The document discusses the concept of health, defining it as a combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being. It notes that making lifelong commitments to healthy behaviors can improve long-term wellness. The document also outlines factors like heredity, environment, peers, culture, media, technology, and attitude/behavior that can affect one's health. It identifies risky behaviors like tobacco/drug use, unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, risky sex, and behaviors leading to injury/violence. Finally, it discusses the idea of cumulative risk and ways to engage in prevention like abstinence and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

1. Introduction to Health

3. BALANCE

4. Making a lifetime commitment to practice healthful behaviors can improve your long-term well being.

7. Environment: the sum of all of your surroundings

8. Peers:people of the same age who share similar interest

9. Culture: the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group

10. Media

11. Technology

12. Attitude

31. Unhealthy Dietary Behaviors

32. Inadequate Physical Activity

33. Alcohol and Other Drug Use

34. Risky Sexual Behaviors

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40. Prevention: taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.

41. Abstinence: deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

42. Lifestyle Factors: personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives. Risks and Consequences

45. Starting each day with a healthy breakfast

46. Eating a variety of nutritious foods each day

47. Being physically active for 30-60 minutes most days of the week

48. Maintaining a healthy weight

49. Abstaining from smoking or using other tobacco products

50. Abstaining form the use of alcohol and other drugs

52. “It is health that is real wealth, and not pieces of gold and silver.” -Gandhi

53. “So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.” -Materi

54. “A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” -Spanish Proverb