UNIT 1
CHAPTER 1
LIVING A HEALTHY LIFE
Exploring Health Terms
DIRECTIONS: Select the term that best completes the statement.
Abstinence
Culture
Cumulative Risks
Environment
Health
Health Education
Health Literacy
Healthy People 2010
Heredity
Media
Peers
Prevention
Risk Behaviors
Wellness
1. ____________________ The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
2. ____________________ An overall state of well-being or total health.
3. ____________________ The providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices.
4. ____________________ A nationwide health promotional and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a
guide for improving the health of all people in the United States.
5. ____________________ 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.
6. ____________________ Practicing of health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury.
7. ____________________ Your surroundings or where you live.
8. ____________________ Radio and television
9. ____________________ Influences such things as your language, what you believe and what you eat.
10. ____________________ The sum of an individual's traits that were biologically passed along by both parents.
11. ____________________ People the same age who share similar interests.
12. ____________________ Avoiding harmful behaviors, including sexual activity, before marriage and the use of
tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.
13. ____________________ A potential threat to your health or the health of others.
14. ____________________ Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
Recalling The Facts
DIRECTIONS: Using complete sentences, answer the following questions.
LESSON 1
1. What is the purpose of Healthy People 2010?
2. List five lifestyle factors that promote good health.
3. What can communities do to address the goals of Healthy People 2010?
LESSON 2
4. Which aspect of health reflects your ability to enjoy challenges and handle frustrations?
5. Identify six categories of influences on health.
6. Over which influences on health do you have the most control?
LESSON 3
7. What is the first step toward becoming responsible for your health?
8. Describe the two ways that cumulative risks occur.
9. List three benefits of abstinence from sexual activity before marriage.