Taking Responsibility for Your Health

In this lesson, you will Learn About…

How you can develop positive health habits.

Ways to recognize and avoid risk behaviors.

Why abstinence is the most responsible choice

for teens.

Taking Responsibility for Your Health

The Vocabulary terms in this lesson are:

Lifestyle factors.

Risk behaviors.

Sedentary lifestyle.

Cumulative risks.

Precaution.

Abstinence.

Attitude.

Self-control.

Choosing a Healthy Lifestyle

You might be surprised to learn how lifestyle factors affect your health.

Developing skills and talents

Preventing injuries

Spending time with friends

Getting at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day

Avoiding tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

Getting at least 8 hours of sleep every night

Eating nutritious foods, including a healthy breakfast

Recognizing Risk Behaviors

Risks are an unavoidable part of life. However, some actions involve a high level of unnecessary risk. These are risk behaviors.

Risk Behaviors and Teens

Certain risk behaviors are strongly associated with teens, including the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs; an unhealthy diet; and a sedentary lifestyle.

Developing a healthy lifestyle is an effective strategy for counteracting these risk factors.

Risk Behaviors and Consequences

All risk behaviors carry consequences – some minor and some major.

Many risk behaviors result in serious and far-reaching consequences. These types of behaviors are self-destructive – harmful to your physical, mental/emotional, and social health.

The combination of risk behaviors creates cumulative risks, which increase in effect with each added risk.

Abstaining from Risk Behaviors

There are several strategies that can help you avoid serious consequences:

Taking precautionsPracticing healthful behaviorsPracticing abstinence

By practicing abstinence, you protect all three sides of your health triangle.

Taking More Responsibility

You need to believe that making wise choices and developing good health habits can have a positive effect on your health.

Having a positive attitude and using self-control will help show that you are ready to take on greater responsibility.

Being responsible for your own health is an important step toward becoming an adult.

Staying Informed

Learning how to get and stay healthy should be an important part of your life.

Health education is more than just learning health facts. It can help you gain the tools you need to maintain and improve your total health and wellness.

1. _________ is a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behavior. Abstinence

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2. What health risks are particularly associated with teens?

The use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs; an unhealthy diet; and a sedentary lifestyle.

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3. List some of the positive lifestyle factors. Choose one and think of ways you could develop it as a personal habit.

Thinking Critically

Chapter Review

1. The three sides of health are physical, mental/emotional, and _____.

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social

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Adolescence2. __________ is the time of life between childhood and adulthood.

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cumulative risk.sedentary lifestyle.consequence.benefit.

3. A way of life that includes little physical activity is called a

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3. A way of life that includes little physical activity is called a

cumulative risk.sedentary lifestyle.consequence.benefit.

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4. How might your personal attitudes influence your lifestyle?

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5. How will the mental abilities that you develop during adolescence help you throughout life?

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6. What are some precautions you can take in your life to reduce risks?

Vocabulary Review

Lifestyle factors are behaviors and habits that help determine a person’s level of health.

Risk behaviors are actions or behaviors that might cause injury or harm to you or others.

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A sedentary lifestyle is a way of life that involves little physical activity.

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Cumulative risks are related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.

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A precaution is a planned action taken before an event to increase the chances of a safe outcome.

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Abstinence is a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behavior.

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Attitude is your feelings and beliefs.

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Self-control is restraint from your own emotions and desires.

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