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Comprehensive
Health Skills
 Chapter 1
Health and Wellness
Fundamentals
Lesson

1.1 What Are Health

and Wellness?
Lesson 1.1 Essential Question
What does it mean to have health and wellness?

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Lesson 1.1 Learning Outcomes
After studying this lesson, you will be able to
• define health, wellness, and well-being;
• analyze how the physical, mental and emotional, and social
dimensions of health are interrelated; and
• explain the status of health as it relates to a continuum.

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 Warm-Up Activity
Different Dimensions
• Give a real-life example you think fits into each dimension
of health.
• How might each example also affect the other two
dimensions of health positively or negatively?

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Well-Being
• Ability to function positively and overall
satisfaction that life’s present conditions
are good
• Health—state of complete physical, mental
and emotional, and social well-being
• Wellness—process of identifying one’s state
of health and taking steps to improve it

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Dimensions of Health and Wellness
Physical Health

• How well the body functions

Mental and Emotional Health

• How a person observes and interprets information to make decisions, solve problems, and
examine situations
• Expression of thoughts and feelings, including emotions, moods, feelings about one’s self,
and views about the world

Social Health

• How well a person gets along with others

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 Did You Know?
Interaction of Health Dimensions
• Health dimensions interact with and
Physical affect each other.
Health
• A disturbance in one dimension may
Social
lead to a disturbance in another.
Health
• An improvement in one dimension
Mental and
Emotional may lead to improvements in others.
Health

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Measuring Health

Life expectancy Life span Quality of life

Extent to which a
Length of time a Actual number of person
person is years a person experiences a
expected to live lives healthy, happy,
and fulfilling life

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Myth or Fact?
Health Continuum
• Being healthy and unhealthy are totally different. Either you are
healthy, or you are not.

MYTH
Fact: A person’s health status normally lies somewhere between
the extremes of poor and excellent. This range in health status is
called a continuum.

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The Health Continuum
• Measures health as lying
somewhere between extremes of
poor and excellent
• Ideal status near optimal health
• Illness (overall poor state of health)
at other end of the continuum
• Variety of factors increase and
reduce health
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Thinking Critically
Factors That Increase or Reduce Health
• What are some examples of factors that increase health?
• Quitting smoking, drinking, or using drugs
• Starting a physical activity program
• What are some examples of factors that reduce health?
• Having an illness or injury
• Lack of healthy relationships

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1.1 Lesson Review
1. What are the three dimensions of health and wellness?
• physical health, mental and emotional health, and social health
2. How is quality of life typically assessed?
• using a quality of life index
3. How is the range in health status between extremes of poor and
excellent measured?
• on a continuum

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Lesson

1.2 Individual Factors

Affecting
Health and
Wellness
Lesson 1.2 Essential Question
What genetic and behavioral factors influence
health?

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Lesson 1.2 Learning Outcomes
After studying this lesson, you will be able to
• explain how risk and protective factors impact health;
• identify genetic factors; and
• describe the impact that behavioral choices and lifestyle have on
health and wellness.

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 Warm-Up Activity
Daily Health
• How do the choices you make
each day about nutrition,
physical activity, and
entertainment affect your health
and risk of injury or illness?
• What are two goals you could
set and act on to improve your
health?

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Risk and Protective Factors
• Affect the chance of experiencing a
disease, injury, or decline in health
• Can be modifiable (can be changed) Risk Protective
or nonmodifiable (cannot be changed) factors— factors—
increase decrease
• Understanding aids healthy risk risk
decision- making

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Genes
• Contain the blueprint for the
structure and function of a
person’s cells
• Composed of deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA)
• Packaged in chromosomes
• Unique combination inherited
from both parents
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Thinking Critically
Family History

• Since you cannot change the

genes you receive, what are
steps you can take to help
prevent genetically-linked
diseases and disorders?

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Genetic Factors
Weight
• Ability to burn calories and store and burn fat
• Appetite and levels of physical activity

Diseases and Disorders

• Immune system and resistance to diseases
• Development of noncommunicable diseases (genetic disorders)

Mental Health Conditions and Illnesses

• Development of mental health conditions and mental illnesses
• Also influenced by environment
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Behavioral Factors
• Choices and behaviors that affect a
person's chance of developing a
disease or health condition
• Often based on values, habits, and
beliefs
• May begin during youth and continue
into adulthood

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Nutrition and Physical Activity
• Risk factors:
• Nutritional excesses
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Protective factor:
• Getting enough physical activity
• Can be modified to promote a
healthier lifestyle

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 Did You Know?
Sleep and Your Health
• Teens need at least eight to 10
hours of sleep each night.
• Lack of sleep
• Reduces resistance to disease
• Impairs motor skills
• Increases risk for mental health
conditions

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Other Behavioral Factors
• Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use
• Sexual activity
• Injuries and accidents
• Motor vehicle accidents
• Head injuries due to not wearing
a helmet
• Lack of proper safety measures for
outdoor activities
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1.2 Lesson Review
1. What are the DNA segments that contain the blueprint for the structure
and function of a person’s cells?
• genes
2. How much sleep do teens need each night?
• at least eight to 10 hours
3. How does blue light from electronic devices affect sleep?
• It can trick the body into an unnatural circadian rhythm by interfering with
how the body produces melatonin.

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Lesson

1.3 Environmental
Factors Affecting
Health and
Wellness
Lesson 1.3 Essential Question
What factors in a person’s environment influence
health?

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Lesson 1.3 Learning Outcomes
After studying this lesson, you will be able to
• summarize how factors in a person’s physical environment influence
health;
• analyze the importance of social environment;
• assess the impact of media and technology on teens; and
• describe how economic environment affects health.

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 Warm-Up Activity
You and the Environment
What I
• How much control do you Cannot
Control
have over your environment?
What I Can
• What are some actions you Influence

could take to improve

aspects of the environment
What I Can
you can control? Control

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 Use Your Skills
Analyzing Influences: Environment

• Physical environment • Media and technology

• Climate, geography, pollution • Economic environment
• Home, school, and work • Education and income
conditions
• Access to health services
• Social environment
• Family
• Peers
• Culture and community

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 Thinking Critically
Parts of Your Environment
• What are the different Climate
parts of your environment?
Community Workplace

Environment
Media and Home
technology

Culture Family and

peers

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Climate, Geography, and Pollution

Climate Geography Pollution

Overall pattern Land features Presence of
of weather and any bodies waste in the
conditions of water present environment
in an area

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Home, School, and Work Conditions

Exposure to
Exposure to Flying
Hazardous lead, radon
loud debris or
chemicals gas, and
noises power tools
asbestos

Excessive Lack of
Computer
time spent physical Homelessness
use
sitting activity

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Social Environment
Family
• Supportive, safe family environment promotes and maintains health of family members
• Unhealthy or abusive family relationships increase risk for health conditions
Peers
• Positive peer relationships reduce risk for health conditions
• Negative or abusive peer relationships are risk factors for anxiety and depression
Culture and Community
• Cultural practices and behaviors affect health and wellness
• Community safely and security affects personal health
• Sense of belonging in a community affects health

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Media and Technology
• Impact your view of yourself, Books

your family and community, and

the world Ads TV shows

• Can influence health decisions Media

in healthy or unhealthy ways Channels

• Excessive use can lead to Social

media Movies

physical, social, and mental and

Radio or
emotional health issues podcasts

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 Economic Environment
• Education and income
• Ability to pay for healthcare and other
resources
• Violence in low-income communities
• Access to nutritious food and
opportunities for physical activity
• Access to health services
• Location and affordability of healthcare
facilities and services
• Affected by income, population, and
regional policies
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1.3 Lesson Review
1. What is the presence of waste in the environment?
• pollution
2. What term refers to the beliefs, values, customs, and arts of a particular
group or society?
• culture
3. How does the correlation between education and health relate to
income?
• People with more education tend to earn more money and thus are better
able to pay for healthcare, activities, and resources that promote health.

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