Warm Up: Describe your

definition of a healthy person.

Name: ____________________________________________________
Period:_________________________

Notes: Health & Wellness

Date:_________________________
Health: ___________ well-being of your _________, _________ and _______________ with others
1. Explain how mental and
emotional health differ.

Wellness: A state of _______________ level health

Health Triangle-the 3 parts of health
1.) Physical Health: how well the body _____________
2.) Mental/Emotional Health:

2. Give one example of how you

have control over your life
expectancy.

Mental = state of being ____________________ with yourself, others and surroundings

Emotional = how you ______________ to events

Give one example of how you do

not have control over your life
expectancy.

3.) Social Health: how well you get along with ____________
How to evaluate your health
Life Expectancy:

Quality of Life:

3. Give one example of how you

have control over your quality of
life.

Give one example of how you do

not have control over your quality
of life.

Health Continuum
-Gradual progression of ___________ between one extreme and another
Illness

4. Which part of health did you

score the lowest in the wellness
inventory?

Wellness

Wellness Inventory
Physical

Mental/Emotional

Social

Results:

Results:

Results:

5. Write a goal that you can

achieve within 30 days to improve
that area of health.

Overall Results:

Goal: Result that a person _____________ for and ______________ hard to reach

Warm Up: Describe the

extremes of the health
continuum.

Notes: Influences on Health

Heredity: all traits that are passed biologically from parent to child
Gender: male or female
Ex:

Environment: all physical and social conditions that surround a person

Review Questions:
A. Peers

Physical Environment: outdoor/indoor surroundings

Ex:

B. Environment
C. Media
D. Heredity

Social Environment: people you spend time with

Peers: people same age who share similar interests
How can peers influence your health?

E. Culture

1.___people of the same

age as your who share
similar interests
2. ___is all of the traits
that are biologically passes
from parents to children
3.___the sum of your
surroundings
4.___various methods of
communicating
information
5.____collective beliefs,
customs, and behaviors of
a group

Culture: beliefs and patterns of behavior shared by a group and passed from generation to generation
Ex:

Media: forms of communication that provide news and entertainment

Advertising: Can let you know what products and services are available but rarely provide
information needed to make wise choices
Ex:

Technology: provides both valid and invalid information

Closure: Does heredity or
environment have a
greater influence on your
health?

Ex:

Healthcare: receiving medical services regularly

Ex:

Behavior: choices made

Habit: repeated behavior
Ex: