Health Chapter 1: Wellness- A Way of Life
Terms
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- a state of well-being
- Health
- a positive, whole-health approach that includes your physical, intellectual, social, and emotional well-being
- wellness
- the average number of years that a group of people can expect to live
- Life expectancy
- 4 types of wellness
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1. physical- health of your body
2. intellectual- intelligence
3. social- can make and keep friends
4. emotional- can express emotion - Life expectancy this year is __.
- 81
- examples of risky behavior
- alcohol, drugs, unprotected sex, extreme sports, motor vehicles
- the biological passing of physical traits from parents to their children
- heredity
- examples of things that can be inherited from parents
- heart disease, auto immune disease, HIV, high blood pressure
- 20 pounds over recommended weight
- obese
- 100 pounds or more over recommended weight
- morbidly obese
- Male or female
- gender
- 3 goals of Healthy People 2000
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- Increase Life Span (expectancy)
- Reduce health differences among Americans (research, development, implementation)
- give every American the right to health care - range of ages in your life when you learn the most
- 0-4 years of age
- degree of danger that goes along with a situation
- risk
- study of factors that cause illnesses in an effort to determine their chances of ocurring
- Epidemiology
- consider all the information that is available to you
- evaluate
- average body temperature
- 98.6 degrees
- long-lasting
- chronic
- beliefs and standards that you feel are important
- values
- knowing the difference between right and wrong
- morals
- 5 steps to decision making
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1. Identify the problem.
2. Consider your options.
3. Evaluate the outcomes.
4. Decide and act.
5. Review your decision. - 3 factors for change
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Recognition
Motivation
Commitment - how you feel about yourself
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self-esteem
aware of weaknesses and limitations but build on your strengths - other people who are like you in age, status, or interests
- peers
- your view of yourself and your role in life
- self-concept
- skills and talents of a person that have value
- services
- focuses on helping you make responsible decisions about products and services that can affect your health
- Consumer Health
- a method of calling your attention to a product
- advertising
- 3 major types of advertising
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pleasure appeal
omission
Bait-and-Switch - FDA
- Food and Drug Administration
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Administration
- BBB
- Better Business Bureau
- illegal promotion or selling of health-related products or treatments that have little or no healing power
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Health fraud
or
Quackery - right to have a wrong corrected
- redress