Science -- Health Chap. 1
Terms
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- advertising
- is the public promotion of pruducts or services
- physical health
- refers to how well your body functions
- continuum
- is a gradual progression through many stages between one extreme to another
- health literacy
- the ability to gather, understand, and use health information to improve his or her health
- mental health
- the state of comfort with your self, with others, and with your surrondings
- social health
- refers to how well you get along with others
- wellness
- is the state of high health level
- advocacy
- involves the using communitcation to influence and support others in making positive health decisions
- culture
- is the beliefs abd patterns of behaivor thaat are shared by a group og people and passed from generation to generation
- action plan
- a series of specific steps you can take to acheive your goal
- life expectancy
- the number of years a person can expect to live
- quackery
- people who sell useless medical treatments or products are engagedin health fraud
- environment
- is all the physica; and social conditions that surrond a person and can influence that person's health
- goal
- is a result that a persn aims for and works hard to reach
- values
- are the standards and beliefs that are most important to you
- health
- the overall well beeing of your body, your mind, and other relationships with other people
- consumer
- buys products or services for personal uses
- habit
- is a behaivor that is repeated so often it almost is auto-matic
- gender
- whether you are male or female
- fraud
- if a person lies to obtain money or property the person is guilty of (this word)
- warranity
- an offer to repair or replace a product isf there was a problem
- heredity
- all the traits that are passed biologically from parent to child
- risk factor
- is any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome
- media
- are forms of communnication that provide news and entertainment
- quatity of life
- is the degree of overall satifaction that a person gets from life
- prevention
- taking action to avoid disease, injury, or other negative health outcomes