Find someone who...

Has gone snowboarding/skiing this winter

Has gone to a MN Wild game this winter
Has left the state this winter
Has went sledding
Is ready for spring
Has went to a HS winter sporting even
Is a middle child
Exercises on a daily basis

Article Share

Title of Article:
Source:
Summary:
3 things that you feel your classmates should
know about your article to enhance their
health:

Bell Ringer...
1. Create a definition of disease...
2. List any genetic/hereditary diseases that you
know of
3. List other diseases that you know or heard
of...
4. How do you think your personal health,
heredity & environment are related?

Personal Health & Disease

Prevention
Unit Goals:
To be able to analyze how hereditary, environment & personal health
are related.
To be able to analyze how your behavior can impact your health and
possible disease prevention.

Vocabulary
Disease: An illness that affects a person,
animal or plant: A condition that prevents the
body or mind from working normally. (CDC. Gov)

Vocabulary
Communicable/ infectious Disease:
Spread from person to person, animal to
person (Zoonotic).
Spread through airborne virus, bacteria,
parasite or fungi but also through blood or
other bodily fluids.
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Examples: Influenza, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS

Globalhealth.gov

Vocabulary
Non-Communicable or Chronic Diseases:
Are not passed from person to person.
They are long duration and generally slow
in progression.
4 main types:
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Examples: Cardiovascular disease (heart attacks,

strokes), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases
(COPD, Asthma) & diabetes.

(worldhealthorganization.org)

Key Facts
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 38 million
people each year. (World Health Organization)
Almost three quarters of NCD deaths - 28 million occur in low- and middle-income countries. (World Health
Organization)

Sixteen million NCD deaths occur before the age of 70;

82% of these "premature" deaths occurred in low- and
middle-income countries. (World Health Organization)

Key Facts
Cardiovascular diseases account for most NCD deaths,
or 17.5 million people annually, followed by cancers (8.2
million), respiratory diseases (4 million), and diabetes
(1.5 million). (World Health Organization)
These 4 groups of diseases account for 82% of all NCD
deaths. (World Health Organization)
Tobacco use, physical inactivity, the harmful use of
alcohol and unhealthy diets all increase the risk of dying
from an NCD. (World Health Organization)

Vocabulary
Hereditary Disease: A characteristic or
disease determined by genetics that is passed
on from parents to children (WHO.org)
Pathogen: A germ that causes a disease.
Example some bacterias & virus. (WHO.org)
(Totally Awesome Health textbook)

Vocabulary
Symptoms: Evidence or sign of disease or a physical
disturbance.
Prevention: Hindering or attempting to stop
something from happening
Transmission: pathogen moved from one living
thing to another
(Totally Awesome Health textbook)

Vocabulary
Environment: The surroundings or
conditions in which a person lives.
Risk Factors: Something that increases a
persons chance of developing a disease or
health problem

Assignment
Create a story that includes each vocabulary word.
How does a person's health affected by their environment?
How does heredity play a role in how someone might live their life?
What list and explain reasons why someone should be aware of how their
environment & heredity affect their personal health and well being?