what really happened. No one would really suffer if you kept the money. The widow would never know what she lost.

What do you think the lady did? • She gave the money to the man’s widow • What do you think she valued more than money? • How do you think she would feel if she kept the money? “If you stand for nothing, you fall for anything”