Unit 1 Flashcards
4 Aspects of Health
Physical, mental, emotional, and social
Physical Health
Exercise, nutrition, activities of daily life, sleep, hygiene, and medical care.
Mental Health
Being comfortable with yourself, your surroundings, and with others
Emotional Health
Our reaction to events.
Social Health
How well we get along with others
Life Expectancy
Number of years that a person can be expected to live
Quality of Life
Degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life
Continuum
Gradual progression through many stages between one extreme to the other extreme
Wellness
Affects continuum by increasing the progression of health
Illness
Affects continuum by decreasing the progression of health
8 factors influencing health
Heredity, Physical Environment, Social Environment, Culture, Media, Technology, Healthcare, and Behavior
Heredity
Traits that are passed down from a parent to child.
Physical Enviroment
All your physical and social things that surround you. Indoors and Outdoors.
Social Enviroment
The people you spend time with
Culture
Beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people and passed from generation to generation