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

2. What does it mean to be “healthy”?Health is the combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.

3. BALANCE

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

5. Everyday we make decisions that affect our health.Health TriangleA combination of Physical, Social, and Mental/Emotional Health make-up your overall well-being.Health ContinuumWellness is an overall state of well-being or total health.Improved Health and WellnessLoss of Health and WellnessOptimal level of energy, feeling of well-beingFree from aches and painsModerate level of energyLack of energy, inattention, minor aches and painsChronic Disorders

6. Factors Affecting Your HealthHeredity: all the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents.

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

13. Behavior

30. Risk BehaviorsRisk Behaviors are actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.CDC’s Six Risk BehaviorsTobacco Use

31. Unhealthy Dietary Behaviors

32. Inadequate Physical Activity

33. Alcohol and Other Drug Use

34. Risky Sexual Behaviors