What is Health and Wellness
Chapt. 1.1
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Your Total Health
The Health Triangle
What is Wellness?
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Your Total Health
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Health:
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a combination of physical, mental/emotional, and
social well being
Every choice that you make has an affect on
your health:
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What you eat
Spend time
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How
Where
With whom
Using safety precautions
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The Health Triangle
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Health Triangle has 3 sides:
Physical:
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-Involves taking care of your body
eating well balanced meals and snacks
being physically active
avoiding disease
getting enough rest
regular medical and dental checkups
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The Health Triangle
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Mental/Emotional:
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-Involves liking and accepting yourself for
who you are
Finding solutions to problems
Expressing emotions in healthy ways
Finding positive ways to manage stress
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The Health Triangle
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Social:
-Involves getting along with others
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Being a caring family member
Making and keeping friends
Giving and receiving support when needed
Interacting effectively with different types of people
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Gender
Ethnicity
Cultures
Religion
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Maintaining a Balance
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Each side
of your
Health
Triangle
should be
balanced
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Maintaining a Balance
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Each side of
your Health
Triangle should
be balanced
Fig. 1.2 p 6
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What is Wellness
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Wellness:
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an overall state of well-being, or total health
You must make health a part of your daily
routine
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How?
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Healthy snacks instead of junk food
Doing homework and riding bike instead of playing video
games
Good Health habits now will have positive
long-term effects on your health and wellness
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