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What’s Your Health and Wellness?
Health vs. Wellness
 What is the difference between health and

wellness?
 Health: Health is the combination of
physical, mental/emotional and social
well-being.
 What does it mean to be healthy? Being
healthy means striving to be the best you
can be at any given time.
Health vs. Wellness
 A person with a balanced life is said to

have a high degree of wellness.
 Wellness: is an overall state of well-being,
or total health.
 Overall, in order to achieve wellness it is a
lifelong commitment to physical,
mental/emotional, and social health.
Promoting YOUR Health
What you decide to do everyday affects your life.

Everyone has habits whether they are good or bad,
which can affect your life.
Your habits or lifestyle factors are your personal
behaviors that relate to the way you live. These help
determine your level of health.
A key to your wellness is prevention—practicing
health and safety habits to remain free of disease and
injury. Such as wearing a seat belt or applying
sunscreen are a few examples.
Promoting YOUR Health
 These are consider lifestyle factors
 Getting 8-10 hours of sleep each night
 Eating a healthy breakfast each day
 Variety of nutritious foods each day (eating from the food

groups)
 Being physically active for at least 20 minutes a day
 Maintain healthy weight, avoid tobacco, alcohol, and other
drugs
 Abstain from sexual activity before marriage
 Manage stress
 Positive relationships
 Practice safe behaviors to prevent injuries
Health Education
Do you think there is an importance to health
education? Why or Why not?
 Health education provides accurate health
information to help people make healthy choices.
 The main goal is to provide people with tools that
will help people live long, energetic and productive
lives.

Are you health literate?
 Everyone needs to become

health literate.
 Health literacy refers to a
person’s capacity to learn
about and understand
basic health information
and services and use these
resources to promote his
or her health and
wellness.

 1. a critical thinker and problem

solver-get health information
before making a decision and
knows how to make responsible,
health choices.
 2. responsible, productive citizensomeone who acts in a healthy
manner, who chooses safe,
healthful, and legal behaviors.
 3. self-directed learner-person who
has developed evaluation criteria
for health information.
 4. effective communicator
-someone who is able to express
his or her health knowledge in a
variety of ways

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What’s your health and wellness?

  • 1. What’s Your Health and Wellness?
  • 2. Health vs. Wellness  What is the difference between health and wellness?  Health: Health is the combination of physical, mental/emotional and social well-being.  What does it mean to be healthy? Being healthy means striving to be the best you can be at any given time.
  • 3. Health vs. Wellness  A person with a balanced life is said to have a high degree of wellness.  Wellness: is an overall state of well-being, or total health.  Overall, in order to achieve wellness it is a lifelong commitment to physical, mental/emotional, and social health.
  • 4. Promoting YOUR Health What you decide to do everyday affects your life. Everyone has habits whether they are good or bad, which can affect your life. Your habits or lifestyle factors are your personal behaviors that relate to the way you live. These help determine your level of health. A key to your wellness is prevention—practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury. Such as wearing a seat belt or applying sunscreen are a few examples.
  • 5. Promoting YOUR Health  These are consider lifestyle factors  Getting 8-10 hours of sleep each night  Eating a healthy breakfast each day  Variety of nutritious foods each day (eating from the food groups)  Being physically active for at least 20 minutes a day  Maintain healthy weight, avoid tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs  Abstain from sexual activity before marriage  Manage stress  Positive relationships  Practice safe behaviors to prevent injuries
  • 6. Health Education Do you think there is an importance to health education? Why or Why not?  Health education provides accurate health information to help people make healthy choices.  The main goal is to provide people with tools that will help people live long, energetic and productive lives. 
  • 7. Are you health literate?  Everyone needs to become health literate.  Health literacy refers to a person’s capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and use these resources to promote his or her health and wellness.  1. a critical thinker and problem solver-get health information before making a decision and knows how to make responsible, health choices.  2. responsible, productive citizensomeone who acts in a healthy manner, who chooses safe, healthful, and legal behaviors.  3. self-directed learner-person who has developed evaluation criteria for health information.  4. effective communicator -someone who is able to express his or her health knowledge in a variety of ways