Chapter 1 - Health And Wellness

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Health is:

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1. Personal
2. Dynamic
3. Holistic
4. Relates to the quality of someone’s life
5. Multidimensional
6. Ability to cope with the challenges of change

Question 1

Health

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The capacity to lead a satisfying life, fulfill ambitions and accommodate to change.

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The dimensions of health are:

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Spiritual
Mental
Emotional
Environmental
Mental
Physical

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Being

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Who am I? Who am I becoming as a person?

- physically, emotionally, socially etc.

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Belonging

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To what groups do I connect with in a sense of belonging

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Becoming

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What accomplishments am I striving for

- who do you want to be? What are you trying to be?

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Achievement of health and wellness

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Not a SINGLE event
Doing things in MODERATION
We need BALANCE in everything

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Reactive approach to health and wellness

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Only worrying about your health when you are sick

Waiting for something to go wrong before you fix it

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Proactive approach to health and wellness

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Having lifestyle habits that enable you in the long run to lead a healthier life

Using Moderation and balance

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Wellness

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Reflected on how a person chooses to live their life

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Wellness is influenced by:

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Family
Peers
Culture
Media

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Positive influences of family on wellness:

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Education:
- advice to stay healthy

Values
- influence lifestyle choices

Support

• emotional
• financial & mental

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Negative influences of family on wellness:

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• pushing children to compete for rewards instead of the physical mental social and spiritual benefits of activity
• parents who live vicariously through their children

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Positive media messages

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Creates motivational role models who push kids to participate in physical activity

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Negative media messages

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• distorts body image

- distorted meaning of what it means to be an accomplished performer

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Social/peer influences

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• Participation in sport comes with social benefits incurred in meeting new people
• there are also negative influences:
  • choose friends wisely
  • resist negative peer pressure

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North American cultural views about health:

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• views disease from a scientific point of view
• there is a more holistic approach emerging
• we wait until something is already gone to start trying to get rid of it

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Eastern and aboriginal cultures views about health:

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• health has a strong spiritual quality
• disease is understood in terms of individuals spiritual harmony with oneself and or his or her environment
• oriental culture uses chi
• aboriginal culture uses sweat lodge

Question 18

Chi

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We are all born with given amount of chi and what u do with it is up to u

Humans restore our energy (chi) with nutrients in or food and destroy it with negative complexes